Biogeography of the world: A case study from cyphophthalmid Opiliones, a globally distributed group of arachnids

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2070-2085

  Boyer, Sarah L ^a,e   Clouse, Ronald M ^a   Benavides, Ligia R ^a,b   Sharma, P ^a   Schwendinger, Peter J ^c   Karunarathna, I ^d   Giribet, G ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^e MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnida; Arthropoda; Cyphophthalmi; Gondwana; New Caledonia; Opiliones; Pangea; Phylogeny; Southeast Asia; Vicariance biogeography

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; BIOGEOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GONDWANA; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PANGAEA; PHYLOGENY; VICARIANCE;

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BIOKO; BORNEO; CENTRAL AFRICA; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; JAPAN; JAVA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; NEW GUINEA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SRI LANKA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SULAWESI; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; CYPHOPHTHALMI; OPILIONES; PETTALIDAE; SIRONIDAE; STYLOCELLIDAE; TROGLOSIRONIDAE;

EID: 34347349371     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01755.x     Document Type: Article

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