The brown widow spider Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841, in southern California

Pan-Pacific Entomologist

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 344-349

  Vincent, Leonard S ^a   Vetter, Richard S ^b,c   Wrenn, Willaim J ^d   Kempf, Janet K ^e   Berrian, James E ^f  

^a Fullerton College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c San Bernardino Country of California   (United States)

^d Biology Division   (United States)

^e NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

^f SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; LATRODECTUS GEOMETRICUS;

EID: 67649939151     PISSN: 00310603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3956/2008-07.1     Document Type: Article

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