First record of Telebasis filiola Perty (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) preying on small web-building spiders (Arachnida: Tetragnathidae)

Rodolfo Novelo-Gutiérreza , Alonso Ramírezb

  1. Instituto de Ecología, Xalapa, Mexico
  2. Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico

International Journal of Odonatology, Volume 16, Issue 4, Pages 289-292, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2013.830992
Published: 1 December 213 (Received: 8 June 2013, Accepted: 29 July 2013)

Abstract

At a wetland in southeastern Mexico a female of Telebasis filiola was observed and photographed preying on a small web-building spider of the genus Leucauge. This is the first record of gleaning by a representative of the genus Telebasis. A brief discussion on this subject in other odonates is provided.

Keywords: Odonata, damselfly, Telebasis, Araneae, Tetragnathidae, Leucauge, gleaning

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