A new genus and species of Cyphophthalmi (Arachnida: Opiliones) from the north-eastern states of India

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 663-670

  Giribet, Gonzalo ^a   Sharma, Prashant P ^a   Bastawade, Deshbhushan B ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Himalayas; New genus; Ogoveidae; South east Asia; Stylocellidae

Indexed keywords

ARACHNIDA; CYPHOPHTHALMI; OPILIONES; STYLOCELLIDAE; TROGLOSIRONIDAE;

EID: 36849091466     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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