Taxonomic revision of the spider family Penestomidae (Araneae, Entelegynae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2534, 2010, Pages 1-36

  Miller, Jeremy A ^a,b   Griswold, Charles E ^a   Haddad, Charles R ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cribellum; Cybertaxonomy; Eresidae; Penestomus; South Africa; Wajane; Zodariidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954610623     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2534.1.1     Document Type: Article

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