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The impact of predation by the myrmecophagous spider Zodarion elegans (Araneae: Zodariidae) on the activity pattern of the Mediterranean harvester ant Messor wasmanni (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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Traxler, Tanja (2016): The impact of predation by the myrmecophagous spider Zodarion elegans (Araneae: Zodariidae) on the activity pattern of the Mediterranean harvester ant Messor wasmanni (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ecologica Montenegrina 7: 328-344, DOI: 10.37828/em.2016.7.10, URL: https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/em.2016.7.10

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