Systematics of the new Australasian orb-weaving spider genus Backobourkia (Araneae: Araneidae: Araneinae)

Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-111

  Framenau, Volker W ^a,b   Dupérré, Nadine ^c   Blackledge, Todd A ^d   Vink, Cor J ^e,f  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^e AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^f LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acroaspis; Australia; COI; Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1; Eriophora; Male dwarfism; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Remote diagnostics; Sexual size dimorphism; SSD

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARANEUS; ERIOPHORA;

EID: 77956515341     PISSN: 18637221     EISSN: 18648312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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