First record of Cyrtophora citricola (Forskål) in Brazil (Araneae, Araneidae)

Álvares, Éder S. S.; Maria, Museu-Arxiu de Santa

doi:10.1590/s0101-81752004000100026

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“…Levi (1997) reported the first record of individuals collected in South America, in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. The first well-documented record of this species in Brazil was made by Álvares and De Maria (2004), who reported specimens collected in the municipalities of Belo Horizonte (19°52'S, 43°58'W) and Prudente de Morais (19°30'S, 43°07'W), both in the state of Minas Gerais. The specimens examined by these authors were collected in 2000 and 2001.…”

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Inclusion of an alien species in the host range of the Neotropical parasitoid Hymenoepimecis bicolor (Brullé, 1846) (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)

Gonzaga¹,

Pádua²,

Quero³

2022

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In this study we report the first case of an introduced alien host spider species being parasitized and manipulated by an ichneumonid wasp. Hymenoepimecis bicolor, previously described parasitizing exclusively Trichonephila clavipes (Araneidae), was observed parasitizing the European species Cyrtophora citricola (Araneidae) in southeastern Brazil. The cocoon web built by the parasitized spider is composed of a reduced horizontal sheet, which maintains the radial structure. The reduced number of radii and spirals probably reduce the chances of insect interception by these modified structures. In addition, the density of supporting threads is apparently very different between normal and modified webs. The cocoon web spun by C. citricola lacks the protective barrier structure usually observed in cocoon webs spun by parasitized females of T. clavipes. Our observations are in agreement with several predictions of the ecdysteroid hypothesis and represent an interesting opportunity for further investigation of interactions between these parasitoids and their spider hosts.

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“…(possibly C. citricola) based on juveniles and the shape of the webs. Later, Álvares and De Maria (2004) mentioned that they searched unsuccessfully for these specimens in the collection of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA) to confirm the identification.…”

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Inclusion of an alien species in the host range of the Neotropical parasitoid Hymenoepimecis bicolor (Brullé, 1846) (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)

Gonzaga¹,

Pádua²,

Quero³

2022

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“…Cyrtophora citricola (Forskål, 1775) is a widespread tent-web spider historically occurring in Mediterranean Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and across Africa (Forskål 1775;Kullmann 1958Kullmann , 1959. Its distribution has burgeoned across the globe recently, with reported introductions in Colombia (Floréz-Daza 1996;Dossman et al 1997;Levi 1997), the Dominican Republic (Alayón-García et al 2001;Serra 2005), USA (Mannion et al 2002), Cuba (Alayón-García 2003), Brazil (Álvares and De Maria 2004), Haiti (Starr 2005), Costa Rica (Víquez 2007), Jamaica (Crews et al 2015), and other Caribbean islands (Armas 2010;Sewlal and Starr 2011).…”

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Two hymenopteran egg sac associates of the tent-web orbweaving spider, Cyrtophora citricola (Forskål, 1775) (Araneae, Araneidae)

Chuang¹,

Gates²,

Grinsted³

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We report the discovery of two wasp species emerging from egg sacs of the spider Cyrtophora citricola (Forskål 1775) collected from mainland Spain and the Canary Islands. We identify one as Philolema palanichamyi (Narendran 1984) (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae) and the other as a member of the Pediobius pyrgo (Walker 1839) species group (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae). This is the first report of Philolema in Europe, and the first documentation of hymenopteran egg predators of C. citricola. The latter finding is particularly relevant, given the multiple invasive populations of C. citricola in the Americas and the Caribbean, where neither egg sac predation nor parasitism is known to occur. We describe rates of emergence by Ph. palanichamyi from spider egg sacs collected from the southern coast of Spain and estimate sex ratios and body size variation among males and females. We also re-describe Ph. palanichamyi based on the female holotype and male paratype specimens. A peer-reviewed open-access journalAngela Chuang et al. / ZooKeys 874: 1-18 (2019)

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“…This species is very commonly widespread in tropical and subtropical parts of Asia, Africa and Australia. It also occurs in the Middle East, Southern Europe and in the Canary Islands (26,61,105,106), and it was introduced into the Caribbean and both Americas (2,60,98,105). This is a social species; sometimes sharing large nets built by few hundred individuals but frequently occurs also individually (24,28,58).…”

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New data on introduced and rare synanthropic spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) in Poland (II)

Rozwałka

Rutkowski

Bielak-Bielecki³

2017

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Over the last decades, a large number of introduced spider species (Araneae) has been noted in Europe. Some of these newcomers have been introduced incidentally. However, the others develop permanent populations, for example in greenhouses or botanical gardens, and become synanthropic species. Introduction and synanthropization of new spider species also occurs in Poland. New records presented herein extend the list of introduced arachnofauna by seven species: Aphantaulax trifasciata, Cheiracanthium furculatum, Cyrtophora citricola, Olios argelasius, Nurscia albomaculata, Phoneutria boliviensis and Triaeris stenaspis. In addition, new posts of rarely reported so far in Poland synanthropic spiders such as: Amaurobius ferox, A. similis, Cheiracanthium mildei, Hasarius adansoni, Holocnemus pluchei, Nesticella mogera, Psilochorus simoni, Pseudeuophrys lanigera, Scytodes thoracica and Uloborus plumipes are presented. The data complement the deployment of these species in Poland as well as indicate their potential expansion routes.

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First record of Cyrtophora citricola (Forskål) in Brazil (Araneae, Araneidae)

Cited by 9 publications

References 2 publications

Inclusion of an alien species in the host range of the Neotropical parasitoid Hymenoepimecis bicolor (Brullé, 1846) (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)

Inclusion of an alien species in the host range of the Neotropical parasitoid Hymenoepimecis bicolor (Brullé, 1846) (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)

Two hymenopteran egg sac associates of the tent-web orbweaving spider, Cyrtophora citricola (Forskål, 1775) (Araneae, Araneidae)

New data on introduced and rare synanthropic spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) in Poland (II)

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