Ein seltener Parasitoid der Wolfspinne Pardosa alacris (Araneae: Lycosidae): Ogcodes gibbosus (Diptera: Acroceridae)

  • Langer, Günther
Publication date
June 2005
Publisher
Arachnologische Gesellschaft e.v.
Journal
Arachnologische Mitteilungen Arachnology Letters

Abstract

The emerging of an acrocerid fly from an adult female of the wolf spider Pardosa alacris (C.L. Koch, 1833) was observed near Karlsruhe (Baden-Württemberg, Germany). This record supports previous results suggesting that acrocerids infect the spider's body, and not the egg sac. A short review of the life history of acrocerids and the development of their larvae is provided, casting doubt on the infection of spider cocoons by these parasitoid

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