Observational evidence that the diet of wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) in paddies temporarily depends on dipterous insects

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-200

  Ishijima, Chikara ^a,b   Taguchi, Ayame ^a   Takagi, Motonori ^a   Motobayashi, Takashi ^a   Nakai, Madoka ^a   Kunimi, Yasuhisa ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dipterous insects; Paddies; Pardosa pseudoannulata; Pirata subpiraticus; Wolf spiders

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; CHIRONOMIDAE; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LYCOSIDAE; NEPHOTETTIX CINCTICEPS; PARDOSA PSEUDOANNULATA; PIRATA SUBPIRATICUS;

EID: 33744955460     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2006.195     Document Type: Article

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