Revision of the millipede subfamily spiromiminae, a Malagasy group with Indian connections? (diplopoda Spirobolida pachybolidae)

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-120

  Wesener, T ^a,c   Enghoff, H ^b  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological niche; Endemism; Madagascar; Phylogeny; Vicariance

Indexed keywords

DIPLOPODA; GRALLATOR; PACHYBOLIDAE; SPIROBOLIDA;

EID: 70349564536     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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