Intraspecific morphological variation of Scutovertex sculptus Michael (Acari: Oribatida: Scutoverticidae) and description of its juvenile stages

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1829, 2008, Pages 31-51

  Pfingstl, Tobias ^a   Schäffer, Sylvia ^a   Ebermann, Ernst ^a   Krisper, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Development; Morphology; Provertex; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ORIBATIDA; SCUTOVERTEX SCULPTUS;

EID: 49049109626     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1829.1.2     Document Type: Article

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