Genital morphology of the haplogyne spider Harpactea lepida (Arachnida, Araneae, Dysderidae)

Zoomorphology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-52

  Burger, Matthias ^a   Kropf, Christian ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dysderidae; Genital structures; Haplogynae; Secretion; Spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; DYSDERA CROCATA; DYSDERIDAE; HAPLOGYNAE; HARPACTEA;

EID: 34248231777     PISSN: 0720213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00435-007-0029-1     Document Type: Article

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