A second species of the rare milliped family Apterouridae (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Striarioidea)

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 509-514

  Shear, William A ^a  

^a HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY;

APTEROURIDAE; APTEROURUS HORIZONTALIS; CHORDEUMATIDA; DIPLOPODA; STRIARIIDEA;

EID: 0141671737     PISSN: 0006324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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