New Records of Anuran Predation by Giant Water Bugs of the Genus Lethocerus in Argentina (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae)

Alberto Taffarel; Juan Martín Boeris; Nestor Fariña; Pablo Javier Torres; Ernesto Krauczuk; Juan Martín Ferro

doi:10.5358/hsj.38.110

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Alberto Taffarel,^1,* Juan Martín Boeris,¹ Nestor Fariña,² Pablo Javier Torres,¹ Ernesto Krauczuk,³ Juan Martín Ferro¹

¹1Laboratorio de Genética Evolutiva “Claudio J. Bidau”, Instituto de Biología Subtropical, CONICET-UN
²2Reserva Natural Provincial Rincón de Santa María, Dirección de Parques y Reservas de la Provincia d
³3Reserva Privada Elena Czajkowski, Lote 79B, CP 3324, Gobernador Roca, Misiones, ARGENTINA

^** Corresponding author. Tel: +54 376 428-4869; E-mail address: radova@gmail.com

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to report 10 predation events of anuran amphibians by giant water bugs of the genus Lethocerus in different localities in northeastern Argentina. With the exception of Scinax fuscovarius and Physalaemus biligonigerus, they are all new records of adult anurans being prey to these invertebrates. We conclude that this interaction is of extremely importance in the regulation of amphibian populations and should be studied in a thorough manner.

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Alberto Taffarel, Juan Martín Boeris, Nestor Fariña, Pablo Javier Torres, Ernesto Krauczuk, and Juan Martín Ferro "New Records of Anuran Predation by Giant Water Bugs of the Genus Lethocerus in Argentina (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae)," Current Herpetology 38(1), 110-113, (1 February 2019). https://doi.org/10.5358/hsj.38.110

Accepted: 27 December 2018; Published: 1 February 2019

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