The mediterranean recluse spider, Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour): An abundant but cryptic inhabitant of deep infrastructure in the Washington, D.C. area (Arachnida: Araneae: Sicariidae)

American Entomologist

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 158-169

  Greene, Albert ^a   Breisch, Nancy L ^b   Boardman, Thomas ^c   Pagac, Benedict B ^d   Kunickis, Edward ^e   Howes, Randall K ^f   Brown, Paul V ^f  

^a Mobile Programs   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c United States Air Force   (United States)

^d Department of the Army ^*  (United States)

^e SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^f US Department of Homeland Security   (United States)

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EID: 84899551519     PISSN: 10462821     EISSN: 21559902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ae/55.3.158     Document Type: Article

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