New records of Acropsopilio neozealandiae (Forster), and remarks on the sexual status of the species (Arachnida: Opiliones: Caddidae)

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-123

  McCartney, J ^a   Shear, W ^b   Stringer, I A N ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acropsopilio; Distribution; New Zealand; Opiliones; Parthenogenetic

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; PARTHENOGENESIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ARACHNIDA; CADDIDAE; OPILIONES;

EID: 34547167413     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220709510070     Document Type: Article

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