Redescription of five Amazonian species of Ctenus Walckenaer (Araneae, Ctenidae, Cteninae)

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3338, 2012, Pages 49-59

  Polotow, Daniele ^a   Brescovit, Antonio D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Neotropical region; South America; Spider; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; CTENIDAE; CTENUS;

EID: 84862219399     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3338.1.3     Document Type: Article

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