Australian assassins, part I: A review of the assassin spiders (Araneae, Archaeidae) of Mid-Eastern Australia

ZooKeys

Volumn 123, Issue SPEC. ISSUE, 2011, Pages 1-100

  Rix, Michael G ^a   Harvey, Mark S ^a,b,c,d  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cytochrome c oxidase; Mitochondrial DNA; New species; Palpimanoidea; Rainforest; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; PALPIMANOIDEA;

EID: 80053083079     PISSN: 13132989     EISSN: 13132970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.123.1448     Document Type: Article

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