Marwe coarctata : a remarkable new cyphophthalmid from a limestone cave in Kenya (Arachnida, Opiliones)

Title Variants

Alternative: New cyphophthalmid

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2830

By

Shear, William A.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1985

Notes

Title from caption.

"October 23, 1995."

"A newly discovered cyphophthalmid opilionid from a cave in Kenya is the first member of the suborder from East Africa, and exhibits a combination of characters not known from any other species. It cannot be placed at this time in any of the described families of the suborder. The species seems to have affinities with the Sironidae, a Holarctic group. The families Sironidae and Pettalidae are thought to be sister groups making up the superfamily Sironoidea, and the species Marwe coarctata, described here as new, is perhaps the sister group of the two families"--P. [1].

Subjects

Arachnida , Classification , Kenya , Marwe coarctata , Opiliones

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2830, 1985

Language

English

Identifiers

OCLC: 15167966