Dietary and prey-capture adaptations by which Zodarion
germanicum, an ant-eating spider (Araneae: Zodariidae),
specialises on the Formicinae

J 2008

Dietary and prey-capture adaptations by which Zodarion germanicum, an ant-eating spider (Araneae: Zodariidae), specialises on the Formicinae

PEKÁR, Stanislav, Soeren TOFT, Martina MARTIŠOVÁ and David MAYNTZ

Basic information

Original name

Dietary and prey-capture adaptations by which Zodarion germanicum, an ant-eating spider (Araneae: Zodariidae), specialises on the Formicinae

Name in Czech

Nutriční a lovecké adaptace, kterými se mravencožravý Zodarion germanicum (Araneae: Zodariidae) specializuje na mravence

Authors

PEKÁR, Stanislav (703 Slovakia, guarantor), Soeren TOFT (208 Denmark), Martina MARTIŠOVÁ (203 Czech Republic) and David MAYNTZ (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Edition

Naturwissenschaften, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin, 2008, 0028-1042

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.126

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/08:00026027

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000253201700008

Keywords in English

Ants; Formicidae; Spiders; Myrmecophagy; Prey specialisation

Abstract

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V originále

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.

In Czech

V poslední době vzrostl zájem o biologii mravencožravých pavouků. Předchozí studie brali myrmekofagii jako universální na všechny druhy mravenců ...

Links

MSM0021622416, plan (intention)

Name: Diverzita biotických společenstev a populací: kauzální analýza variability v prostoru a čase

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Diversity of Biotic Communities and Populations: Causal Analysis of variation in space and time

Citovat

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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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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