1. Notes on the predation of an assassin bug by a spider in a Neotropical cave
- Author
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Jessica Aline Alves, Vinícius da Fontoura Sperandei, Leopoldo Ferreira de Oliveira Bernardi, Carlos Henrique Sena, and Lívia Dorneles Audino
- Subjects
0106 biological sciences ,geography ,Spider ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,010607 zoology ,Soil Science ,Zoology ,Assassin bug ,Biology ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Predation ,lcsh:Biology (General) ,Cave ,Brazil intraguild invertebrates Zelurus Enoploctenus ,Animal Science and Zoology ,lcsh:QH301-705.5 ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ,Nature and Landscape Conservation - Abstract
Intraguild predation have rarely been documented in scientific literature, even though this type of interaction can affect population dynamics and competition. In this study we present an intraguild predation event that occurred at different times, but in the same cave, where we observed spiders of the species Enoploctenus cyclotorax preying on specimens of assassin bug Zelurus diasi. Inside the studied caves, food resources are scarce and populations can be fairly small in size. It is possible, therefore, that these events are the result of ecological pressures imposed by the hypogean environment.
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- 2020