Madagascar: An unexpected hotspot of social Anelosimus spider diversity (Araneae: Theridiidae)

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 575-592

  Agnarsson, Ingi ^a,b,c   Kuntner, Matjǎ ^a,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEW WORLD ORDER; PHYLOGENETICS; RARE SPECIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPIDER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ANELOSIMUS; ARANEAE; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 21244451730     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2005.00289.x     Document Type: Article

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