Frequency and consequences of damage to male copulatory organs in a widow spider

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 533-537

  Segoli, Michal ^a   Lubin, Yael ^a   Harari, Ally R ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Embolus tip; Latrodectus pallidus; Male mating strategy

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; LATRODECTUS PALLIDUS;

EID: 57149121998     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/St07-30.1     Document Type: Article

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