Redescription and generic placement of the spider Cryptachaea gigantipes (Keyserling, 1890) (Araneae: Theridiidae) and notes on related synanthropic species in Australasia

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 3507, 2012, Pages 38-56

  Smith, Helen M ^a   Vink, Cor J ^b,c   Fitzgerald, Brian M ^d   Sirvid, Phil J ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^d MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australia; Biology; Bites; COI; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867374969     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3507.1.2     Document Type: Article

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