First record of the genus Thyreosthenius (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from the Iberian Peninsula with notes on the host preference of the myrmecophilic T. biovatus
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First record of the genus Thyreosthenius (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from the Iberian Peninsula with notes on the host preference of the myrmecophilic T. biovatus. / Castellucci, Filippo; Schifani, Enrico; García, Fede; Luchetti, Andrea; Scharff, Nikolaj.
In: Arachnologische Mitteilungen, Vol. 65, No. 1, 2023, p. 27-30.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - First record of the genus Thyreosthenius (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from the Iberian Peninsula with notes on the host preference of the myrmecophilic T. biovatus
AU - Castellucci, Filippo
AU - Schifani, Enrico
AU - García, Fede
AU - Luchetti, Andrea
AU - Scharff, Nikolaj
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Arachnologische Gesellschaft e.V.. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The presence of the spider genus Thyreosthenius Simon, 1884 (Linyphiidae) is for the first time confirmed in the Iberian Peninsula with an observation of the myrmecophile species T. biovatus (O. Pickard Cambridge, 1875). Four adult females and two sub-adult male specimens were collected inside mound nests belonging to the red wood ant species Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838 in the Aragon and Catalonia regions of Spain. This represents the second known record of an occurrence of T. biovatus in association with F. lugubris, and the first for Continental Europe. In addition, the existing information on the host preference of this species is reviewed and discussed in relation to the new data from the Spanish Pyrenees.
AB - The presence of the spider genus Thyreosthenius Simon, 1884 (Linyphiidae) is for the first time confirmed in the Iberian Peninsula with an observation of the myrmecophile species T. biovatus (O. Pickard Cambridge, 1875). Four adult females and two sub-adult male specimens were collected inside mound nests belonging to the red wood ant species Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838 in the Aragon and Catalonia regions of Spain. This represents the second known record of an occurrence of T. biovatus in association with F. lugubris, and the first for Continental Europe. In addition, the existing information on the host preference of this species is reviewed and discussed in relation to the new data from the Spanish Pyrenees.
KW - ant association
KW - Formica lugubris
KW - myrmecophily
KW - new record
KW - RWA
KW - Spain
KW - spider
U2 - 10.30963/aramit6506
DO - 10.30963/aramit6506
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85170414409
VL - 65
SP - 27
EP - 30
JO - Arachnologische Mitteilungen
JF - Arachnologische Mitteilungen
SN - 1018-4171
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 367707206