Assessment of rampant genitalic variation in the spider genus Homalonychus (Araneae, Homalonychidae)

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-125

  Crews, Sarah C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Western Australia Museum   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geographic; Intraspecific; Landmark analysis; Morphometrics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; HOMALONYCHIDAE; HOMALONYCHUS;

EID: 66749097841     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2008.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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