Systematics of the genus Pseudolychas Kraepelin (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-63

  Prendini, Lorenzo ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buthidae; Phylogeny; Pseudolychas; Scorpiones; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BUTHIDA; BUTHIDAE; GROSPHUS; PARABUTHUS; PARABUTHUS TRANSVAALICUS; PSEUDOLYCHAS; PSEUDOLYCHAS MULTICARINATUS; PSEUDOLYCHAS OCHRACEUS; PSEUDOLYCHAS PEGLERI; PSEUDOLYCHAS TRANSVAALICUS; SCORPIONES; UROPLECTES;

EID: 2142679360     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0037:SOTGPK]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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