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New records of spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) in neotropical jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae)

open access: yesEntomological Communications, 2023
Salticidae is the most diverse family within the order Araneae. Acroceridae are obligate parasites of spiders, since they need them to complete their development.
Damián Hagopián, Álvaro Laborda
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Convergence between a mosquito-eating predator's natural diet and its prey-choice behaviour [PDF]

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2016
On the basis of 1115 records of Evarcha culicivora feeding in the field, we can characterize this East African jumping spider (Salticidae) as being distinctively stenophagic. We can also, on the basis of laboratory prey-choice experiments, characterize E.
Robert R. Jackson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

First record of Gardena melinarthrum (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Thailand with a note on its predation of an araneophagic spider

open access: yesJournal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2023
The thread-legged assassin bug Gardena melinarthrum Dohrn, 1860 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) is reported for the first time from Thailand. Morphological data of the female adult, including detailed information of the genitalia, is provided with photographs.
Yuya Suzuki, Booppa Petcharad
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Revision of Gypogyna Simon, 1900 (Araneae: Salticidae) [PDF]

open access: yesZootaxa, 2021
Gypogyna Simon, 1900 is revised. Three species are recognized and diagnosed. The type species, Gypogyna forceps Simon, 1900, is redescribed and recorded from several localities in South America. Gypogyna amazonica Ruiz sp. nov. is described based on a male from Manaus, Brazil. Gypogyna mexicana Ruiz & Bustamante sp. nov.
GUSTAVO R.S. RUIZ   +2 more
openaire   +7 more sources

The Salticidae (Spiders) of Panama [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of the Entomological Society of America, 1946
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +3 more sources

DESCRIPTION OF \u3ci\u3eHAKKA\u3c/i\u3e, A NEW GENUS OF JUMPING SPIDER (ARANEAE, SALTICIDAE) FROM HAWAII AND EAST ASIA [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
We describe a new genus for a jumping spider that was originally placed in the large genus Menemerus Simon 1868, from which the new genus is clearly different. They were later reclassified as Icius, then as Pseudicius, and still later as Salticus.
Berry, James W., Prószyński, Jerzy
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Predatory spider fauna in fruit crops of Punjab, India along with new records

open access: yesThe Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2020
Spiders are important predatory organisms in the orchards. Keeping in view their role in the natural biological control, the present studies were conducted from May 2012 to October 2019 in orchards belonging to 21 fruit crops, viz.
SANDEEP SINGH   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

New Distributional Records of Phidippus (Araneae: Salticidae) for Baja California and Mexico: An Integrative Approach

open access: yesDiversity, 2022
Because of its heterogeneity in ecoregions and its varied topography, the Mexican peninsula of Baja California (BCP) is an area of high diversity for many taxa, including spiders. However, a paucity of studies means that the diversity of BCP’s spiders is
Luis C. Hernández Salgado   +5 more
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Predatory Encounters of Yllenus Arenarius (Araneae, Salticidae) with Flies (Diptera) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Predatory behaviour of Yllenus arenarius hunting flies (Diptera) was studied. The general spider's approach and capture was typical for salticids hunting prey that has high ability to escape. Two modes of approach in close proximity of prey were observed.
Bartos, Maciej
core   +2 more sources

Visual Discrimination Learning in the Jumping Spider Phidippus regius

open access: yesAnimal Behavior and Cognition, 2017
Over the past decade, research in comparative psychology has increasingly focused on non-vertebrate models of cognition. Jumping spiders provide excellent models for the study of visually mediated behaviors, such as associative learning or the navigation
Massimo De Agrò   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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