Three new endemic genera of the Asteron-complex (Araneae: Zodariidae) from Australia: Basasteron, Euasteron and Spinasteron

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-27

  Baehr, Barbara ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDEMISM; SPIDER; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA;

ARANEAE; SPINASTERON; SPINASTERON NIGRICEPS; SPINASTERON SANFORD; ZODARIIDAE;

EID: 0141890704     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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