ŘEZÁČ, Milan, Stanislav PEKÁR, Miquel ARNEDO, Nuria MACÍAS-HERNÁNDEZ and Veronika ŘEZÁČOVÁ. Evolutionary insights into the eco-phenotypic diversification of Dysdera spiders in the Canary Islands. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag GmbH, 2021, vol. 21, No 1, p. 79-92. ISSN 1439-6092. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-020-00473-w.
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Original name Evolutionary insights into the eco-phenotypic diversification of Dysdera spiders in the Canary Islands
Authors ŘEZÁČ, Milan, Stanislav PEKÁR (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Miquel ARNEDO, Nuria MACÍAS-HERNÁNDEZ and Veronika ŘEZÁČOVÁ.
Edition Organisms Diversity & Evolution, Heidelberg, Springer Verlag GmbH, 2021, 1439-6092.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10602 Biology , Evolutionary biology
Country of publisher Germany
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 2.663
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/21:00122402
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-020-00473-w
UT WoS 000605103900001
Keywords in English Adaptive radiation; Diet specialization; Isopoda; Oniscophagy; Predatory behavior
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Abstract
The spiders of the genus Dysdera are renowned for including woodlouse specialists. In the Canary Islands, Dysdera underwent remarkable local diversification, and 48 endemic species have been reported to date. We aim to disentangle the evolutionary history underpinning this diversity, with particular emphasis on the evolution of the trophic ecology. We collected specimens belonging to 17 Dysdera species along with the co-occurring potential prey. We performed prey capture experiments with these specimens to assess which species accepted woodlice as prey and how they captured them and used statistical extrapolation and published phylogenetic information to infer the evolution of these dietary and behavioral traits. We identified four capture tactics and trait reconstruction analyses that inferred oniscophagy as the ancestral state. We found several instances of polyphagy that evolved from trophic specialist ancestors. When including the trophic strategy, predatory behavior, body size, and habitat type, it was revealed that at all sites, the co-occurring Dysdera species differed by at least one trait, suggesting the role of adaptive radiation via character displacement. We hypothesize that the colonization of the newly emerged islands by the Dysdera species was probably followed by the recurrent evolution of both woodlice specialists and non-oniscophagous species. The radiation of Dysdera in the Canary Islands indicates that diet specialization can evolve to polyphagy.
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