Synonymy of Homalopoltys (Araneae: Araneidae) with the genus Dolichognatha (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) and descriptions of two new species

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1775, 2008, Pages 1-24

  Smith, Helen M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Borneo; Canoe tapetum; New guinea; Sri Lanka; Sumatra; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; DOLICHOGNATHA; TETRAGNATHIDAE;

EID: 44649149514     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1775.1.1     Document Type: Article

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