Behavior, life cycle and webs of Mecicobothrium thorelli (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Mecicobothriidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 317-329

  Costa, Fernando G ^a   Pérez Miles, Fernando ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

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