The spider family Theridiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from orchid island, Taiwan: Descriptions of six new and one newly recorded species

Zoological Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-132

  Yoshida, Hajime ^a   Tso, I Min ^b,c   Severinghaus, Lucia Liu ^c  

^a Tunghai University ^*  (Japan)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

New species; Orchid island; Spider fauna; Theridiidae

Indexed keywords

ACHAEARANEA; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARGYRODES; CHROSIOTHES; CHRYSSO; ORCHIDACEAE; ORCHIS; THERIDIIDAE; THERIDION;

EID: 0034165434     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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