Spiders in a hostile world (Arachnoidea, Araneae)
- Spiders are powerful predators, but the threats confronting them are numerous. A survey is presented of the many different arthropods which waylay spiders in various ways. Some food-specialists among spiders feed exclusively on spiders. Kleptoparasites are found among spiders as well as among Mecoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, and Heteroptera. Predators are found within spiders’ own population (cannibalism), among other spider species (araneophagy), and among different species of Heteroptera, Odonata, and Hymenoptera. Parasitoids are found in the orders Hymenoptera and Diptera. The largest insect order, Coleoptera, comprises a few species among the Carabidae which feed on spiders, but beetles are not represented among the kleptoparasites or parasitoids.
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| Author: | Peter J. van Helsdingen |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-266170 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5431/aramit4007 |
| ISSN: | 1081-4171 |
| Parent Title (German): | Arachnologische Mitteilungen |
| Publisher: | Arachnologische Ges. |
| Place of publication: | Nürnberg |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2012/10/02 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2011 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2012/10/02 |
| Tag: | aggressive mimicry; araneophagy; cannibalism |
| Volume: | 2011 |
| Issue: | 40 |
| Page Number: | 10 |
| First Page: | 55 |
| Last Page: | 64 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 358236045 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | Arachnologische Mitteilungen / Arachnologische Mitteilungen, Heft 40 (2011) |
| : | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-287755 |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
