| PEKÁR, Stanislav, Soeren TOFT, Martina MARTIŠOVÁ and 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, vol. 95, No 3, p. 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 and 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, vol.~95, No~3, p.~233-239. ISSN~0028-1042.
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