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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Predation by ants on jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in the Philippines
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, Volume 31, No. 1, Year 2004
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Description
Using a tropical fauna from the Philippines as a case study, ant‐salticid predator‐prey relationships were investigated. In the field, 41 observations of ant predation on salticids were made, and the actual attack on the salticid was seen in four. In the laboratory, five of the ant genera observed in the field were tested with four categories of salticids: (1) four myrmecophagic (i.e., ant‐eating) species, (2) six myrmecomorphic (i.e., ant‐like) species, (3) an ant‐associate species (i.e., a species that is neither myrmecophagic nor myrmecomorphic, but known to associate with ants), and (4) 14 ordinary species (i.e., species that are neither ant‐eating nor ant‐like, and are not known to associate with ants). In these tests the highest survival rates were observed in the myrmecophagic salticids, followed by the myrmecomorphic salticids, the ant‐associate species, and finally the ordinary species. © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2004.
Authors & Co-Authors
Jackson, Robert R.
New Zealand, Christchurch
University of Canterbury
Nelson, Ximena J.
New Zealand, Christchurch
University of Canterbury
Pollard, Simon D.
New Zealand, Christchurch
Canterbury Museum
Statistics
Citations: 51
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/03014223.2004.9518358
ISSN:
03014223
Study Design
Case Study
Study Approach
Qualitative