Galvis W.1, Gabb A.2, Vergara-Moreno D.3 2019. First observation of arachnid predation (Araneae: Anyphaenidae: Hibana talmina) by a crustacean (Brachyura: Sesarmidae: Aratus pisonii) // Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.16. No.4: 405–408 [in English].
1 Laboratorio de Aracnología & Miriapodología (LAM-UN), Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Bogotá, Colombia. E-mail: wlgalvisj@unal.edu.co
2 Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Science and the Environment, Division of Biology and Conservation, Manchester Metropolitan University.
3 Departamento de Biología, Grupo de investigación en Biología descriptiva y aplicada, Grupo de Hidrobiología. Universidad de Cartagena, Colombia.
doi: 10.15298/invertzool.16.4.08
ABSTRACT. A first observation of predation on an arachnid by a crustacean, the crab Aratus pisonii (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837) (Brachyura: Sesarmidae) is recorded here. In this case on the ghost spider Hibana talmina Brescovit, 1993 (Araneae: Anyphaenidae: Anyphaeninae), in the Caribbean region of Colombia, at Caсo del Oro, Tierra Bomba island (Cartagena), Bolívar.
KEY WORDS: Colombia, ecology, ghost spider, mangrove crab, predation.