Detailed Information on Publication Record
2002
Mimicry complex in two central European zodariid spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae): how Zodarion deceives ants
PEKÁR, Stanislav and Jií KRÁLBasic information
Original name
Mimicry complex in two central European zodariid spiders (Araneae: Zodariidae): how Zodarion deceives ants
Name in Czech
Komplex mimikrí u dvou středoevropských mravčíků (Araneae: Zodariidae): jak Zodarion klame mravence?
Authors
PEKÁR, Stanislav (703 Slovakia, guarantor) and Jií KRÁL (203 Czech Republic)
Edition
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2002, 0024-4066
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Impact factor
Impact factor: 1.705
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14310/02:00009830
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
UT WoS
000174959200009
Keywords in English
Araneae; Zodarion; ants; Batesian mimicry; aggressive mimicry; behaviour; setosity; tactile cue
Tags
Změněno: 25/6/2009 10:55, prof. Mgr. Stanislav Pekár, Ph.D.
V originále
Ant-eating spiders, Zodarion germanicum and Zodarion rubidum, were found to resemble ants structurally and behaviourally. Z. germanicum mimics large dark ants, such as Formica cinerea, whereas Z. rubidum resembles red ants, e.g. Myrmica sabuleti. Thus these spiders are generalised Batesian mimics. The two spiders use aggressive mimicry during prey capture. When the spider carries a captured ant it will try to pass by approaching ants using special deceiving behaviour, which is based on imitation of ants nestmate recognition. The spider first tapped the antennae of the curious ant with legs I, then exposed its prey which the ant antennated. The distal part of the first legs of Zodarion are almost without macrosetae similar to the antennae of ants. Additionally, all legs are covered with flattened incised setae, which imitate the dense setosity of ants limbs. These remarkable microstructural imitations are believed to improve imitation of tactile signals by spiders.
In Czech
Ant-eating spiders, Zodarion germanicum and Zodarion rubidum, were found to resemble ants structurally and behaviourally. Z. germanicum mimics large dark ants, such as Formica cinerea, whereas Z. rubidum resembles red ants, e.g. Myrmica sabuleti. Thus these spiders are generalised Batesian mimics. The two spiders use aggressive mimicry during prey capture. When the spider carries a captured ant it will try to pass by approaching ants using special deceiving behaviour, which is based on imitation of ants nestmate recognition. The spider first tapped the antennae of the curious ant with legs I, then exposed its prey which the ant antennated. The distal part of the first legs of Zodarion are almost without macrosetae similar to the antennae of ants. Additionally, all legs are covered with flattened incised setae, which imitate the dense setosity of ants limbs. These remarkable microstructural imitations are believed to improve imitation of tactile signals by spiders.
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