Todo lo que puedas comer: depredación de vertebrados e invertebrados autóctonos por parte de la araña introducida Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C.L. Koch, 1837) (Araneae: Theridiidae) en dos hábitats antropogénicos de Italia

Javier Blasco-Aróstegui‍; Arnau Calatayud-Mascarell

doi:10.3989/graellsia.2023.v79.350

Autores/as

Javier Blasco-Aróstegui‍ Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4230-9375
Arnau Calatayud-Mascarell Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio), University of Barcelona https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0627-2616

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2023.v79.350

Palabras clave:

Araneae, Theridiidae, Parasteatoda tepidariorum, Europa, Ecología, Depredación sobre vertebrados, Podarcis siculus, Alpiscorpius sigma

Resumen

Reportamos las dos principales presas autóctonas de la araña introducida Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C.L. Koch, 1841) en dos hábitats antropogénicos de los Alpes italianos, específicamente una especie de lagartija y una especie de escorpión: Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque, 1810) y Alpiscorpius sigma Kovařík, Štundlová, Fet & Šťáhlavský, 2019. Además, describimos brevemente el comportamiento depredador de esta araña con ambas presas, destacamos la escasez de registros de depredación de invertebrados sobre vertebrados en Europa y comentamos posibles efectos negativos sobre las poblaciones autóctonas.

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