Review of the cave-dwelling species of PseudotyrannochthoniusBeier (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudotyrannochthoniidae) from mainland Australia, with description of two troglobitic species

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-143

  Harms, Danilo ^a,b   Harvey, Mark S ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cave; Chelonethi; Short range endemism; Taxonomy; Troglomorphic

Indexed keywords

ARACHNIDA; PSEUDOSCORPIONES; PSEUDOTYRANNOCHTHONIUS;

EID: 84877115299     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aen.12009     Document Type: Article

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