Population characteristics of a kleptoparasitic spider Argyrodes flavescens (Araenae: Theridiidae) and its impact on a host spider Nephila pilipes (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) from Singapore

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 153-160

  Koh, Teck Hui ^a   Li, Daiqin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Argyrodes flavescens; Kleptoparasite; Nephila pilipes; Silk stealing; Singapore; Spider

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARGYRODES FLAVESCENS; NEPHILA; TETRAGNATHIDAE; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 0037199247     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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