Natural prey of the lynx spider Oxyopes lineatus (Araneae: Oxyopidae)

Entomologica Fennica

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 144-148

  Huseynov, Elchin F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; LYNX; OXYOPES; OXYOPIDAE;

EID: 34748873256     PISSN: 07858760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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