A systematic revision of the South African Pettalidae (Arachnida:Opiliones: Cyphophthalmi) based on a combined analysis of discrete and continuous morphological characters with the description of seven new species

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 371-406

  De Bivort, Benjamin L ^a,b   Giribet, Gonzalo ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Afromontane forests; Gondwanan biogeography; morphometrics; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; BOOTSTRAPPING; DATA SET; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GONDWANA; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; MUSEUM; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; TAXONOMY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

ARACHNIDA; CYPHOPHTHALMI; OPILIONES; PARAPURCELLIA; PETTALIDAE; PURCELLIA;

EID: 78650319970     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS10015     Document Type: Article

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