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Observations on Food Preference of Neotropical Land Planarians Table S1. Invertebrate consumed by Geoplaninae land planarians. Observation conditions, either in nature (nat) or in the laboratory (lab), and references are given in brackets; a hyphen indicates observation conditions as unavailable. Land flatworm species Invertebrate consumed Cephaloflexa araucariana Carbayo & Unidentified harvestman (Gonyleptidae, Opiliones) [nat, Carbayo & Leal-Zanchet, 2003 Leal-Zanchet 2003] Choeradoplana crassiphalla Negrete & Unidentified harvestman (Gonyleptidae, Opiliones) [nat, Negrete & Brusa, 2012 Brusa 2012] Geobia subterranea Schultze & Müller, Unidentified earthworm (Oligochaeta, Annelida) [nat and lab, 1857 Froehlich 1955] Geoplana chiuna E. M. Froehlich, 1955 Unidentified land snail (Gastropoda) [-, Froehlich 1956] incertae sedis Geoplana pavani Marcus, 1951, Unidentified small snails (Gastropoda) [lab, Froehlich 1956] incertae sedis Geoplana quagga Marcus, 1951, Freshwater snail Physa sp. (Gastropoda) [lab, Álvarez 1996] incertae sedis Land snail Bradybaena similaris (Ferussac, 1821) (Gastropoda) [lab, Álvarez 1996] Geoplana taxiarcha Marcus, 1951 Unidentified land planarians (Geoplanidae) [-, Froehlich 1956] Geoplana cf. vaginuloides (Darwin, Unidentified land snail (Gastropoda) [-, Froehlich 1956; nat, Bresslau 1844) (in Riester 1938)] Gigantea gouvernoni Jones & Sterrer, Unidentified land snail [nat, Jones & Sterrer 2005] 2005 Imbira marcusi Carbayo et al., 2013 Unidentified land snail (Gastropoda) [nat, Marcus 1951] Unidentified earthworm (Oligochaeta) [nat, Marcus 1951] Unidentified woodlice (Oniscidea, Isopoda) [lab., MC Ramos Issoca rezendei (Schirch, 1929) unpublished data] Luteostriata abundans (Graff, 1899) Woodlouse Armadillidium vulgare [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Woodlouse Atlantoscia floridana (Van Name, 1940) (Oniscidea, Isopoda) [lab, Prasniski & Leal-Zanchet 2009] Woodlouse Balloniscus glaber [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Woodlouse Balloniscus sellowii (Brandt, 1833) (Oniscidea, Isopoda) [lab, Prasniski & Leal-Zanchet 2009] Woodlouse Benthana cairensis [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Woodlouse Benthana taeniata Araujo & Buckup, 1994 (Oniscidea, Isopoda) [lab, Prasniski & Leal-Zanchet 2009] Woodlouse Porcellio scaber [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Woodlouse Trichorhina acuta Araujo & Buckup, 1994 (Oniscidea, Isopoda) [lab, Prasniski & Leal-Zanchet 2009] Woodlouse Trichorhina tomentosa (Budde-Lund, 1893) (Oniscidea, Isopoda) [lab, Prasniski & Leal-Zanchet 2009] Unidentified woodlice (Oniscidea, Isopoda) [lab, Hauser & Maurmann 1959, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Luteostriata caissara (E. M. Froehlich, Unidentified woodlice (Oniscidea, Isopoda) [nat, Bresslau (in Riester 1955) 1938)] Land flatworm species Invertebrate consumed Luteostriata ernesti (Leal-Zanchet & E. Unidentified woodlice (Oniscidea, Isopoda) [Froehlich 1956] M. Froehlich, 2006) Unidentified larva of Arthropoda, probably Diptera [nat, Froehlich Matuxia matuta (E.M. Froehlich, 1955) 1956] Matuxia tuxaua (E.M. Froehlich, 1955) Unidentified larva of a beetle (Coleoptera) [nat, Froehlich 1956] Obama anthropophila Land planarian Luteostriata abundans (Graff, 1899) (Geoplanidae) Amaral, Leal-Zanchet & Carbayo, 2015 [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Land planarian Obama ladislavii (Graff, 1899) (Geoplanidae) [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Land planarian Dolichoplana striata Moseley, 1877 (Geoplanidae) [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Land slug Belocaulus sp. (Gastropoda) [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Land snail Helix aspersa Mueller, 1774 (Gastropoda) [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2015, 2016] Land planarian Endeavouria septemlineata (Hyman, 1939) (Geoplanidae) [lab, Boll et al. 2015, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Land slug Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda) [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Land snail Bradybaena similaris (Férussac, 1821) (Gastropoda) [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Obama braunsi (Graff, 1899) Unidentified land snail (Gastropoda) [lab, M. S. Silva, pers. com.] Unidentified land slug (Gastropoda) [lab, M. S. Silva, pers. com.] Obama burmeisteri (Schultze& Müller, Freshwater snail Physa sp. (Gastropoda) [lab, Álvarez 1996] 1857) Unidentified land snail (Gastropoda) [-, Froehlich 1956] Unidentified snails (Gastropoda) [lab, Hauser & Maurmann 1959] Unidentified land slug (Gastropoda) [-, Froehlich 1956] Land slug Bradybaena similaris (Férussac, 1821) (Gastropoda) [lab, Álvarez 1996] Obama carinata (Riester, 1938) Unidentified garden snail (Gastropoda) [lab, Álvarez 1996] Freshwater snail Physa sp. (Gastropoda) [lab, Álvarez 1996] Land planarian Dolichoplana striata Correa, 1947 (Geoplanidae) [-, Obama carrierei (Graff, 1897) Marcus 1951] Land planarian Endeavouria septemlineata (Hyman, 1939) (Geoplanidae) [lab, Boll et al. 2015] Obama carrierei (Graff, 1897) var. Land planarian Luteostriata abundans (Graff, 1899) (Geoplanidae) brownish [lab, Hauser & Maurmann 1959] Obama evelinae (Marcus, 1951) Freshwater snail Physa sp. (Gastropoda) [lab, Álvarez 1996] Obama ficki (Amaral & Leal-Zanchet, Land snail Bradybaena similaris (Gastropoda) [lab, Boll & Leal- 2012) Zanchet 2015, 2016] Land snail Helix aspersa Mueller, 1774 (Gastropoda) [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2015, 2016] Land flatworm species Invertebrate consumed Land slug Deroceras laeve (Gastropoda) [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Land slug Meghimatium pictum (Gastropoda) [lab, Boll & Leal- Zanchet 2016] Land slug Sarasinula plebeia (Gastropoda) [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Obama josefi (Carbayo & Leal-Zanchet, Land planarian Endeavouria septemlineata (Hyman, 1939) 2001) (Geoplanidae) [lab, Boll et al. 2015] Land slug Bradybaena similaris (Férussac, 1821) (Gastropoda) [lab, Obama ladislavii (Graff, 1899) Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2015, 2016] Land snail Helix aspersa Mueller, 1774 (Gastropoda) [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2015, 2016] Land slug Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda) [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2015, 2016] Land slug Belocaulus sp. (Gastropoda) [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Obama nungara Carbayo, Álvarez- Juvenile land snail Cochlicella acuta (Müller, 1774) (Gastropoda) Presas, Jones & Riutort, 2016 [lab, Carbayo et al 2016] Land planarian Endeavouria septemlineata (Hyman 1939) (Geoplanidae) [lab, Boll et al. 2015, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Land planarian Luteostriata abundans [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Land planarian Dolichoplana striata [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Land snail Bradybaena similaris (Férussac, 1821) (Gastropoda) [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Land snail Helix aspersa (Gastropoda) [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Land slug Deroceras laeve (Gastropoda) [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Land slug Belocaulus sp. (Gastropoda) [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Earthworm Eisenia andrei (Oligochaeta) [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Earthworm Amynthas gracilis (Oligochaeta) [lab, Boll & Leal- Zanchet 2016] Earthworm Metaphire schmardae (Oligochaeta) [lab, Boll & Leal- Zanchet 2016] Dead cockroach Blaptica dubia (Serville, 1839) (Blatoidea, Insecta) [lab, Laia L. Florensa, in Carbayo et al 2016] Obama trigueira (E. M. Froehlich, Land planarian Xerapoa pseudorhynchodemus (Riester 1938) 1951) (Geoplanidae) [lab, Froehlich 1956] Paraba multicolor (Graff, 1899) Land planarian Dolichoplana striata [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Land planarian Endeavouria septemlineata (Hyman 1939) (Geoplanidae) [lab, Boll et al. 2015, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Land planarian Luteostriata abundans [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Land flatworm species Invertebrate consumed Unidentified land planarians (Geoplanidae) [-, Froehlich 1956] Freshwater snail Biomphalaria sp. (Gastropoda) [lab, Álvarez 1996] Freshwater snail Physa sp. (Gastropoda) [lab, Álvarez 1996] Land snail Helix aspersa (Gastropoda) [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Land slug Bradybaena similaris (Ferussac, 1821) (Gastropoda) [lab, Álvarez 1996] Land slug Deroceras laeve (Gastropoda) [lab, Boll & Leal-Zanchet 2016] Unidentified land snail (Gastropoda) [-, Froehlich 1956] Pasipha tapetilla (Marcus, 1951) Unidentified woodlice (Oniscidea, Crustacea) [-, Froehlich 1956] Xerapoa pseudorhynchodemus (Riester, Unidentified woodlice (Oniscidea, Crustacea) [-, Froehlich 1956; lab, 1938) Álvarez 1996] Unidentified spider (Arachnida) [nat, Marcus 1951] Unidentified Acari (Arachnida) [nat, Marcus 1951] Xerapoa sp. (see Froehlich, 1955) Unidentified small arthropod [-, Froehlich 1956] Unidentified arthropods, probably Acari or Apterygota [nat, Marcus Xerapoa trina (Marcus, 1951) 1951] .
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