Aops oncodactylus, gen. et sp. nov., the first troglobitic urodacid (Urodacidae:Scorpiones), with a re-assessment of cavernicolous, troglobitic and troglomorphic scorpions

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 235-257

  Volschenk, Erich S ^a,b   Prendini, Lorenzo ^a  

^a American Museum of National History   (United States)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Cladistics; Evolution; Morphology; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; CLADISTICS; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BARROW ISLAND; LEDGE CAVE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

SCORPIONES; SCORPIONOIDEA; URODACIDAE; URODACUS;

EID: 43549094485     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS06054     Document Type: Article

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