Revision of the genus Sinopoda Jäger, 1999 in Laos with discovery of the first eyeless huntsman spider species (Sparassidae: Heteropodinae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3415, 2012, Pages 37-57

  Jäger, Peter ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

New species; Systematics; Taxonomy; Troglomorphy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865003691     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3415.1.3     Document Type: Review

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