Differentiation between two epilittoral species, Scutovertex arenocolus spec. nov. and Scutovertex pilosetosus Polderman (Acari: Oribatida) from different European coasts

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2153, 2009, Pages 35-54

  Pfingstl, Tobias ^a   Schäffer, Sylvia ^a   Ebermann, Ernst ^a   Krisper, Guenther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Exochorion; Morphology; Morphometry; PCA; Scutovertex minutus

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ORIBATIDA; SCUTOVERTEX;

EID: 67650786796     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2153.1.3     Document Type: Article

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