Does allometric growth explain the diminutive size of the fangs of Scytodes (Araneae: Scytodidae)?

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 174-177

  Suter, Robert B ^a   Stratton, Gail E ^b  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

morphology; neoteny; ontogeny; Spider predation; spitting dynamics

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; LOXOSCELES RECLUSA; LYCOSIDAE; SCYTODES; SCYTODIDAE; STERNA; THORACICA; VARACOSA AVARA;

EID: 79959568845     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/B10-10.1     Document Type: Article

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