A revision of chiggers of the minuta species-group (Acari: Trombiculidae: Neotrombicula Hirst, 1925) using multivariate morphometrics

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-69

  Stekolnikov, Alexandr A ^a   Klimov, Pavel B ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLASSIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TROMBICULIDAE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TROMBICULIDAE;

ACARI; NEOTROMBICULA; TROMBICULIDAE;

EID: 77955520931     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-010-9258-7     Document Type: Article

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