Giant house spider Eratigena atrica (Araneae: Agelenidae) a host species for the stilt bug Metacanthus annulosus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Berytidae) in Central Europe
Pokoutník tmavý Eratigena atrica (Araneae: Agelenidae) – hostitelský druh štíhlenky pavoukomilné Metacanthus annulosus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Berytidae) ve střední Evropě
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Klapalekiana 55(1–2): 129-133, 2019
Martin Vašíček
Published in print: 26th August 2019
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Abstract: A few specimens (both adults and larvae) of the arachnophilous stilt bug
Metacanthus annulosus Fieber, 1859 were found in a web of the giant house
spider Eratigena atrica (C. L. Koch, 1843) in Brno (Czech Republic). This is the
first host record, and confirmation of the species' arachnophily, in Central
Europe.
Key words: Heteroptera, Berytidae, Metacanthus annulosus, arachnophily, kleptoparasite, Araneae, Agelenidae, Eratigena atrica, Czech Republic