First record of paternal care in the family Stygnidae (Opiliones: Laniatores)

Osvaldo Villarreal Manzanilla; Glauco Machado

doi:10.1636/Hi11-29.1

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Osvaldo Villarreal Manzanilla,¹ Glauco Machado^2,*

¹aMuseo del Instituto de Zoología Agrícola, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Central de Venezuela,
²bDepartamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Rua do Matão, Travessa 14, n° 321, Cidade Unive

^*Corresponding author: E-mail: glaucom@ib.usp.br

Abstract

Two cases of paternal care are described for species of the genus Stenostygnellus (Stygnidae), S. flavolimbatus Roewer 1913 and S. aff. flavolimbatus, both from Venezuela. Males of both species guard multiple clutches containing a large number of eggs, which are laid under rotting logs (S. flavolimbatus) or in the base of palm petioles (S. aff. flavolimbatus). These records probably represent a new and independently evolved case of paternal care in harvestmen.

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Osvaldo Villarreal Manzanilla and Glauco Machado "First record of paternal care in the family Stygnidae (Opiliones: Laniatores)," The Journal of Arachnology 39(3), 500-502, (1 December 2011). https://doi.org/10.1636/Hi11-29.1

Received: 24 March 2011; Published: 1 December 2011

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