Telaprocera (Araneae: Araneidae), a new genus of Australian orb-web spiders with highly elongated webs

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1956, 2008, Pages 59-80

  Harmer, Aaron M T ^a   Framenau, Volker W ^b,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cymbial keel; Ladder web; T. Joanae; T. Maudae; Web modification

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; METEPEIRA; PHYLO;

EID: 58149477701     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1956.1.2     Document Type: Article

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