A Study of the Natural History and Morphometrics of the Cave Bug Zelurus travassosi (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Zelinae) (original) (raw)

2001

Abstract

This study focuses on some aspects of the natural history of the cave heteropteran Zelurus travassosi Costa-Lima, 1940, which is found in several caves from the Ribeira Valley – state of Sao Paulo. The study includes (1) the population dynamics, using mark-recapture methodology and estimation of the population number in Parque Estadual Intervales; (2) the life cycle, by means of rearing the different stages in the laboratory; and (3) morphometrics of each stage. In addition, observations about predatory behavior, reproductive behavior and spatial distribution within the caves have been made. Grant FAPESP # 00/03384-4

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