Notes on web and web plasticity and description of the male of Achaearanea hieroglyphica (Mello-leitão) (araneae, Theridiidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 638-641

  Agnarsson, Ingi ^a,b   Coddington, Jonathan A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Orbicularia; Spider webs; Taxonomy; Web evolution

Indexed keywords

ACHAEARANEA; ARANEAE; ARANEAE THERIDIIDAE; ORBICULARIA; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 34248664451     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/06-26.1     Document Type: Article

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