Habitat, redescription and distribution of latrodectus geometricus in Uruguay (Araneae: Theridiidae);Hábitat, redescripción y distribución de latrodectus geometricus en Uruguay (Araneae: Theridiidae)

Biota Neotropica

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 371-375

  Simó, Miguel ^a   Dias, María de Fátima da Rocha ^a   Jorge, Carolina ^a   Castro, Manuel ^a   Dias, Marcelo Alves ^a,b   Laborda, Álvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b Instituto de Ciências Biológicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brown widow; Invasive alien species; Latrodectinae; Spider

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877746548     PISSN: 16786424     EISSN: 16760611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1676-06032013000100040     Document Type: Article

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