Natural diet and prey-choice behaviour of Aelurillus muganicus (Araneae: Salticidae), a myrmecophagic jumping spider from Azerbaijan

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 159-165

  Huseynov, Elchin F ^a   Cross, Fiona R ^b   Jackson, Robert R ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diet; Myrmecophagy; Predation; Preference; Prey choice; Salticidae; Spider

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION; SPIDER;

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

ACARI; AELURILLUS; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PSEUDOSCORPIONES; SALTICIDAE;

EID: 26444578465     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836905007363     Document Type: Article

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