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- Title
First record of an Acanthepeira spider (Araneae: Araneidae) parasitized by a koinobiont wasp of the Polysphincta genus group (Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae).
- Authors
Barrantes, Gilbert; Quirós-Castegnaro, Andrés; Taylor-Rojas, Allison; Sánchez-Quirós, Catalina; Hanson, Paul
- Abstract
The highly diverse Polysphincta genus group includes a large number of species whose host spider is unknown. Here, we describe the first record of a species of Acrotaphus parasitizing an araneid in the genus Acanthepeira, in this case a subadult male. The cocoon web that the male spider constructed, induced by the third instar wasp larva, consisted of at least seven silk lines that merged into a single thick line 8 cm long. The larva constructed its cocoon near the middle of this thick line, from which an adult male wasp emerged twelve days later.
- Subjects
ICHNEUMONIDAE; ORB weavers; SPIDERS; WASPS; NUMBERS of species; COCOONS; LARVAE
- Publication
Arachnology, 2022, Vol 19, Issue 3, p628
- ISSN
2050-9928
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.13156/arac.2022.19.3.628