Use of Anopheles-specific prey-capture behavior by the small juveniles of Evarcha culicivora, a mosquito-eating jumping spider

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 541-548

  Nelson, Ximena J ^a,b   Jackson, Robert R ^b,c   Sune, Godfrey ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Detours; Malaria vectors; Mosquitoes; Predation; Predatory versatility; Salticidae

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARANEAE; CHAOBORIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIVORA; EVARCHA; SALTICIDAE;

EID: 30344474571     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/05-3.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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