Geographical host change in the kleptoparasitic spider Argyrodes kumadai associated with distribution of two host species

Acta Arachnologica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 75-76

  Baba, Yuki G ^a   Miyashita, Tadashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agelena limbata; Agelena silvatica; Cyrtophora moluccensis; Host parasite

Indexed keywords

AGELENA; AGELENA LIMBATA; AGELENIDAE; ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARGYRODES; CYRTOPHORA;

EID: 33645767380     PISSN: 00015202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.54.75     Document Type: Article

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