A new species of Pachychernes (pseudoscorpiones, chernetidae) from México associated with nests of Neotoma micropus (rodentia, muridae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 578-585

  Villegas Guzman, G A ^a,b   Perez T M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Central America; Morphology; Ontogenetic series; Packrat; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CHERNETIDAE; MURIDAE; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA MICROPUS; PACHYCHERNES; PACHYCHERNES SHELFORDI; PSEUDOSCORPIONES; RODENTIA;

EID: 34248677122     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/05-31.1     Document Type: Article

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