Crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae) in flowering plants in a Brazilian "Cerrado" ecosystem
Although crab spiders are common in flowering plants, their relations with plant species and its floral traits have been poorly known in the Neotropics. Observations regarding plant habits, floral visitors and also floral characteristics such as anthesis, odour, shape, colour and floral resources we...
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| description | Although crab spiders are common in flowering plants, their relations with plant species and its floral traits have been poorly known in the Neotropics. Observations regarding plant habits, floral visitors and also floral characteristics such as anthesis, odour, shape, colour and floral resources were recorded in flowering plant species of an area of "Cerrado" on a 2 km long trail. Misumenops argenteus and Misumenops pallens accounted for 62.86% of the spiders captured on 22 flowering plant species. The plants Senna rugosa (Fabaceae), Styrax ferrugineus (Styracaceae) and Banisteriopsis campestris (Malpighiaceae), hosted, each one, about 10 to 17% of the total spiders collected and these plants had diurnal anthesis, bee-attractive flower colours such as yellow (S. rugosa), white (S. ferrugineus), and pink (B. campestris), poricidal anthers as well as being visited by bees which evidenced bee-pollination syndrome. This study is the first survey regarding crab spiders and their associations with plant species of the "Cerrado". |
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| spelling | doaj.art-81c9760247da42e5904f18861a361bc02022-12-22T02:08:31ZengInstituto Internacional de EcologiaBrazilian Journal of Biology1678-437571235936410.1590/S1519-69842011000300004S1519-69842011000300004Crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae) in flowering plants in a Brazilian "Cerrado" ecosystemLC Rocha-Filho0IMP Rinaldi1Universidade de São PauloUniversidade Estadual PaulistaAlthough crab spiders are common in flowering plants, their relations with plant species and its floral traits have been poorly known in the Neotropics. Observations regarding plant habits, floral visitors and also floral characteristics such as anthesis, odour, shape, colour and floral resources were recorded in flowering plant species of an area of "Cerrado" on a 2 km long trail. Misumenops argenteus and Misumenops pallens accounted for 62.86% of the spiders captured on 22 flowering plant species. The plants Senna rugosa (Fabaceae), Styrax ferrugineus (Styracaceae) and Banisteriopsis campestris (Malpighiaceae), hosted, each one, about 10 to 17% of the total spiders collected and these plants had diurnal anthesis, bee-attractive flower colours such as yellow (S. rugosa), white (S. ferrugineus), and pink (B. campestris), poricidal anthers as well as being visited by bees which evidenced bee-pollination syndrome. This study is the first survey regarding crab spiders and their associations with plant species of the "Cerrado".http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842011000300004&lng=en&tlng=enambush spidersMisumenopsfloral biologyfloral visitors |
| spellingShingle | LC Rocha-Filho IMP Rinaldi Crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae) in flowering plants in a Brazilian "Cerrado" ecosystem Brazilian Journal of Biology ambush spiders Misumenops floral biology floral visitors |
| title | Crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae) in flowering plants in a Brazilian "Cerrado" ecosystem |
| title_full | Crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae) in flowering plants in a Brazilian "Cerrado" ecosystem |
| title_fullStr | Crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae) in flowering plants in a Brazilian "Cerrado" ecosystem |
| title_full_unstemmed | Crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae) in flowering plants in a Brazilian "Cerrado" ecosystem |
| title_short | Crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae) in flowering plants in a Brazilian "Cerrado" ecosystem |
| title_sort | crab spiders araneae thomisidae in flowering plants in a brazilian cerrado ecosystem |
| topic | ambush spiders Misumenops floral biology floral visitors |
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