Predation by Three Species of Spiders on a cave Fish in a Mexican Sulphur Cave

Joachim Horstkotte; Rüdiger Riesch; Martin Plath; Peter Jäger

doi:10.13156/arac.2010.15.2.55

Predation by Three Species of Spiders on a cave Fish in a Mexican Sulphur Cave

Joachim Horstkotte, Rüdiger Riesch, Martin Plath, Peter Jäger

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Abstract

Previously, giant water bugs (Belostoma sp., Belostomatidae) were thought to be the only predators of the cave-dwelling fish Poecilia mexicana (Poeciliidae) in a southern Mexican sulphur cave (Cueva del Azufre). Here, we report on three species of Araneae [Ctenidae gen. sp., Tinus sp. (Pisauridae), and Hemirrhagus pernix (Theraphosidae)] from that cave, which also prey on P. mexicana. To our knowledge, this is the first report of spider predation on a cave fish.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	55-58
Number of pages	4
Journal	Bulletin of the British arachnological Society
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2010.15.2.55
Publication status	Published - Jul 2010

Keywords

Pisauridae
Poecilia mexicana
cave fish
Mexico
Belostoma
Hemirrhagus pernix
Theraphosidae

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