Species status and conservation issues of New Zealand's endemic Latrodectus spider species (Araneae: Theridiidae)

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 589-604

  Vink, Cor J ^a   Sirvid, Phil J ^b   Malumbres Olarte, Jagoba ^c   Griffiths, James W ^d   Paquin, Pierre ^e   Paterson, Adrian M ^c  

^a AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^b MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA   (New Zealand)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^e SWCA ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI); DNA; Internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS); Intraspecific variation; Latrodectus atritus; Latrodectus hasselti; Latrodectus hasseltii; Latrodectus katipo; Phylogenetics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; INTROGRESSION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPIDER; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ARANEAE; LATRODECTUS; LATRODECTUS ATRITUS; LATRODECTUS HASSELTI; LATRODECTUS KATIPO; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 58149131664     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS08027     Document Type: Article

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