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29 July 2021 Fundamental trophic niche of two prey-specialized jumping spiders, Cyrba algerina and Heliophanus termitophagus (Araneae: Salticidae)
Ondřej Michálek, Stano Pekár, Charles R. Haddad
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Abstract

Spiders are among the most taxonomically diversified orders of predators, but data on the trophic niche of most species are still unknown. Here, we investigated the fundamental trophic niche of two species of jumping spiders, Cyrba algerina (Lucas, 1846) and Heliophanus termitophagus , for which data on their realized trophic niche suggest trophic specialization (feeding on other spiders or termites, respectively). We investigated their fundamental trophic niche by means of acceptance experiments. Both species accepted a broader spectrum of prey under laboratory conditions than in the field, suggesting they are euryphagous specialists.

Ondřej Michálek, Stano Pekár, and Charles R. Haddad "Fundamental trophic niche of two prey-specialized jumping spiders, Cyrba algerina and Heliophanus termitophagus (Araneae: Salticidae)," The Journal of Arachnology 49(2), 268-271, (29 July 2021). https://doi.org/10.1636/JoA-S-20-060
Received: 7 August 2020; Published: 29 July 2021
KEYWORDS
araneophagy
diet breadth
prey acceptance
specialization
termitophagy
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