Courtship and male-male agonistic behaviour of Cosmophasis umbratica Simon, an ornate jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) from Singapore

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 435-448

  Lim, Matthew L M ^a   Li, Daiqin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Agonistic; Cosmophasis umbratica; Courtship; Salticidae; Sexual dimorphism; Spiders; Vibratory communication

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; SALTICIDAE;

EID: 15944404366     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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