First records of the family Ochyroceratidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from China, with descriptions of a new genus and eight new species

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-76

  Yanfeng, Tong ^a   Shuqiang, Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cosmotropic; Hainan Island; Morphology; Taxonomy; Troglobites

Indexed keywords

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; OXYSTOMINA;

EID: 49749108264     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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