Early development of the anterior body region of the grey widow spider Latrodectus geometricus Koch, 1841 (Theridiidae, Araneae)

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 401-416

  Liu, Yu ^a   Maas, Andreas ^a   Waloszek, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chelicerata; Phylogeny; Prosoma; Spider embryos

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GRAY WIDOW SPIDER; LATRODECTUS GEOMETRICUS; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUTH; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; HEAD; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MORPHOGENESIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; CHELICERATA; LATRODECTUS GEOMETRICUS; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 68349133632     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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