Laboratorio de Ecología y Conservación de Invertebrados (LECI), Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas y Biodiversidad, Universidad de Los Lagos, Av. Fuchslöcher 1305, Osorno, Chile.
Citizen Science Program "Moscas Florícolas de Chile", Av. Fuchslöcher 1305, Osorno, Chile.
Naturwissenschaften. 2024 Nov 12;111(6):63. doi: 10.1007/s00114-024-01948-y.
Acroceridae are active parasitoids of mygalomorph spiders. However, little is known of their interaction numbers and biology in the Neotropics. In this study, we present 15 new records of acrocerid-mygalomorph interactions, adding new biological information about spider fly development. Mygalomorph spiders were captured in the field and maintained in captivity, and the development time of acrocerids was followed from the 4th instar to adulthood. Only seven acrocerid flies were able to complete their development. The acrocerids obtained were Arrhynchus stuardoi, Arrhynchus maculatus, and Archipialea sp. The total recorded development time (from the point where the larva leaves its host to the eclosion of the adult fly) of the spider flies was between 20 and 29 days. The collaboration of citizen scientists could be a useful alternative in the future to fill gaps in the biological and ecological information about these parasitoid flies.
螯蜂科是一类积极的捕食性蜘蛛寄生蜂。然而，对于它们在新热带地区的相互作用数量和生物学特性，我们知之甚少。在这项研究中，我们报告了 15 种螯蜂与蜘蛛之间相互作用的新记录，增加了有关蜘蛛蝇发育的新生物学信息。我们在野外捕获了蜘蛛，并将其圈养起来，观察螯蜂从 4 龄幼虫到成虫的发育时间。只有 7 只螯蜂能够完成发育。获得的螯蜂为 Arrhynchus stuardoi、Arrhynchus maculatus 和 Archipialea sp. 蜘蛛蝇的总记录发育时间（从幼虫离开宿主到成虫羽化）在 20 到 29 天之间。未来，公民科学家的合作可能是填补这些寄生蝇生物和生态信息空白的有用替代方法。
