Spiders from laos: New species and new records (arachnida: Araneae)

Acta Arachnologica

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-51

  Jäger, Peter ^a   Praxaysombath, Bounthob ^b  

^a SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Houaphan province; Indochina; Khammouan province; Luang nam tha province; Luang prabang province; Spiders; Taxonomy; Transfers; Vientiane province

Indexed keywords

AGELENA LIMBATA; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARANEUS; ARGIOPE; ARGIOPE VERSICOLOR; ELLIPTICUS; EURYCHOERA BANNA; HERSILIA; LAOTIA; MENEMERUS BIVITTATUS; MYRMARACHNE; OLIOS; OXYOPES; PORTIA; PSEUDOPODA; TETRAGNATHA; TETRAGNATHIDAE; THELCTICOPIS; ZYGIELLA;

EID: 70749128640     PISSN: 00015202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.58.27     Document Type: Article

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