Systematics of new subsocial and solitary Australasian Anelosimus species (Araneae:Theridiidae)

Invertebrate Systematics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-16

  Agnarsson, Ingi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Bali; evolution of sociality; New Britain; Papua New Guinea; social ecology; taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOBIOLOGY; SPIDER; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL FOREST;

AUSTRALIA; BALI; INDONESIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SUNDA ISLES;

ANELOSIMUS; ARANEAE; ARANEAE THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 84863109617     PISSN: 14455226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/IS11039     Document Type: Article

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