Evidence that olfaction-based affinity for particular plant species is a special characteristic of Evarcha culicivora, a mosquito-specialist jumping spider

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dc.contributor.authorNelson XJ
dc.contributor.authorJackson RR
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-04T23:46:46Z
dc.date.available2019-11-04T23:46:46Z
dc.date.issued2011en
dc.date.updated2019-07-29T04:53:48Z
dc.description.abstractEvarcha culicivora, an East African jumping spider (family Salticidae), was shown in an earlier study to have an affinity for the odor from two particular plant species, Lantana camara and Ricinus communis. The olfactometer used in the earlier study was designed for choice testing. Here we focus on L. camara and, by using a second olfactometer method (retention testing), add to the evidence that the odor of this plant is salient to E. culicivora. Another 17 East African salticid species, all from different genera, were investigated using the same two olfactometer designs as used when investigating E. culicivora. The number of individuals of each of these 17 species that chose L. camara odor was not significantly different from the number that chose a no-odor control and, for each species, the latency to leave a holding chamber (retention time) in the presence of L. camara odor was not significantly different from retention time in the presence of a no-odor control. Based on these findings, we conclude that, rather than being a widespread salticid characteristic, an affinity for the odor of L. camara is a special characteristic of E. culicivora. © 2011 The American Arachnological Society.en
dc.identifier.citationNelson XJ, Jackson RR (2011). Evidence that olfaction-based affinity for particular plant species is a special characteristic of Evarcha culicivora, a mosquito-specialist jumping spider. Journal of Arachnology. 39(3). 378-383.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1636/Hi11-35.1
dc.identifier.issn0161-8202
dc.identifier.issn1937-2396
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17544
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAMER ARACHNOLOGICAL SOCen
dc.subjectPlant-arthropod interactionsen
dc.subjectLantana camaraen
dc.subjectSalticidaeen
dc.subjectolfactionen
dc.subjectEvarcha culicivoraen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::31 - Biological sciences::3109 - Zoology::310913 - Invertebrate biologyen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::31 - Biological sciences::3101 - Biochemistry and cell biology::310110 - Receptors and membrane biologyen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::31 - Biological sciences::3109 - Zoology::310901 - Animal behaviouren
dc.titleEvidence that olfaction-based affinity for particular plant species is a special characteristic of Evarcha culicivora, a mosquito-specialist jumping spideren
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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