Palpal loss, single palp copulation and obligatory mate consumption in tidarren cuneolatum (tullgren, 1910) (araneae, theridiidae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1639-1659

  Knoflach, Barbara ^a   van Harten, Antonius ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b General Dept of Plant Protection   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Mate Consumption; Palp AMPUTATION; Postembryonic Development; Single Palp Copulation; Theridiidae; Tidarren

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARANEAE THERIDIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; THERIDIIDAE; TIDARREN; TIDARREN CUNEOLATUM; TIDARREN SISYPHOIDES;

EID: 0033865169     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930050117530     Document Type: Article

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