A checklist of spiders from Sovenga Hill, an inselberg in the Savanna Biome, Limpopo Province, South Africa (Arachnida: Araneae)

Koedoe

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-115

  Modiba, M A ^a   Dippenaar, S M ^a   Dippenaar Schoeman, A S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^b PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Araneae; Checklist; Diversity; Limpopo Province; Savanna Biome; South Africa; Spiders

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; SAVANNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES INVENTORY; SPIDER;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; CLUBIONA; CLUBIONIDAE; CTENIDAE; GNAPHOSIDAE; LYCOSIDAE; THOMISIDAE;

EID: 33644752891     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v48i2.95     Document Type: Article

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