Ultrastructure of the spermatozoa in the spider genus pimoa: New evidence for the monophyly of pimoidae plus linyphiidae (Arachnida: Araneae)

American Museum Novitates

Volumn , Issue 3682, 2010, Pages

  Michalik, Peter ^a,c   Hormiga, Gustavo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 77949409316     PISSN: 00030082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1206/680.1     Document Type: Article

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