First record of egg sac predation on a wall crab spider Selenopidae (Araneae) by the wasp Camera lunavenatrix sp n. (Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae)

Author(s)

Villanueva-Bonilla, German Antonio ^[1] ; Onody, Helena Carolina ^[2] ; Santos, Bernardo F. ^[3] ; Vasconcellos-Neto, Joao ^[4]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, UNICAMP, Programa Posgrad Biol Anim, Dept Biol Anim, Inst Biol, Caixa Postal 6109, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Dept Ecol & Evolut Biol, Rodovia Washington Luiz, Km 325, BR-13565905 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil

^[3] Amer Museum Nat Hist, Richard Gilder Grad Sch, Cent Pk West & 79th St, New York, NY 10024 - USA

^[4] Univ Estadual Campinas, UNICAMP, Dept Biol Anim, Inst Biol, Caixa Postal 6109, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: JOURNAL OF HYMENOPTERA RESEARCH; v. 49, p. 65-79, 2016.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

We report the first record of egg sac predation on the wall crab spider Selenops cocheleti by wasps of the genus Camera (Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) with the description of a new species, as well as biological information on the wasp and the spider host. The rearing record and information presented herein are the first biological data for the genus. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 13/16469-8 - Population dynamics and association of Selenops cocheleti Simon, 1880 (Araneae: Selenopidae) with plants of family Myrtaceae in the Serra do Japi, São Paulo, Brasil
• Grantee: German Antonio Villanueva Bonilla
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• FAPESP's process: 12/15875-0 - Diversity of parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera) in areas of Atlantic Forest of São Paulo State: an integrative taxonomic approach
• Grantee: Helena Carolina Onody
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral