Silk stealing by Argyrodes lanyuensis (Araneae: Theridiidae): A unique form of kleptoparasitism

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 219-225

  Tso, I Min ^a   Severinghaus, Lucia Liu ^b  

^a TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; KLEPTOPARASITISM; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARGYRODES LANYUENSIS; NEPHILA MACULATA; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 0032128098     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0770     Document Type: Article

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