First record of an onychophoran (Onychophora, Peripatidae) feeding on a theraphosid spider (Araneae, Theraphosidae)

Sidclay C. Dias; Nancy F. Lo-Man-Hung

doi:10.1636/ST08-20.1

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Sidclay C. Dias,¹ Nancy F. Lo-Man-Hung¹

¹Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Laboratório de Aracnologia, C.P. 399, 66017-970, Belém, Pará, Brazil. E-mail: pachistopelma@hotmail.com

Abstract

A velvet worm (Peripatus sp., Peripatidae) was observed and photographed while feeding on a theraphosid spider, Hapalopus butantan (Pérez-Miles, 1998). The present note is the first report of an onychophoran feeding on “giant” spider.

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Sidclay C. Dias and Nancy F. Lo-Man-Hung "First record of an onychophoran (Onychophora, Peripatidae) feeding on a theraphosid spider (Araneae, Theraphosidae)," The Journal of Arachnology 37(1), 116-117, (1 April 2009). https://doi.org/10.1636/ST08-20.1

Received: 5 February 2008; Published: 1 April 2009

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