Across Lydekker's Line - First report of mite harvestmen (Opiliones:Cyphophthalmi:Stylocellidae) from New Guinea

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 207-227

  Clouse, Ronald M ^a   Giribet, Gonzalo ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnida; Biogeography; Dispersal; Molecular data; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NEW GUINEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; CYPHOPHTHALMI; NOVAGUINEA; OPILIONES; STYLOCELLIDAE; STYLOCELLUS;

EID: 34347350148     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS06046     Document Type: Article

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