Trophic niche and capture efficacy of an ant-eating spider, Euryopis episinoides (Araneae: Theridiidae)

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Authors

LÍZNAROVÁ Eva PEKÁR Stanislav

Year of publication 2019
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of Arachnology
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web https://bioone.org/journals/The-Journal-of-Arachnology/volume-47/issue-1/0161-8202-47.1.45/Trophic-niche-and-capture-efficacy-of-an-ant-eating-spider/10.1636/0161-8202-47.1.45.short
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1636/0161-8202-47.1.45
Keywords Ants; diet breadth; myrmecophagous; trophic specialization
Description In this study, field and laboratory observations of the feeding ecology (natural diet, prey acceptance, prey capture behavior and capture efficacy) of the theridiid Euryopis episinoides Walckenaer, 1847 were combined to reveal its trophic niche and capture efficacy and to test the hypothesis that this species is an ant-eating specialist.
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