J 2020

Tracing the evolution of trophic specialisation and mode of attack behaviour in the ground spider family Gnaphosidae

BEYDIZADA, Narmin, Andrea TÓTHOVÁ a Stanislav PEKÁR

Základní údaje

Originální název

Tracing the evolution of trophic specialisation and mode of attack behaviour in the ground spider family Gnaphosidae

Autoři

BEYDIZADA, Narmin (31 Ázerbájdžán, domácí), Andrea TÓTHOVÁ (703 Slovensko, domácí) a Stanislav PEKÁR (703 Slovensko, garant, domácí)

Vydání

ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION, HEIDELBERG, SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, 2020, 1439-6092

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10613 Zoology

Stát vydavatele

Německo

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.940

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/20:00117067

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

UT WoS

000560624600001

Klíčová slova anglicky

Araneophagous; Generalist; Ground spiders; Myrmecophagous; Prey-capture

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 14. 11. 2023 13:06, Mgr. Lucie Jarošová, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

The evolutionary history of prey specialisation differs among spider species, particularly among active wandering species which have evolved a variety of prey-capture tactics. Here, we conducted a comparative analysis of prey specialisation and prey capture behaviour in Gnaphosidae. We used nine species each representing a different genus and investigated their acceptance of spiders and ants as prey, on which they may specialise, and their attack behaviour. Then we collected such data for another about 20 species from literature. The studied species used only either biting or silk (followed by biting) to constrain prey during attack. For each species, we measured selected morphological characteristics-specifically, the relative sizes of cheliceral fangs and spinnerets as well as the number of spigots on spinnerets-and related them to the ability to catch spiders (araneophagy) and ants (myrmecophagy) and mode of attack behaviour. We found the relative fang size to be significantly shorter for myrmecophagous species. Other traits were not related to prey specialisation or attack behaviour. They used silk particularly for larger prey. Use of silk was a conditional strategy in some species. We reconstructed the phylogenetic relationships among the studied genera using molecular and morphological data. We found that araneophagy was frequent but myrmecophagy was rare among recent taxa. Comparative analysis revealed that araneophagy is an ancestral state, while myrmecophagy was less likely and repeatedly lost. The use of silk for prey immobilisation was also as likely as unlikely for ancestors and has been repeatedly lost.