MALE EGG GUARDING BEHAVIOR IN THE NEOTROPICAL HARVESTMAN AMPHERES LEUCOPHEUS (MELLO-LEITÃO 1922) (OPILIONES, GONYLEPTIDAE)

Marcos Ryotaro Hara; Pedro Gnaspini; Glauco Machado

doi:10.1636/S02-32

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Marcos Ryotaro Hara,¹ Pedro Gnaspini,¹ Glauco Machado²

¹Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 11461, 05422-970 São Paulo, SP, Brazil. marcosrh@usp.br
²Museu de História Natural, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Caixa Postal 6109, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil

Abstract

Males of the Neotropical harvestman Ampheres leucopheus (Mello-Leitão 1922) were observed guarding egg-batches attached to the undersurface of leaves. As recorded for other paternal harvestmen, males of A. leucopheus guard egg-batches containing eggs in different developmental stages as well as newly hatched nymphs. This is the second case of paternal care recorded among gonyleptids and the fifth in the order Opiliones.

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Marcos Ryotaro Hara, Pedro Gnaspini, and Glauco Machado "MALE EGG GUARDING BEHAVIOR IN THE NEOTROPICAL HARVESTMAN AMPHERES LEUCOPHEUS (MELLO-LEITÃO 1922) (OPILIONES, GONYLEPTIDAE)," The Journal of Arachnology 31(3), 441-444, (1 December 2003). https://doi.org/10.1636/S02-32

Received: 3 June 2002; Published: 1 December 2003

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