Seismic sexual signal design of two sympatric burrowing tarantula spiders from meadows of uruguay: Eupalaestrus weijenberghi and Acanthoscurria suina (Araneae, Theraphosidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-45

  Quirici, Verónica ^a,b   Costa, Fernando G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS CLEMENTE ESTABLE   (Uruguay)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Courtship behavior; Seismic signal reach; Tarantula male signals

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSCURRIA SUINA; ARANEAE; EUPALAESTRUS WEIJENBERGHI; TARANTULA; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 34250828501     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/ST06-08.1     Document Type: Article

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