TY - JOUR T1 - First instar larvae of mantispids, Mantispa japonica MacLachlan and Eumantispa harmandi (Navas) (Neuroptera: Mantispidae), associating with spiders (Araneae) JF - Japanese Journal of Entomology Y1 - 1995 A1 - Hirata, Shin-ichiro A1 - Ishii, Minoru A1 - Nishikawa, Yoshiaki SP - 673 EP - 680 KW - (Arachnida) KW - (Neuroptera) KW - / Central KW - Araneae (Arachnida). KW - Araneae [Phoresy / / Eumantispa harmandi & Mantispa japonica KW - Asia KW - Associations KW - Commensalism KW - Eumantispa harmandi KW - Eumantispa harmandi (Neuroptera). KW - Eurasia KW - first instar larvae] [Japan / KW - Host records & observations KW - Host records & observations] [Japan / / Central KW - Land zones KW - Mantispa japonica (Neuroptera). KW - Mantispa japonica [Phoresy / / Araneae KW - Neuropteran phoronts]. KW - Palaearctic region KW - Phoresy on arachnid hosts]. AB - The first instar larvae of the mantispids, Mantispa japonica MacLACHLAN and Eumantispa harmandi (NAVAS), were found associating with spiders collected in and around deciduous forests in Osaka, Wakayama, and Nara Prefectures, in central Japan between October 1993 and May 1994. The spiders were juveniles, subadults, or adults classified into 15 species belonging to six families: Thomisidae, Philodromidae, Clubionidae, Salticidae, Agelenidae, and Heteropodidae. The larvae of the two mantispid species wrapped over the body surface around the pedicel of host spiders, but detailed positions were slightly different between the two species: The larvae of M. japonica were associating with spiders collected on plants, and those of E. harmandi were associating with spiders found under stones and fallen trees, and in the litter. Larvae of E. harmandi were also found on specimens of predominantly epigaeic spiders from Gifu, Osaka, and Hyogo Prefectures. VL - 63 SN - 0915-5805 UR - ://ZOOREC:ZOOR13200071215 N1 - ZOOR13200071215 ER -