Morphology and evolution of cobweb spider male genitalia (Araneae, Theridiidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 334-395

  Agnarsson, Ingi ^a,b   Coddington, Jonathan A ^a   Knoflach, Barbara ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Character homology; Congruence; Phylogeny; Primary homology; Tests of homology

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANEAE THERIDIIDAE; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 35348996177     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/SH-06-36.1     Document Type: Article

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