Species differentiation of scutacarid mites (Heterostigmatina) using multivariate morphometric methods

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 279-292

  Jagersbacher Baumann, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

acarorum species complex; Geometric morphometrics; Intraspecific variation; Multivariate morphometrics; Scutacaridae

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MITE; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPLEX;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MITE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; MALE; MITES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84893408974     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-013-9747-x     Document Type: Article

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