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Article: The prey of the lynx spider Oxyopes globifer (Araneae, Oxyopidae) associated with a semidesert dwarf shrub in Azerbaijan.(Report)
- Article from:
- Journal of Arachnology
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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ABSTRACT. The prey of the lynx spider, Oxyopes globifer Simon 1876, occurring on Salsola nodulosa (Moq.) plants, was analyzed. In common with other cursorial spiders, the percentage of feeding specimens in the population of O. globifer was low (5.5%). Males were observed feeding significantly less frequently than females and immatures of both sexes. After oviposition, however, the records of prey capture in egg-guarding females also declined considerably. Oxyopes globifer is a polyphagous predator feeding on a wide range of arthropods: insects of the orders Hymenoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera and Homoptera, as well as on several spider species. The primary food was worker ...