| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Authors: | Y. G. Baba, Miyashita T. |
| Journal: | Acta Arachnologica |
| Volume: | 54 |
| Pagination: | 75-76 |
| Date Published: | 2005 |
| ISBN Number: | 0001-5202 |
| Keywords: | Argyrodes kumadai (Araneae)., Argyrodes kumadai [Food robbing / Kleptoparasitic behaviour / Arachnid, Asia, Eurasia, Feeding behaviour, Foraging, host utilization changes] [Japan / Central & south / Kleptoparasitism]., Land zones, Nutrition, Palaearctic region |
| Abstract: | We examined host utilization pattern of the kleptoparasitic spider Argyrodes kumadai along a a graphical gradient from central Japan to south,eo., west Islands. Host species changed abruptly between Yakushima Island and Amami-oshima Island: Agelena silvatica (Agelenidae) in northern regions and Cyrtophora moluceensis (Araneidae) in southern regions. This is the first report showing allopatric host change in kleptoparasitic spiders. |
| URL: | <Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR14210060415 |
