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arachnology

(ăr′ək-nŏl′ə-gē)
n.
The branch of zoology that deals with spiders and other arachnids.
ar′ach·no·log′i·cal (-nə-lŏj′ĭ-kəl) adj.
ar′ach·nol′o·gist n.
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Barrion, "Living with the enemy: jumping spiders that mimic weaver ants," Journal of Arachnology, vol.
Nelson, "Visual cues used by ant-like jumping spiders to distinguish conspecifics from their models," Journal of Arachnology, vol.
Ant-mimicking spiders: strategies for living with social insects
Growth of the zoological collections of MNRJ accelerated in the early 20th century when the arachnology collection was formed.
All materials from the arachnology collection that were in the palace at the time of the fire were destroyed.
Immolation of Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro--unforgettable fire and irreplaceable loss
In Proceedings of the 17th European Colloquium of Arachnology, Edinburgh.
Flying sand-dwelling spiders: aerial dispersal in Allocosa marindia and Allocosa senex (Araneae: Lycosidae)
Cortez Roldan, Jose Cruz Valerdi Tlachi and Eduardo Briones Osorno, students of the Laboratory of Arachnology (LATLAX) of the LBCTV, IBUNAM, Tlaxcala, Mexico for their help in the collection of the specimens in the field.
Laboratory of Arachnology (LATLAX), Laboratorio Regional de Biodiversidad y Cultivo de Tejidos Vegetales (LBCTV), Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), sede Tlaxcala, Ex-Fabrica San Manuel, San Miguel Contla, 90640 Santa Cruz Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, Mexico.
New morphological data for the order Ricinulei with the description of two new species of Pseudocellus (Arachnida: Ricinulei: Ricinoididae) from Mexico
20th International Congress of Arachnology, Golden, Colorado EEUU:149-150.
Are multiple copulations harmful? Damage to male pedipalps in the funnel-web wolf spider Aglaoctenus lagotis (Araneae: Lycosidae)
Bulletin of the British Arachnology Society 6:68-74.
Analysis of sensory processing in scorpion peg sensilla
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