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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Antmimics and Ground Sac Spiders (Corinnidae) » Castianeira
Color Variation in Two Species of Castianeira
By J. Reiskind
American Museum of Natural History 1981, Volume 170, 1981
Cite: 593408 with citation markup [cite:593408]
Online PDF available here: http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/1057
(Large file; may require a long download time. It is part of a big bundle of publications entitled, "Contributions to Arachnid Systematics in Honor of Willis J. Gertsch." The Castianeira paper starts on page 170.)

The considerable variation in the abdominal hair patterns of two species of Castianeira (C. crocata and C. floridana) from central Florida is described. Superficial resemblances of the two suggest convergent or parallel evolution of the patterns, perhaps as adaptations for mutillid mimicry.
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 9 November, 2011 - 9:32am
Last updated 29 November, 2011 - 9:30am

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