Predation of the bat Pteronotus personatus (Mormoopidae), by a tarantula Lasiodora sp. (Theraphosidae, Araneae), in cave in northeastern Brazil
The growing number of reports of spiders preying on bats over the past decade indicates that such events are more frequent than originally thought. The present note reports on the predation of a bat, Pteronotus personatus (Mormoopidae), by a tarantula spider, Lasiodora sp. (Theraphosidae). The event...
Main Authors: | Sidclay Calaça Dias, Patrício Adriano Rocha, Leoni Silva Bomfim, Stephen Francis Ferrari |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2015-09-01
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Series: | Biotemas |
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Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/biotemas/article/view/37573 |
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