A new termitivorous jumping spider from south africa (araneae salticidae)

Tropical Zoology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 197-207

  Wesolowska W ^a   Haddad, C R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Araneae; Heliophanus; New species; Salticidae; Termitivory

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; SALTICIDAE; TERMITARIA; TRINERVITERMES TRINERVOIDES;

EID: 0036970182     PISSN: 03946975     EISSN: 19709528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2002.10531174     Document Type: Article

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