On the spider genus Weintrauboa (Araneae, Pimoidae), with a description of a new species from China and comments on its phylogenetic relationships

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1814, 2008, Pages 1-20

  Hormiga, Gustavo ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Araneoidea; Linyphiidae; Morphology; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANEOIDEA; LINYPHIIDAE; PIMOIDAE;

EID: 47249156754     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1814.1.1     Document Type: Article

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