FACTORS INFLUENCING SPECIFICITY AND CHOICE OF HOST IN ARGYR ODES ANTIPODIAN A (THERIDIIDAE, ARANEAE )
FACTORS INFLUENCING SPECIFICITY AND CHOICE OF HOST IN ARGYR ODES ANTIPODIAN A (THERIDIIDAE, ARANEAE )
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影响《阿吉尔颂歌》ANTIPODIAN A(兽科、蜘蛛科)寄主特异性和选择的因素
作者:
M. Whitehouse
ABSTRAC T The spider Argyrodes antipodiana (O .P. Cambridge) from New Zealand is a kleptoparasite whos e primary host in nature is an orb weaving spider, Aranea pustulosa (Walckenaer) . The kleptoparasite' s bias towards this host is stronger in the summer than in the winter . In the laboratory, Argyrodes wa s significantly better at obtaining food on the webs of Aranea pustulosa, than on the webs o f Achaearanea sp ., and Badumna longinquus (L . Koch) . Factors that may be responsible for hos t preferences and for variation in efficiency on different types of webs are discussed .