Occurrence of Philolema sp. (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) in Latrodectus thoracicus (Nicolet, 1849) (Araneae: Theridiidae) Egg Sacs

Andrés Taucare-Ríos; Thiago Marinho Alvarenga; Valmir Antonio Costa

doi:10.13156/arac.2017.17.7.334

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Andrés Taucare-Ríos,¹ Thiago Marinho Alvarenga,² Valmir Antonio Costa³

¹Centro de Investigación en Medio Ambiente (CENIMA), Universidad Arturo Prat, Casilla 121, Iquique, Chile email: and.taucare26@gmail.com
²Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal do Departamento de Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas (SP), Brazil
³Instituto Biológico, Caixa Postal 70, 13012-970 Campinas (SP), Brazil

Abstract

Aspects of the natural history of the black widow spider Latrodectus thoracicus (Nicolet, 1849) are poorly known. The first observation of predation on L. thoracicus egg sacs is presented here, and we describe the predatory wasp (Philolema sp.) as a natural enemy for this species.

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Andrés Taucare-Ríos, Thiago Marinho Alvarenga, and Valmir Antonio Costa "Occurrence of Philolema sp. (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) in Latrodectus thoracicus (Nicolet, 1849) (Araneae: Theridiidae) Egg Sacs," Arachnology 17(7), 334-336, (1 March 2018). https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2017.17.7.334

Published: 1 March 2018

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