Morphology and phylogeny of Dicellophilus, a centipede genus with a highly disjunct distribution (Chilopoda: Mecistocephalidae)

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 501-532

  Bonato, Lucio ^a   Dányi, László ^b   Minelli, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cladistic analysis; Evolution; Geophilomorpha; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHILOPODA; DICELLOPHILUS; DICELLOPHILUS CARNIOLENSIS; GEOPHILOMORPHA; LIMATUS; MECISTOCEPHALIDAE;

EID: 77950537837     PISSN: 00244082     EISSN: 10963642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00557.x     Document Type: Article

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