Revision of the oribatid mite genus Austronothrus Hammer (Acari: Oribatida):sexual dimorphism and a re-evaluation of the phylogenetic relationships of the family Crotoniidae

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-110

  Colloff, Matthew J ^a   Cameron, Stephen L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Camisiinae; Cladistic; Gondwana; Heminothrinae; Morphology; New Zealand; Secondary sexual characteristics; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BODY SIZE; CLADISTICS; EVOLUTION; GONDWANA; MITE; MORPHOLOGY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; RELICT SPECIES; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUALITY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ACARI; CAMISIA; CAMISIIDAE; CROTONIA; CROTONIIDAE; HEMINOTHRUS; HOLONOTHRUS; NOTHRUS; ORIBATIDA; PLATYNOTHRUS;

EID: 67650895087     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS08032     Document Type: Article

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