Capture efficiency of an ant-eating spider, Zodariellum asiaticum (Araneae: Zodariidae), from Kazakhstan

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 388-391

  Pekár, Stano ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Myrmecophagy; Prey capture behavior; Specialization; Stenophagy

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; CATAGLYPHIS AENESCENS; DOLICHODERINAE; FORMICA CUNICULARIA; FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; MESSOR ARALOCASPIUS; MYRMICINAE; TAPINOMA ERRATICUM; TETRAMORIUM CAESPITUM; ZODARIIDAE;

EID: 70450228555     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/Hi09-08.1     Document Type: Article

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