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- List of Species]
Salticidae: Diagnostic Drawings Library
by Jerzy Proszynski, 1999
Cosmophasis bitaeniata (Keyserling, 1882)
Source: Chrysanthus P. 1968. Spiders from South New Guinea. X. Tijdschr. Ent.
111: 65, figs 78-81.
NB. Paper by Allan R.A., et al. 200.2 Mimicry of host cuticular hydrocarbons
by salticid spider Cosmophasis bitaeniata that preys on larvae of
tree ants Oecophylla smaragdina. J. Chem. Ecol. , 28(4): 835-448
- gives new approach to the biology of Cosmophasis. See also: Rachel
A. Allan and Mark A. Elgar: Exploitation of the green tree ant, Oecophylla
smaragdina, by the salticid spider Cosmophasis bitaeniata. Australian
Journal of Zoology 49(2) 129 - 137. Also: Elgar MA, Allan RA.: Predatory spider
mimics acquire colony-specific cuticular hydrocarbons from their ant model prey.
Naturwissenschaften. 2004 Mar;91(3): 143-147.
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