The first pararchaeid spider (araneae: pararchaeidae) from New Caledonia, with a discussion on spinneret spigots and egg sac morphology in Ozarchaea

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 2414, 2010, Pages 27-40

  Rix, Michael G ^a   Harvey, Mark S ^a  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Araneoidea; Egg sac; Entelegynae; Nouvelle cal donie; Palpimanoidea; Spigots; Spinnerets; Taxonomy; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANEOIDEA; ENTELEGYNAE; PALPIMANOIDEA;

EID: 77953924047     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2414.1.2     Document Type: Article

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