Courtship and mating behavior of Brachypelma Klaasi (Araneae, Theraphosidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 165-170

  Yáñez, Martha ^a   Locht, Arturo ^a   Macías Ordóñez, Rogelio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

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