AN ACQUIRED TASTE: PREDATION OF GYMNOPIS SP. (AMPHIBIA: GYMNOPHIONA) BY ANCYLOMETES BOGOTENSIS (KEYSERLING, 1877) (ARANEAE: ANCYLOMETIDAE) IN COSTA RICA

Alex Mauricio Cubas-Rodriguez; Danniella  Sherwood

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2025.3.1278

Autores/as

Alex Mauricio Cubas-Rodriguez Museo de Entomología, Escuela de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras, Departamento Francisco Morazán, Tegucigalpa 11101, Honduras
Danniella Sherwood Arachnology Research Association, 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2025.3.1278

Palabras clave:

Cantón, Centroamericana, cecilia, araña, intragremial, Neotropical

Resumen

Registramos un evento de depredación en Costa Rica que involucra a Ancylometes bogotensis depredando a Gymnopis sp. Esta observación representa la primera interacción documentada entre las dos especies.

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