Natural history and distribution of the enigmatic southern Appalachian opilionid, Fumontana deprehendor Shear (Laniatores: Triaenonychidae), with an assessment of morphological variation

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1242, 2006, Pages 21-36

  Thomas, Steven M ^a   Hedin, Marshal ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian mountains; Cryophilic arthropod; Cryptic species; Opiliones

Indexed keywords

LANIATORES; TRIAENONYCHIDAE;

EID: 33745726347     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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