TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schmitt, Marcus
A1  - Richter, Daniela
A1  - Göbel, Daniel
A1  - Zwakhals, Kees
T1  - Beobachtungen zur Parasitierung von Radnetzspinnen (Araneidae) durch Polysphincta rufipes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
T2  - Arachnologische Mitteilungen
N2  - We found the ichneumonid Polysphincta rufipes Gravenhorst, 1829 (tribus Polysphinctini) to be a koinobiont parasitoid of two species of araneid orb-weavers, Larinioides sclopetarius and Zygiella x-notata, in Central Europe. Some notes on the biology of P. rufipes are given, based on observations both in the field and in the laboratory. The wasps directly attack non-adult spiders sitting in the hubs of their webs. Parasitized spiders could be found from, at least, August to early December. The duration of the development of the wasp larvae, including the pupal stage, is about two months. It seems conceivable that at the end of the larval stage the larva somehow manipulates its host spider; i.e. the spider is forced to enter its retreat – a safe place where the larva can kill the host, complete its development and spin a cocoon for pupation (pupa libera).
KW  - Larinioides sclopetarius
KW  - Pimplinae
KW  - Polyshinctini
KW  - spider parasitoid
KW  - Zygiella x-notata
Y1  - 2012
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/28991
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-289915
SN  - 1018-4171
VL  - 44
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
PB  - Arachnologische Ges.
CY  - Freiburg
ER  -