Three cobweb spider genera (Anelosimus, Tidarren, and Thymoites) and Argyrodes fictilium (Araneae:Theridiidae) recently discovered in Kansas

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 155-163

  Guarisco, Hank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NEW RECORD; SPIDER;

UNITED STATES;

ANELOSIMUS STUDIOSUS; ARANEAE; ARGYRODES FICTILIUM; HETEROPTERA; MANTISPA VIRIDIS; MANTISPIDAE; MIMETIDAE; MIMETUS PURITANUS; MIRIDAE; NEUROPTERA; RANZOVIUS CLAVICORNIS; THERIDIIDAE; THYMOITES PALLIDUS; TIDARREN SISYPHOIDES;

EID: 0034440742     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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