EGG COVERING BEHAVIOR OF THE NEOTROPICAL HARVESTMAN PROMITOBATES ORNATUS (OPILIONES, GONYLEPTIDAE)
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Arachnology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0161-8202,1937-2396
DOI: 10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0249:ecbotn]2.0.co;2