Description of Scutovertex pileatus sp. nov. (Acari, Oribatida, Scutoverticidae) and molecular phylogenetic investigation of congeneric species in Austria

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 247, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 249-258

  Schäffer, Sylvia ^a   Krisper, Günther ^a   Pfingstl, Tobias ^a   Sturmbauer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cytochrome oxidase subunit I; DNA sequences; Morphology; Oribatid mites; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA; MITE; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AUSTRIA; CARINTHIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ACARI; CYMBAEREMAEUS CYMBA; ORIBATIDA; SCUTOVERTEX; SCUTOVERTEX SCULPTUS;

EID: 49949092496     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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