Is the hairy groove in the gibbosus male morph of Oedothorax gibbosus (Blackwall 1841) a nuptial feeding device?

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 309-315

  Vanacker, Danny ^a   Maes, Liesbeth ^a   Pardo, Sylvia ^a   Hendrickx, Frederik ^a   Maelfait, Jean Pierre ^b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Laboratory of Microbial Ecology   (Belgium)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gustatorial courtship; Interspecific courtship; Nuptial feeding; Oedothorax fuscus; Oedothorax gibbosus

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ERIGONINAE; LINYPHIIDAE; OEDOTHORAX; OEDOTHORAX FUSCUS; OEDOTHORAX GIBBOSUS;

EID: 0242277186     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/s02-06     Document Type: Article

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