کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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2790889 | 1154802 | 2010 | 7 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
Mating behaviour and spermatophore morphology of the only Old World species of the Phrynidae, Phrynus exsul Harvey, 2002, are described and compared to the reproductive biology of other whip spiders. Mating behaviour and spermatophore morphology clearly show that P. exsul is correctly included in the Phrynidae. But some details and other characters suggest that P.exsul has no close relation with any of the Neotropical species of Phrynus Lamarck, 1793, probably having been evolutionary distinct for a long time from the Neotropical species of Phrynus. Its occurrence on the Indonesian Island Flores thus remains an enigma; is P. exsul a relic from a more global distribution of the genus Phrynus in the past or the result of prehistoric rafting across the ocean?
Journal: Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology - Volume 249, Issue 2, August 2010, Pages 113–119