When Thailand was an island - the phylogeny and biogeography of mite harvestmen (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Stylocellidae) in Southeast Asia

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1114-1130

  Clouse, Ronald M ^a   Giribet, Gonzalo ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnida; Arthropoda; Borneo; Cyphophthalmi; Opiliones; Southeast Asia; Sulawesi; Sundaland; Vicariance biogeography; Wallacea

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; CIMMERIAN; CLADISTICS; CONTINENTAL DRIFT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GONDWANA; MITE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VICARIANCE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; CYPHOPHTHALMI; GABAZA; OPILIONES; STYLOCELLIDAE;

EID: 77950220212     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02274.x     Document Type: Article

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