Southern African pholcid spiders: Revision and cladistic analysis of Quamtana gen. nov. and Spermophora Hentz (Araneae: Pholcidae), with notes on male-female covariation

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 477-527

  Huber, Bernhard A ^a  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Pholcus; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; CILIOPHORA; PHOLCIDAE; PHOLCUS;

EID: 0346270713     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0024-4082.2003.00082.x     Document Type: Review

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