Geographical host change in the kleptoparasitic spider Argyrodes kumadai associated with distribution of two host species

Acta Arachnologica

Tadashi Miyashita¹  Yuki G. Baba¹ 

[1] Laboratory of Biodiversity Science, School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo

关键词: Agelena limbata;    Agelena silvatica;    Cyrtophora moluccensis;    host-parasite;   

DOI  :  10.2476/asjaa.54.75

学科分类：动物科学

来源: Arachnological Society of Japan

【 摘 要 】

References(12)Cited-By(5)We examined host utilization pattern of the kleptoparasitic spider Argyrodes kumadai along a geographical gradient from central Japan to southwest Islands. Host species changed abruptly between Yakushima Island and Amami-oshima Island: Agelena silvatica (Agelenidae) in northern regions and Cyrtophora moluccensis (Araneidae) in southern regions. This is the first report showing allopatric host change in kleptoparasitic spiders.

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