Troglomorphism, trichobothriotaxy and typhlochactid phylogeny (Scorpiones, Chactoidea): More evidence that troglobitism is not an evolutionary dead-end

Cladistics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-142

  Prendini, Lorenzo ^a   Francke, Oscar F ^b   Vignoli, Valerio ^c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; CAVERNICOLOUS SPECIES; CLADISTICS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; EXTINCTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIALIZATION;

CHACTOIDEA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 77951190634     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00277.x     Document Type: Article

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