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Discovery and Genetic Characterization of Single Cohort Adult Colonies With Male Aggregations, and Preliminary Evidence for Lekking in a Malagasy Kite Spider (Isoxya,

  • 1. University of Iceland,Faculty of Life- and Environmental Sciences,Sturlugata 7, 102 Reykjavik,Iceland,
  • 2. Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA,
  • 3. Department of Chemistry, Boston College, 2609 Beacon Street, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA,

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Agnarsson, Ingi, Starrett, James, Babbitz, Zachary, Bond, Jason E. (2023): Discovery and Genetic Characterization of Single Cohort Adult Colonies With Male Aggregations, and Preliminary Evidence for Lekking in a Malagasy Kite Spider (Isoxya,. Insect Systematics and Diversity 7 (1): 1-15, DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixac029, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixac029

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