1997
DOI: 10.1590/s0101-81751997000300018
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On the development of the brown spider Loxosceles gaucho Gertsch (Araneae, Sicariidae): the nympho-imaginal period

Abstract: ABSTRACT. Observations of the developmental biology of Loxosceles gaucho Gertsch, 1967, the brown spider of southeastern Brazil are scarce. The present study reports the method of individualized rearing of 18 populations of L. gaucho, kept in laboratory under varied diet conditions, and characterizes their nympho·imaginal period as well as factors related to their reproduction. Females built the first egg sac about 20 days after copulation and nymphs hatched 40 days after the laying date. Average offspring was… Show more

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“…Our unpublished observations and related literature (Büycherl 1961, Rinaldi et al 1997, Vetter 2008 indicated a generation-time in China for L. rufescens to be 1.5 yr. Therefore, the substitution rate per generation was given as v  1.5V.…”
Section: Estimation Of Divergence Times and Mtdna Substitution Ratesmentioning
confidence: 61%
“…Our unpublished observations and related literature (Büycherl 1961, Rinaldi et al 1997, Vetter 2008 indicated a generation-time in China for L. rufescens to be 1.5 yr. Therefore, the substitution rate per generation was given as v  1.5V.…”
Section: Estimation Of Divergence Times and Mtdna Substitution Ratesmentioning
confidence: 61%
“…For laboratory-reared L. intermedia restricted to one mating, egg sacs contained approximately 30 eggs where 70% hatched, however, the egg sacs of field collected females of unknown mating history averaged around 50 eggs with 80% hatch [111]. Similar fecundity numbers are presented for other species: L. laeta -mean of 88.4 eggs per sac [113], L. gaucho -mean of 61.3 eggs per sac [114]. Laboratory reared spiders, if not exposed to high temperatures, can obtain all the water they need from prey, as we could observe during the several years we kept L. intermedia, L. laeta and L. gaucho.…”
Section: Wwwintechopencommentioning
confidence: 79%
“…También es consistente con lo reportado para otras especies del género. Por ejemplo 50 arañuelas (0-91) para L. reclusa 42 , 30 arañuelas para L. intermedia 42 , 61,3 arañuelas para L. gaucho 43 y 33,7 arañuelas para L. hirsuta 42 . El capullo de una de nuestras hembras dio origen a sólo 12 arañuelas, lo que es excepcionalmente bajo, hecho que podría ser explicado por ejemplo, por tratarse de una hembra envejecida.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
“…Estos resultados son consistentes con lo reportado para otras especies de Loxosceles. Por ejemplo se han reportado índices de 1:1,2 en promedio en L. gaucho pero con variaciones entre cohortes desde 1:7 hasta 1,2:1 43 . En Chile, al estado adulto se ha reportado una relación 1:8 19 , lo que según la evolución de nuestras cohortes podría ser explicado por mortalidad diferencial, ya que los machos sobreviven menos que las hembras.…”
Section: Discussionunclassified
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