A revision of the assassin spiders of the Eriauchenius gracilicollis group, a clade of spiders endemic to Madagascar (Araneae: Archaeidae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-296

  Wood, Hannah ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Malagasy; Morphology; Phylogeny; Species descriptions

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE;

EID: 38749100246     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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