Predation on two dendropsophus species (Anura: Hylidae) by a Pisaurid spider in the Atlantic forest, Southeastern Brazil

Parelli Bovo, Rafael [UNESP]; de Oliveira, Eliziane Garcia [UNESP]; Nicioli Bandeira, Lucas [UNESP]

Predation on two dendropsophus species (Anura: Hylidae) by a Pisaurid spider in the Atlantic forest, Southeastern Brazil

Data

2014-05-26

Autores

Parelli Bovo, Rafael

de Oliveira, Eliziane Garcia

Nicioli Bandeira, Lucas

Tipo

Artigo

Resumo

We report on two successful events of predation (and one attempt) on the hylid frogs Dendropsophus microps and D. minutus (Anura: Hylidae) by the spider Thaumasia velox (Araneae: Pisauridae) in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest. Although never previously reported, our observations indicate that this spider species may constitute an important predator for small frogs of Brazilian Atlantic rainforest anuran communities.