Contact sex signals on web and cuticle of Tegenaria atrica (Araneae, Agelenidae)

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 194-202

  Prouvost, Olivier ^a   Trabalon, Marie ^a   Papke, Mirjam ^b   Schulz, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical signals; Communication; Sexual behavior; Spider

Indexed keywords

AGELENIDAE; ARANEAE; TEGENARIA ATRICA;

EID: 0001550810     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6327(1999)40:4<194::aid-arch4>3.0.co;2-p     Document Type: Article

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