A 'living fossil' from Central Asia: The morphology of Pseudochactas ovchinnikovi Gromov, 1998 (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae), with comments on its phylogenetic position

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Volumn 245, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 211-248

  Prendini, Lorenzo ^a   Volschenk, Erich S ^a   Maaliki, Samara ^a   Gromov, Alexander V ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b Institute of Zoology Almaty Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Ecology; Morphology; Phylogeny; Pseudochactas; Pseudochactidae; Scorpiones; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; BIOGEOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; EURASIA; TAJIKISTAN; UZBEKISTAN; WEST ASIA;

BUTHIDAE; CARINAE; CHAERILIDAE; PSEUDOCHACTAS; PSEUDOCHACTAS OVCHINNIKOVI; PSEUDOCHACTIDAE; SCORPIONES;

EID: 33750624191     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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