Buotidae, a new family for the minute North American milliped Buotus carolinus (Chamberlin) 1940 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2290, 2009, Pages 41-49

  Shear, William A ^a  

^a HAMPDEN SYDNEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apterouridae; Brannerioidea; Morphology; North Carolina; Rhiscosomididae; Striariidae; Taxonomy; Tingupidae; Virginia

Indexed keywords

APTEROURIDAE; BRANNERIOIDEA; BUOTUS; BUOTUS CAROLINUS; CHORDEUMATIDA; DIPLOPODA; POLYZONIIDA; POLYZONIIDAE; RHISCOSOMIDIDAE; STRIARIIDAE; STRIARIIDEA; TINGUPIDAE;

EID: 70450191429     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2290.1.4     Document Type: Article

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