First report of Thyroptera tricolor (Chiroptera: Thyropteridae) caught in a web of Eriophora sp. (Araneae: Araneidae) in the Ecuadorian Amazon

Iván De la Cruz; Álvaro Dueñas; Pamela Rivera-Parra

doi:10.59763/mam.aeq.v5i.68

First report of Thyroptera tricolor (Chiroptera: Thyropteridae) caught in a web of Eriophora sp. (Araneae: Araneidae) in the Ecuadorian Amazon

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Iván De la Cruz Departamento de Biología, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5801-7207
Álvaro Dueñas Departamento de Física, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5608-0108
Pamela Rivera-Parra Departamento de Biología, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Quito, Ecuador https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1773-3855

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https://doi.org/10.59763/mam.aeq.v5i.68

Keywords:

predator-prey interaction, tropical forest, arthropod, Thyropteridae, ecology, spider, Spix’s Disk-winged Bat, Thyroptera tricolor, Eriophora, Araneae, Araneidae, Yasuní, Chiroptera

Abstract

Predation of bats by large arthropods has rarely been documented. Here we describe the first record of a Spix’s disk-winged bat (Thyroptera tricolor) caught in a web of Eriophora sp. in Yasuní National Park, Ecuador. This observation contributes to the knowledge of bat biology and predator-prey interactions in the Amazon region.

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2023-12-01

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De la Cruz, I., Dueñas, Álvaro, & Rivera-Parra, P. (2023). First report of Thyroptera tricolor (Chiroptera: Thyropteridae) caught in a web of Eriophora sp. (Araneae: Araneidae) in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Mammalia Aequatorialis, 5, 75–78. https://doi.org/10.59763/mam.aeq.v5i.68

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