DEAR EDITOR,Cryptic diversity(CD),the presence of highly divergent phylogenetic lineages within closed morphological species,has been documented for many taxa.Great arachnid orders such as Araneae or Scorpiones are we...DEAR EDITOR,Cryptic diversity(CD),the presence of highly divergent phylogenetic lineages within closed morphological species,has been documented for many taxa.Great arachnid orders such as Araneae or Scorpiones are well studied and many cases of CD have been described therein;to date,however,related research on smaller arachnid orders,such as whip spiders(Amblypygi),remains lacking.展开更多
文摘DEAR EDITOR,Cryptic diversity(CD),the presence of highly divergent phylogenetic lineages within closed morphological species,has been documented for many taxa.Great arachnid orders such as Araneae or Scorpiones are well studied and many cases of CD have been described therein;to date,however,related research on smaller arachnid orders,such as whip spiders(Amblypygi),remains lacking.
