PEKÁR, Stanislav, Soeren TOFT, Martina MARTIŠOVÁ a David MAYNTZ. Dietary and prey-capture adaptations by which Zodarion germanicum, an ant-eating spider (Araneae: Zodariidae), specialises on the Formicinae. Naturwissenschaften. Heidelberg: Springer Berlin, 2008, roč. 95, č. 3, s. 233-239. ISSN 0028-1042. |
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@article{768479, author = {Pekár, Stanislav and Toft, Soeren and Martišová, Martina and Mayntz, David}, article_location = {Heidelberg}, article_number = {3}, keywords = {Ants; Formicidae; Spiders; Myrmecophagy; Prey specialisation}, language = {eng}, issn = {0028-1042}, journal = {Naturwissenschaften}, title = {Dietary and prey-capture adaptations by which Zodarion germanicum, an ant-eating spider (Araneae: Zodariidae), specialises on the Formicinae}, volume = {95}, year = {2008} }
TY - JOUR ID - 768479 AU - Pekár, Stanislav - Toft, Soeren - Martišová, Martina - Mayntz, David PY - 2008 TI - Dietary and prey-capture adaptations by which Zodarion germanicum, an ant-eating spider (Araneae: Zodariidae), specialises on the Formicinae JF - Naturwissenschaften VL - 95 IS - 3 SP - 233-239 EP - 233-239 PB - Springer Berlin SN - 00281042 KW - Ants KW - Formicidae KW - Spiders KW - Myrmecophagy KW - Prey specialisation N2 - There has been considerable recent interest in the biology of spiders that specialise on ants as prey, but previous studies have tended to envisage the level of adaptation as being to ants as a group. In this paper, we provide evidence that Zodarion germanicum is a spider that has dietary and venom adaptations by which it targets a particular subset of ants, the subfamily Formicinae. We reared spiders from first instar in the laboratory on three different diets: formicine ants only, myrmicine ants only and mixed (both formicine and myrmicine ants). Fitness-related life-history parameters were determined, and we found that the spiders on the formicine-only diet lived longer and grew at a faster rate. ER -
PEKÁR, Stanislav, Soeren TOFT, Martina MARTIŠOVÁ a David MAYNTZ. Dietary and prey-capture adaptations by which Zodarion germanicum, an ant-eating spider (Araneae: Zodariidae), specialises on the Formicinae. \textit{Naturwissenschaften}. Heidelberg: Springer Berlin, 2008, roč.~95, č.~3, s.~233-239. ISSN~0028-1042.
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