Notes on the reproductive biology and social behavior of two sympatric species of Philoponella (Araneae, Uloboridae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-19

  Smith, Deborah R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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