CAPTURA DE LAGARTIJA DEL MEZQUITE (Sceloporus grammicus) POR ARAÑA VIUDA CAFÉ (Latrodectus geometricus) EN OAXACA, MÉXICO

Sadoth Vázquez Mendoza; Nallely Martínez Sánchez

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.1.944

Authors

Sadoth Vázquez Mendoza Instituto de Investigación de Zonas Desérticas UASLP
Nallely Martínez Sánchez El Colegio de San Luis

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2024.1.944

Keywords:

Predation, Sceloporus, Urban zone, widow spiders

Abstract

We report the first record of a Sceloporus grammicus captured by a brownwidow spider (Lactrodectus geometricus) in Oaxaca, Mexico. This record confirms the capture of lizards by these spiders, being the first known for the genus Sceloporus.

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