External morphology of the male harvestman Phalangium opilio (Arachnida: Opiliones)

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 574-581

  Yigit, Nazife ^a   Bayram, Abdullah ^a   Corak, Ilkay ^a   Danisman, Tarik ^a  

^a KIRIKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

External morphology; Harvestmen; Opiliones; Phalangium opilio; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

ARACHNIDA; OPILIONES; PHALANGIUM; PHALANGIUM OPILIO;

EID: 34447552520     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[574:EMOTMH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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