On the use of ampullate gland silks by wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae) for attaching the egg sac to the spinnerets and a proposal for defining nubbins and tartipores

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-245

  Townley, Mark A ^a   Tillinghast, Edward K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ampullate silk gland; Hogna; Lycosoidea; Pardosa; Trochosa

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANEOIDEA; CANIS; HOGNA; LYCOSIDAE; LYCOSOIDEA; PARDOSA; TROCHOSA;

EID: 0242277202     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/0161-8202(2003)031[0209:OTUOAG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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