Green Lynx Spider

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Beneficial Species Profile Photo credit: tdlucas5000 ; Clinton & Charles Robertson Common Name: Green Lynx Spider Scientific Name: Peucetia viridans Order and Family: Araneae: Oxyopidae Size and Appearance: Length (mm) Appearance Egg ~10-23mm Tan-brown egg sac; strands of silk remain visible in an imperfect ball. Larva/Nymph Nymphs are similar in shape to adults but are brownish in color with darker accents and a bright orange colored abdomen. Adult F:26 M:7-18mm Bright green, cephalothorax is narrow and elevated in eye region and broadens behind it. Often has red accents in eye region and body. Legs are long, paler than the rest of the body with clearly visible long black spines and many black spots. Females have a more patterned abdomen. Pupa (if applicable) Type of feeder (Chewing, sucking, etc.): Spiders have fangs that inject the prey with venom that allows for consumption. Host/s: Insects and other spiders Description of Benefits (predator, parasitoid, pollinator, etc.): The Green Lynx Spider is a webless ambush predator that waits for prey to pass by in low shrubs and herbaceous vegetation. It is an important predator of some of the most important crop pests, including corn earworm moths, cotton leafworm moths, and cabbage looper moths, but also will consume beneficial insects. References: Barlett, T. (2004, February 16). Species Peucetia viridans - Green Lynx Spider. Retrieved May 1, 2016, from http://bugguide.net/node/view/2032 Common Name: Green Lynx Spider (n.d.). Featured Creatures. University of Florida Department of Entomology & Nematology. http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/beneficial/green_lynx_spider.htm .

Copy Link

Recommended publications

A Preliminary Checklist of Spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) in Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India
Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 April 2016 | 8(4): 8703–8713 A preliminary checklist of spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) in Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India 1 2 ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) C.K. Adarsh & P.O. Nameer Communication Short ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) 1,2 Centre for Wildlife Sciences, College of Forestry, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala 680656, India 1 [email protected], 2 [email protected] (corresponding author) OPEN ACCESS Abstract: A preliminary study was conducted to document spider the spiders are regarded as poisonous creatures, and the diversity in Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Idukki District, Kerala State in general perception about them among the people are southern India. The study was conducted from October to November 2012. A total of 101 species of spiders belonging to 65 genera from negative. But the fact is that very few spiders are actually 29 families were identified from the sanctuary. This accounted for poisonous and harmful to human beings (Mathew et 6.98% of Indian spider species, 17.81% of Indian spider genera and 48.33% of the spider families of India. The dominant families were al. 2009). However, the services these creature do to Lycosidae (11 species) and Araneidae (10). Two endemic genera of mankind by way of controlling pest species have been Indian spiders such as Annandaliella and Neoheterophrictus were well documented (Riechert & Lockley 1984; Tanaka found at Chinnar, each representing one species each, and belonging to the family Theraphosidae. A guild structure analysis of the spiders 1989; Bishop & Riechert 1990). Being a less charismatic revealed seven feeding guilds such as orb weavers, stalkers, ground species and the scarcity of biologists studying spiders, runners, foliage runners, sheet web builders, space web builders and studies on the spiders of India in general and Western ambushers.
[Show full text]
Araneomorphae: Araneae: Arachnida) in India: an Updated Checklist
Journal of Global Biosciences Peer Reviewed, Refereed, Open-Access Journal ISSN 2320-1355 Volume 10, Number 4, 2021, pp. 8539-8573 Website: www.mutagens.co.in URL: www.mutagens.co.in/jgb/vol.10/04/100404.pdf Review Paper FAUNAL DIVERSITY OF OXYOPIDAE (ARANEOMORPHAE: ARANEAE: ARACHNIDA) IN INDIA: AN UPDATED CHECKLIST Rajendra Singh Department of Zoology, Deendayal Upadhyaya University of Gorakhpur, Gorakhpur-273 009, U.P., India. Abstract Faunal biodiversity of the lynx spiders (Oxyopidae: Araneomorphae: Araneae: Arachnida) in different states of India and union territories is presented herewith. A total of 96 species placed under 4 genera of Oxyopidae were recorded in all states and union territories of India except for Nagaland, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Ladakh, out of which 65 species (67.7%) were strictly endemic. However, among them, 4 species seem to be erroneous report or misidentification. The maximum number of species (35 species) were recorded in Maharashtra followed by 34 species from West Bengal, 28 species each from Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, 27 species from Kerala, 19 species from Tamil Nadu, 18 species each from Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh, 15 species from Rajasthan, 14 species from Assam, 13 species from Karnataka and less than 15 species are recorded from other states. No species of lynx spider is recorded from Nagaland and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Indeed, no survey was conducted in these regions and need extensive researches in these areas. Key words: Oxyopidae, checklist, faunal distribution, lynx spiders, India. INTRODUCTION The spiders are the common name of the arachnids that belong to the order Araneae (Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Arachnida).
[Show full text]
Distribution of Peucetia Viridans (Araneae: Oxyopidae) on Croton Ciliatoglandulifer
Distribution of Peucetia viridans (Araneae: Oxyopidae) on Croton ciliatoglandulifer Author(s) :Pablo Corcuera, Pedro Luis Valverde, Everardo Jiméénez-Salinas, Fernando Vite, Gerardo Lóópez-Ortega and Marco Aurelio Péérez-Hernáández Source: Environmental Entomology, 39(2):320-327. 2010. Published By: Entomological Society of America DOI: 10.1603/EN09205 URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1603/EN09205 BioOne (www.bioone.org) is a a nonprofit, online aggregation of core research in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. BioOne provides a sustainable online platform for over 170 journals and books published by nonprofit societies, associations, museums, institutions, and presses. Your use of this PDF, the BioOne Web site, and all posted and associated content indicates your acceptance of BioOne’s Terms of Use, available at www.bioone.org/page/terms_of_use. Usage of BioOne content is strictly limited to personal, educational, and non-commercial use. Commercial inquiries or rights and permissions requests should be directed to the individual publisher as copyright holder. BioOne sees sustainable scholarly publishing as an inherently collaborative enterprise connecting authors, nonprofit publishers, academic institutions, research libraries, and research funders in the common goal of maximizing access to critical research. POPULATION ECOLOGY Distribution of Peucetia viridans (Araneae: Oxyopidae) on Croton ciliatoglandulifer PABLO CORCUERA,1 PEDRO LUIS VALVERDE, EVERARDO JIME´ NEZ-SALINAS, FERNANDO VITE, GERARDO LO´ PEZ-ORTEGA, AND MARCO AURELIO PE´ REZ-HERNA´ NDEZ Universidad Auto´noma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Departamento de Biologõ´a, Av. San Rafael Atlixco 186, Col. Vicentina, Iztapalapa, C.P. 09340 Mexico D.F., Mexico Environ. Entomol. 39(2): 320Ð327 (2010); DOI: 10.1603/EN09205 ABSTRACT Peucetia viridans (Hentz) lives almost exclusively on Croton ciliatoglandulifer (Ortega) in the dry forests of western Mexico.
[Show full text]
Evolution and Ecology of Spider Coloration
P1: SKH/ary P2: MBL/vks QC: MBL/agr T1: MBL October 27, 1997 17:44 Annual Reviews AR048-27 Annu. Rev. Entomol. 1998. 43:619–43 Copyright c 1998 by Annual Reviews Inc. All rights reserved EVOLUTION AND ECOLOGY OF SPIDER COLORATION G. S. Oxford Department of Biology, University of York, P.O. Box 373, York YO1 5YW, United Kingdom; e-mail: [email protected] R. G. Gillespie Center for Conservation Research and Training, University of Hawaii, 3050 Maile Way, Gilmore 409, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822; e-mail: [email protected] KEY WORDS: color, crypsis, genetics, guanine, melanism, mimicry, natural selection, pigments, polymorphism, sexual dimorphism ABSTRACT Genetic color variation provides a tangible link between the external phenotype of an organism and its underlying genetic determination and thus furnishes a tractable system with which to explore fundamental evolutionary phenomena. Here we examine the basis of color variation in spiders and its evolutionary and ecological implications. Reversible color changes, resulting from several mechanisms, are surprisingly widespread in the group and must be distinguished from true genetic variation for color to be used as an evolutionary tool. Genetic polymorphism occurs in a large number of families and is frequently sex limited: Sex linkage has not yet been demonstrated, nor have the forces promoting sex limitation been elucidated. It is argued that the production of color is metabolically costly and is principally maintained by the action of sight-hunting predators. Key avenues for future research are suggested. INTRODUCTION Differences in color and pattern among individuals have long been recognized as providing a tractable system with which to address fundamental evolutionary questions (57).
[Show full text]
Scope: Munis Entomology & Zoology Publishes a Wide
560 _____________Mun. Ent. Zool. Vol. 8, No. 2, June 2013__________ POPULATION DYNAMICS OF SPIDERS IN SELECTED COTTON FIELDS OF VIRUDHUNAGAR DISTRICT, TAMIL NADU, INDIA S. Jeyaparvathi*, S. Baskaran and Ga. Bakavathiappan * Post Graduate & Research Dept. of Zoology, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasi – 626 124, INDIA. E-mail: [email protected] [Jevaparvathi, S., Baskaran, S. & Bakavathiappan, Ga. 2013. Population dynamics of spiders in selected cotton fields of Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, India. Munis Entomology & Zoology, 8 (2): 560-570] ABSTRACT: The mean populations of spiders in three different places like Thayilpatti, Madathuppatti and Vembakkottai, Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, India were studied. In these areas, twenty common species of spiders belonging to six families from these three selected areas were collected and identified. The collected spiders belonging to the family, Salticidae, Oxyopidae, Araneidae, Lycosidae, Gnaphosidae and Sparassidae. In this study, two species of spiders were observed, one is web weaver and another one is non – web weaver. The web weaving spiders belonging to the family Araneidae and Lycosidae. The non-web weaving spiders belonging to the family Salticidae, Oxyopidae, Gnaphosidae, Lycosidae and Sparassidae. P. viridana, O. birmanicus, O. hindostanicus, P. latikae and A. anasuja a dominant predator recorded in these three selected areas. The population dynamics of the individual spider species in different months showed that the population of spider species mainly P. vridana, O. birmanicus, O. hindostanicus, A. anasuja, N. lugubris, P. latikae, C. cicatrosa and L. pseudoannulata were very high throughout the study period. The increase in the spiders density suggested that the spider density is influenced by the increase in prey density.
[Show full text]
Spider Diversity of Alta Verapaz from Field Expeditions Spider Diversity of Alta Verapaz 1St Report
G U A T E M A L A 1st report Spider Diversity of Alta Verapaz From field expeditions Spider Diversity of Alta Verapaz 1st report Photographs: Erick Flores (FLAAR), Nicholas Hellmuth (FLAAR) Layout and graphic design of the PDF: Katherinne Herrera (FLAAR) Species identification: Katherinne Herrera (FLAAR) FLAAR MESOAMERICA 2021 Cahabón visit On 2017, the FLAAR team visited Tzalamtun, a village in Cahabón, Alta Verapaz. In this trip, the team took photos of three different spiders and a group of spiderwebs. All species where from the Araneomorphae Suborder, also known as "True Spiders"; one from the Araneidae family, one from the Thomisidae family and one of the Oxypoidae family. At the first photo below, we can identify a female of the species Verrucosa undecimvariolata. This species was first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1889 as Mahadiva undecim-variolata (M. 11-variolata); male and female from Panama, Chiriqui, Champion. On 1892, Keyserling changed its name to Mahadeva undecimvariolata, and on 1904, F.O. Pickard-Cambridge re- named it as Verrucosa undecimvariolata. In this last description, F.O. Pickard-Cambridge designated the lectotype* and paralectotype* of the species without labeling them as such. Its distribution goes from Mexico to Argentina and this species has not been studied in any terms of behavior, reproduction, habitat, diet, or anything. *Lectotype: A specimen selected to serve as a guide (single type specimen) for a species originally described from a set of specimens described, where no specimen is designated as the original description. *Paralectotype: Another specimen additional to the Lectotype. Female Verrucosa undecimvariolata. Photographer: Erick Flores.
[Show full text]
17-24 (2017) Diversity and Distribution of Spider Fauna Jbiopest 5(1)
Diversity and di stribution of spider fauna JBiopest 10(1):17-24 (2017) JBiopest 5(1): 1-6 Diversity and distribution of spider fauna in arid and semi-arid region of Rajasthan Vinod Kumari*, Kailash Chand Saini and N. P. Singh ABSTRACT The knowledge on diversity and distribution of spiders in Rajasthan is sparse as compared to other regions. There is a dire need of research regarding species composition, distribution pattern so that their role in controlling insect pests could be ascertained. Present study examined a novel approach for documenting the diversity of spider fauna in arid and semi- arid (Ajmer and Jodhpur) region of Rajasthan, India. A regular survey of spider faunal complex was conducted in four major habitats namely, woodland, wetland, pasture and caves/crevices/rocky area. Maximum number of spiders was found in woodland habitat and the minimum number of spiders were collected and identified from caves/crevices/rocky area with 31.86 and 17.61 relative abundance, respectively. Similarly, diversity indices viz., richness, evenness, Shannon-Weiner and Simpson index also indicated the maximum species richness in woodland and minimum in caves/crevices/rocky area. In woodland, Araneidae and Oxyopidae were found as most abundant families with 41.44 and 15.78 percent of total spider fauna while Lycosidae was found as the most abundant family in wetland but was at par with Araneidae in pasture habitats. In Caves/crevices/rocky area, family Pholcidae was found as the most abundant. MS History: 19.01.2017 (Received)-9.05.2017 (Revised)- 11.5.2017 (Accepted) Key words: Diversity, spider, percent abundance, relative abundance.
[Show full text]
Venom Spitting by the Green Lynx Spider, Peucetia Viridans (Araneae, Oxyopidae)
VENOM SPITTING BY THE GREEN LYNX SPIDER, PEUCETIA VIRIDANS (ARANEAE, OXYOPIDAE) On fifteen occasions while censusing green lynx spiders [Peucetia viridans (Hentz)] the field I noticed droplets on my face or hand. Closer observation revealed that the liquid was being forcibly expelled by the females from their fangs. Unlike the venom spitting of scytodid spiders, spitting by l’eucetia does not appear to play a role in prey capture, but most likely serves a defensive function. The spray of Peucetia tastes bitter, irritates the humaneye, and always feels cool upon the skin. A secondhandaccount of a single instance of such spitting (Tinkham1946) has remained unsubstantiated until the present report (see Kaston 1948:41). Tinkham reported "moderately severe chemical conjunctivitis" of the eye of a soldier claiming to have been sprayed by a spider later identified as Peueetia viridans. The victim’s vision was impairedfor two days. The venomis ejected straight forward from the spread chelicerae, and directionality is achieved only by turning the whole body to face the target. Before spitting, a female shifts her weight posteriorly, lunging slightly forward immediately before or during the release of venom. Afterwards a small droplet sometimes remains on the end of one or both fangs. The spray is linear, with a narrowangular spread. Droplets land on surfaces up to 20 cmfrom the spider. Attemptsto collect droplets on glass slides or in capillary tubes were largely unsuccessful, but it is apparent that the quantity sprayed is variable, from mere traces to large droplets of morethan 5/~l. The behavior was first noticed at a time of year (late autumn) when mature females constitute the entire population aside from first instar spiderllngs; it is not yet known, therefore, whether males and juveniles also spit.
[Show full text]
Spiders in South African Cotton Fields: Species Diversity and Abundance (Arachnida: Araneae)
Spiders in South African cotton fields: species diversity and abundance (Arachnida: Araneae) AS Dippenaar-Schoeman, A M van den Berg & A van den Berg ARC - Plant Protection Research Institute, Private Bag X134, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa Dlppenaar-Schoeman A S, Van den Berg A M & Van den Berg A 1999. Spiders in South African cotton fields: species diversity and abundance (Arachnida: Araneae). African Plant Protection 5(2): 93-103. Spiders were collected from 1979 t01997 in five cotton-growing areas in South Africa. Thirty-one families, repre- sented by 92 genera and 127 species, were recorded. The Thomisidae were the richest in species (21) followed by the Araneidae (18) and Theridiidae (11). The most abundant spider species were Pardosa crasslpalpis Purcell (Lycosidae), Enoplognatha sp. (Theridiidae), Eperigone fradeorum (Berland) (Linyphiidae) and Misumenops rubrodecorata Millot (Thomisidae). Wandering spiders constituted 61.5 % and web-builders 38.5 % of all spiders collected. Information on guilds, relative abundance and distribution are provided for each species in an annotated checklist. Spiders 'are common and occur in high numbers in cotton fields and prey on a variety of cotton pests. Although spiders probably are incapable of controlling major pest outbreaks by themselves their role in a complex predatory community may be important in regulating pest species at low densities early in the season and between peaks of pest species activity. They therefore could play an important role in keeping pests at endemic levels and preventing outbreaks Key words: agroecosystems, Araneae, biodiversity, cotton, relative abundance, South Africa, spiders. Cotton (Gossypium spp.) is one of South Africa's (Nyffeler et al.
[Show full text]
Plant Nectar Contributes to the Survival, Activity, Growth
PLANT NECTAR CONTRIBUTES TO THE SURVIVAL, ACTIVITY, GROWTH, AND FECUNDITY OF THE NECTAR-FEEDING WANDERING SPIDER CHEIRACANTHIUM INCLUSUM (HENTZ) (ARANEAE: MITURGIDAE) DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Robin M. Taylor, B.A, M.A. ***** The Ohio State University 2004 Dissertation Committee: Approved by Dr. Richard A. Bradley, Advisor Dr. Thomas E. Hetherington _____________________________ Dr. W. Mitch Masters Advisor Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology ABSTRACT Spiders are valued for their predation of insect pests, and, evaluated as an “assemblage” of species that employ different predatory strategies, constitute a natural biological control, particularly in agricultural crops. Spiders are obligate carnivores, requiring prey for normal growth, development, and reproduction. Because biologists have worked under the assumption that spiders are exclusively carnivorous, studies of the ecology of spiders and their acquisition and allocation of energy have assumed that prey is the single object of any spider’s foraging. The discovery in 1984 that orb-weaving spiderlings benefited nutritionally from pollen grains incidentally trapped by their webs, which they eat and recycle, was noteworthy. Growing evidence indicates that a large group of spiders may routinely exploit another plant-based food source: plant nectar. Observations of nectar feeding have been reported among crab spiders (Thomisidae), jumping spiders (Salticidae), and running spiders (Anyphaenidae, Clubionidae, and Corinnidae), all non-webbuilding wanderers that occupy vegetation. Spiders have the capacity to detect and digest plant nectar, and spiders that wander in vegetation are able to encounter nectar. Lab experiments show that newly-emerged, prey-deprived spiders live longer if they are provided with sucrose, a nectar proxy.
[Show full text]
1--120--Gruenwaldand 2017
See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326651933 Web-Based system for study of pest dynamics in relation to climate change Article in Indian Journal of Entomology · January 2018 DOI: 10.5958/0974-8172.2018.00081.0 CITATION READS 1 13 3 authors, including: Sengottaiyan Vennila National Centre for Integrated Pest Management 158 PUBLICATIONS 661 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Interaction effects of cultivars,agrotechniques and pest management of entomofauna of cotton View project CROPSAP View project All content following this page was uploaded by Sengottaiyan Vennila on 14 January 2021. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. Sale Commercial for Not Copy, www.entosocindia.org Members THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA www.entosocindia.org (Registration No. S 2434 of 1963-64 dt. 12.3.1964) NITI AAYOG ID: VO/NGO-DL/2016/0104219 President DR. S.N. PURI Vice Presidents DR. N.K. KRISHNAKUMAR DR. B.V. PATIL DR. M. PREMJIT SINGH DR. (MS) CHANDISH BALLAL DR. K.S. KHOKHAR (Honorary) (Honorary) General Secretary Joint Secretary DR. J.P. SINGH DR. SUBHASH CHANDER Chief Editor Treasurer DR. V.V. RAMAMURTHY DR. N.M. MESHRAM Councillors Dr. H.K. SINGH Dr. S.S.Suroshe CHAPTERS MADURAI (DR. K. SURESH)* UMIAM, MEGHALAYA (DR. G.T. BEHERE)** *Approved in 2017; **Approved in 2018 — Subject to terms and conditions of ESI EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Chairman- Dr. S. Subramanian, New Delhi I) Toxicology: Chemical Ecology: Sale IV) VII) IPM/ Acarology: Section Editor- Dr.
[Show full text]
ICAR–NATIONAL BUREAU of AGRICULTURAL INSECT RESOURCES Bengaluru 560 024, India Published by the Director ICAR–National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources P.O
Annual Report 2019 ICAR–NATIONAL BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL INSECT RESOURCES Bengaluru 560 024, India Published by The Director ICAR–National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources P.O. Box 2491, H.A. Farm Post, Hebbal, Bengaluru 560 024, India Phone: +91 80 2341 4220; 2351 1998; 2341 7930 Fax: +91 80 2341 1961 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.nbair.res.in ISO 9001:2008 Certified (No. 6885/A/0001/NB/EN) Compiled and edited by Prakya Sreerama Kumar Amala Udayakumar Mahendiran, G. Salini, S. David, K.J. Bakthavatsalam, N. Chandish R. Ballal Cover and layout designed by Prakya Sreerama Kumar May 2020 Disclaimer ICAR–NBAIR neither endorses nor discriminates against any product referred to by a trade name in this report. Citation ICAR–NBAIR. 2020. Annual Report 2019. ICAR–National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru, India, vi + 105 pp. Printed at CNU Graphic Printers 35/1, South End Road Malleswaram, Bengaluru 560 020 Mobile: 9880 888 399 E-mail: [email protected] CONTENTS Preface ..................................................................................................................................... v 1. Executive Summary................................................................................................................ 1 2. Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 6 3. Research Achievements .......................................................................................................11
[Show full text]