Research note harvestman (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae) takes prey from a spider (Araneae, Ctenidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 675-678

  Sabino, José ^a   Gnaspini, Pedro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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