A remarkable new cave-dwelling stylocellus (opiliones, cyphophthalmi) from peninsular Malaysia, with a discussion on taxonomic characters in the family stylocellidae

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1421-1435

  Schwendinger, Peter J ^a   Giribet, Gonzalo ^b   Steiner, Helmut ^c  

^a Département des Arthropodes et d Entomologie I   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyphophthalmi; Malaysia; New species; Opiliones; Stylocellidae; Stylocellus; Taxonomic characters; Troglobiomorphs

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; CAVERNICOLOUS SPECIES; NEW SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

ARACHNIDA; CYPHOPHTHALMI; INVERTEBRATA; OPILIONES; STYLOCELLIDAE; STYLOCELLUS;

EID: 1242300250     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022293031000155250     Document Type: Article

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