Welcome back New Zealand: Regional biogeography and Gondwanan origin of three endemic genera of mite harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1084-1099

  Boyer, Sarah L ^a,b   Giribet, Gonzalo ^b  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aoraki; Cyphophthalmi; Gondwanan biogeography; Neopurcellia; New Zealand; Opiliones; Pettalidae; Phylogeny; Rakaia; Systematics; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOREST COVER; GONDWANA; HOMOLOGY; MITE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; VICARIANCE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ACARI; ARACHNIDA; CYPHOPHTHALMI; OPILIONES; PETTALIDAE; RAKAIA;

EID: 66049136569     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02092.x     Document Type: Article

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