Services on Demand
Journal
Article
Indicators
- Cited by SciELO
- Access statistics
Related links
- Similars in SciELO
Share
Revista mexicana de biodiversidad
On-line version ISSN 2007-8706Print version ISSN 1870-3453
Abstract
SANCHEZ-ECHEVERRIA, Karina; CASTELLANOS, Ignacio; ZARAGOZA-CABALLERO, Santiago and BUENO-VILLEGAS, Julián. Decapitation of Xystodesmidae (Polydesmida) millipedes by Phengodidae beetles. Rev. Mex. Biodiv. [online]. 2014, vol.85, n.4, pp.1273-1276. ISSN 2007-8706. https://doi.org/10.7550/rmb.43660.
This paper describes predation on the millipede Rhysodesmus byersi (Diplopoda: Xystodesmidae) by beetle larvae of the Phengodidae family, which constitutes the first report of this interaction between these 2 arthropod families. One of the predatory larvae was a neotenic female. Beetles decapitate millipedes in order to feed from their internal tissues.
Keywords : predation; Diplopoda; prey; neoteny; Coleoptera.