Notes on the social structure, life cycle, and behavior of Anelosimus rupununi

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 497-502

  Avilés, Leticia ^a   Salazar, Patricio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

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