Integrative taxonomy on the rare sky-island Ligidium species from southwest China (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Ligiidae)

Abstract Background The sky-island Ligidium species fauna in southwest China is poorly known. Before this study, six of the seven sky-island species of the genus were known to be endemic to southwest China. In morphology, Ligidium species are often difficult to identify, and an appraisal of integrat...

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Published in:	BMC Zoology
Main Authors:	Jin Wang, Jingbo Yang, Xuegang Zeng, Weichun Li
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2022-05-01
Subjects:	Geometric morphometrics Molecular delimitation Morphology New species Terrestrial isopods
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40850-022-00120-1