Harvestmen as commensals of crab spiders

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 273-275

  Morse, Douglass H ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kleptoparasite; Misumena vatia; Opiliones; Phalangium opilio; Scavenger

Indexed keywords

APOIDEA; ARANEAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LEPIDOPTERA; MISUMENA; MISUMENA VATIA; OPILIO; OPILIONES; PHALANGIUM OPILIO; THOMISIDAE;

EID: 0035538684     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0273:HACOCS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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