A reassessment of apheloriine millipede phytogeny: Additional taxa, Bayesian inference, and direct optimization (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1610, 2007, Pages 27-39

  Marek, Paul E ^a   Bond, Jason E ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diplopoda; Myriapoda; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BRACHORIA; DIPLOPODA; MYRIAPODA; POLYDESMIDA; XYSTODESMIDAE;

EID: 35348899577     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1610.1.2     Document Type: Article

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