TY - JOUR
T1 - Group structure and time budgets of Argyrodes antipodiana (Araneae, Theridiidae), a kleptoparasitic spider from New Zealand
AU - Whitehouse, Mary E. A.
AU - Jackson, Robert R.
PY - 1993
Y1 - 1993
N2 - A population of Argyrodes antipodiana, a kleptoparasitic spider, was investigated at Te Aroha (North Island, New Zealand) by marking individuals and web sites. Time budget, movements, and social units are discussed. A. antipodiana is most active at night, consistent with the nocturnal habits of its primary host, Eriophora pustulosa. A. antipodiana clusters around the webs of individual hosts, but the groups formed thereby sometimes change because individuals move from web to web.
AB - A population of Argyrodes antipodiana, a kleptoparasitic spider, was investigated at Te Aroha (North Island, New Zealand) by marking individuals and web sites. Time budget, movements, and social units are discussed. A. antipodiana is most active at night, consistent with the nocturnal habits of its primary host, Eriophora pustulosa. A. antipodiana clusters around the webs of individual hosts, but the groups formed thereby sometimes change because individuals move from web to web.
KW - Argyrodes antipodiana
KW - Kleptoparasites
KW - Sociality
KW - Spiders
KW - Time budgets
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U2 - 10.1080/03014223.1993.10422860
DO - 10.1080/03014223.1993.10422860
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0027803458
SN - 0301-4223
VL - 20
SP - 201
EP - 206
JO - New Zealand journal of zoology
JF - New Zealand journal of zoology
IS - 3
ER -