Notes on the neotropical spider genus Modisimus (Pholcidae, Araneae), with descriptions of thirteen new species from Costa Rica and neighboring countries

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-60

  Huber, Bernhard A ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

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