Predation of the Balkan frog Pelophylax kurtmuelleri (Gayda, 1940) (Anura: Ranidae) by the giant water bug Lethocerus patruelis (Stål, 1854) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Belostomatidae)

IF 0.7 4区农林科学 Q4 ENTOMOLOGY

Entomological Science Pub Date : 2022-01-19 DOI:10.1111/ens.12499

Apostolos Christopoulos, Hera Daskalaki, Konstantinos Vlachopoulos, Panayiotis Pafilis

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Abstract

Lethocerinae water bugs are vertebrate predators that include in their diet large prey such as fish, turtles, snakes and frogs. Although frog consumption is common among the members of the genus Lethocerus, similar reports are unknown from Europe. Here we report a predation event by an adult Lethocerus patruelis (Stål, 1854) on a subadult Balkan water frog Pelophylax kurtmuelleri (Gayda, 1940), the first description of its kind in Europe.

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巨型水虫Lethocerus patruelis（Stål，1854）对巴尔干蛙Pelophilax kurtmuelleri（Gayda，1940）（无尾蛙：蛙科）的捕食

水虫是脊椎动物的捕食者，它们的饮食中包括鱼类、海龟、蛇和青蛙等大型猎物。尽管食用青蛙在小尾蛇属成员中很常见，但欧洲还没有类似的报道。在这里，我们报道了一只成年斑尾蛇（Stål，1854）对一只亚成年巴尔干水蛙Pelophylax kurtmuelleri（Gayda，1940）的捕食事件，这是欧洲首次对其进行此类描述。

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Entomological Science 生物-昆虫学

CiteScore

2.00

自引率

11.10%

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审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： Entomological Science is the official English language journal of the Entomological Society of Japan. The Journal publishes original research papers and reviews from any entomological discipline or from directly allied field in ecology, behavioral biology, physiology, biochemistry, development, genetics, systematics, morphology, evolution and general entomology. Papers of applied entomology will be considered for publication if they significantly advance in the field of entomological science in the opinion of the Editors and Editorial Board.