The first fossil spider cricket (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Phalangopsinae): 20 million years of troglobiomorphosis or exaptation in the dark?

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-65

  Heads, Sam W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphiacustae; Dominican amber; Ensifera; Neotropics

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ENSIFERA (INSECTS); GRYLLIDAE; ORTHOPTERA; PHALANGOPSINAE;

EID: 74849140947     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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