First record of paternal care in the family Stygnidae (Opiliones: Laniatores)

Villarreal Manzanilla, Osvaldo; Machado, Glauco

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First record of paternal care in the family Stygnidae (Opiliones: Laniatores)

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Author(s):	Villarreal Manzanilla, Osvaldo ^[1] ; Machado, Glauco ^[2] Total Authors: 2
Affiliation:	^[1] Cent Univ Venezuela, Fac Agron, Museo Inst Zool Agr, Maracay, Estado Aragua - Venezuela ^[2] Inst Biociencias, Dept Ecol, BR-05508900 Sao Paulo - Brazil Total Affiliations: 2
Document type:	Journal article
Source:	JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY; v. 39, n. 3, p. 500-502, 2011.
Web of Science Citations:	3
Abstract
Two cases of paternal care are described for species of the genus Stenostygnellus (Stygnidae), S. flavolimbatus Roewer 1913 and S. aft. flavolimbatus, both from Venezuela. Males of both species guard multiple clutches containing a large number of eggs, which are laid under rotting logs (S. flavolimbatus) or in the base of palm petioles (S. aff. flavolimbatus). These records probably represent a new and independently evolved case of paternal care in harvestmen. (AU)

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