The predatory strategy, natural diet, and life cycle of Cyrba algerina, an araneophagic jumping spider (Salticidae: Spartaeinae) from Azerbaijan

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 291-303

  Guseinov, Elchin F ^a   Cerveira, Ana M ^b   Jackson, Robert R ^b  

^a Ministry of Science and Education Republic of Azerbaijan   (Azerbaijan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cyrba; predation; Oecobiidae; Salticidae; Spartaeinae; Spider

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; DIET; LIFE CYCLE; PREY CAPTURE; PREY PREFERENCE; SPIDER;

ASIA; AZERBAIJAN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WEST ASIA; WORLD;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CYRBA ALGERINA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; OECOBIIDAE; SALTICIDAE; SPARTAEINAE;

EID: 12144283399     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2004.9518382     Document Type: Article

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