Tracing the evolution of trophic specialisation and mode of attack behaviour in the ground spider family Gnaphosidae

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13127-020-00453-0" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13127-020-00453-0</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-020-00453-0" target="_blank" >10.1007/s13127-020-00453-0</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Tracing the evolution of trophic specialisation and mode of attack behaviour in the ground spider family Gnaphosidae

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The evolutionary history of prey specialisation differs among spider species, particularly among active wandering species which have evolved a variety of prey-capture tactics. Here, we conducted a comparative analysis of prey specialisation and prey capture behaviour in Gnaphosidae. We used nine species each representing a different genus and investigated their acceptance of spiders and ants as prey, on which they may specialise, and their attack behaviour. Then we collected such data for another about 20 species from literature. The studied species used only either biting or silk (followed by biting) to constrain prey during attack. For each species, we measured selected morphological characteristics-specifically, the relative sizes of cheliceral fangs and spinnerets as well as the number of spigots on spinnerets-and related them to the ability to catch spiders (araneophagy) and ants (myrmecophagy) and mode of attack behaviour. We found the relative fang size to be significantly shorter for myrmecophagous species. Other traits were not related to prey specialisation or attack behaviour. They used silk particularly for larger prey. Use of silk was a conditional strategy in some species. We reconstructed the phylogenetic relationships among the studied genera using molecular and morphological data. We found that araneophagy was frequent but myrmecophagy was rare among recent taxa. Comparative analysis revealed that araneophagy is an ancestral state, while myrmecophagy was less likely and repeatedly lost. The use of silk for prey immobilisation was also as likely as unlikely for ancestors and has been repeatedly lost.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Tracing the evolution of trophic specialisation and mode of attack behaviour in the ground spider family Gnaphosidae

Popis výsledku anglicky

The evolutionary history of prey specialisation differs among spider species, particularly among active wandering species which have evolved a variety of prey-capture tactics. Here, we conducted a comparative analysis of prey specialisation and prey capture behaviour in Gnaphosidae. We used nine species each representing a different genus and investigated their acceptance of spiders and ants as prey, on which they may specialise, and their attack behaviour. Then we collected such data for another about 20 species from literature. The studied species used only either biting or silk (followed by biting) to constrain prey during attack. For each species, we measured selected morphological characteristics-specifically, the relative sizes of cheliceral fangs and spinnerets as well as the number of spigots on spinnerets-and related them to the ability to catch spiders (araneophagy) and ants (myrmecophagy) and mode of attack behaviour. We found the relative fang size to be significantly shorter for myrmecophagous species. Other traits were not related to prey specialisation or attack behaviour. They used silk particularly for larger prey. Use of silk was a conditional strategy in some species. We reconstructed the phylogenetic relationships among the studied genera using molecular and morphological data. We found that araneophagy was frequent but myrmecophagy was rare among recent taxa. Comparative analysis revealed that araneophagy is an ancestral state, while myrmecophagy was less likely and repeatedly lost. The use of silk for prey immobilisation was also as likely as unlikely for ancestors and has been repeatedly lost.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10613 - Zoology

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2020

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

ORGANISMS DIVERSITY &amp; EVOLUTION

ISSN

1439-6092

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

20

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

13

Strana od-do

551-563

Kód UT WoS článku

000560624600001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85089603442