First records of Anagraphis ochracea (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) for continental Italy and Sicily with new observations on its myrmecophilous lifestyle

Luigi Lenzini; Filippo Castellucci; Mattia Poso; Alessandro Kulczycki; Enrico Simeon; Gabriele Greco; Andrea Piccinini; Carlo Maria Legittimo

doi:10.30963/aramit6410

First records of Anagraphis ochracea (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) for continental Italy and Sicily with new observations on its myrmecophilous lifestyle

Luigi Lenzini, Filippo Castellucci, Mattia Poso, Alessandro Kulczycki, Enrico Simeon, Gabriele Greco, Andrea Piccinini, Carlo Maria Legittimo

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Abstract

In the present study we describe and discuss for the first time the peculiar myrmecophilous habits of Anagraphis ochracea (L. Koch, 1867) and its strong association with the ant species Messor ibericus Santschi, 1931. The study is based on behavioural observations carried out both in the field and in captivity, and sheds light on the lifestyle of this poorly studied and rarely observed species. We also recorded the presence of A. ochracea on continental Italy and Sicily for the first time; provide a brief overview of its taxonomical history and present photographs of adult and juvenile specimens, the egg sac and the copulatory organs of both sexes. Finally, we provide a DNA-barcode (COI) for A. ochracea, which is the first for the genus Anagraphis as well.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Arachnologische Mitteilungen
Vol/bind	64
Udgave nummer	1
Sider (fra-til)	83-92
Antal sider	10
ISSN	1018-4171
DOI	https://doi.org/10.30963/aramit6410
Status	Udgivet - 2022

Bibliografisk note

Funding Information:
We wish to extend our sincere gratitude to Valerio Dolci for kindly providing us with both his Messor ibericus formicarium and his suggestions regarding the behaviour of this ant species; Giovanni Bertazzoli for his unparalleled experience with Messor spp. colonies; Mattia Menchetti for confirming the identifications of all the ant species collected in the two main localities; Janet Beccaloni of the Natural History Museum, London, for having kindly provided the holotype of A. ochracea and for her renowned kindness and availability; Christos Georgiadis and Valakos of the Zoological Museum of the University of Athens for their assistance during our search for the holotype of A. pallida; Maria Chatzaki from Crete for having provided numerous specimens used for comparison; Giorgio Romagna for having collected and sent the specimen from Sicily; Giuseppe Mascia for his help during field work. Finally, we would like to thank the two reviewers for their helpful suggestions. This work was conducted and financed by Aracnofilia - Italian Arachnological Society (www.aracnofilia.org).

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ant
ant association
Arachnida
Messor ibericus
myrmecophily
spider
symbiosis

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