Record of Lepidoptera and Hemiptera as a food resource of Acutisoma longipes Roewer, 1913 (Arachnida; Opiliones) in the Cerrado, Brazil

Maria Luiza Simões Silva; Igor Rodrigues de Castro; Felipe Barbosa Augusto de Freitas; Diogo Silva Vilela; Gabriel de Castro Jacques; Marcos Magalhães de Souza

doi:10.12741/ebrasilis.v17.e1082

Authors

Maria Luiza Simões Silva Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia, do Sul de Minas Gerais, Inconfidentes, MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-1877
Igor Rodrigues de Castro Instituto Federal Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Minas Gerais, Bambuí, MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0133-6233
Felipe Barbosa Augusto de Freitas Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia, do Sul de Minas Gerais, Inconfidentes, MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1280-2218
Diogo Silva Vilela Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia, do Sul de Minas Gerais, Inconfidentes, MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6510-7018
Gabriel de Castro Jacques Instituto Federal Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Minas Gerais, Bambuí, MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9619-6065
Marcos Magalhães de Souza Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia, do Sul de Minas Gerais, Inconfidentes, MG, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0415-1714

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v17.e1082

Keywords:

Erebidae, Cercopidae, diet, haverstmen

Abstract

Harvestmen are nocturnal arachnids, commonly found in humid forests, with omnivorous feeding behavior. There are records of different taxa in the diet of these arthropods, but data is still scarce for many species, especially in Cerrado areas. Thus, the objective of the present work is to report Lepidoptera and Hemiptera in the diet of the harvestman Acutisoma longipes Roewer, 1913, in Mata de Galeria in the Cerrado of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The records occurred randomly in the municipality of Luminárias, Minas Gerais, on October 10th and December 4th, 2023. In the first record, the species A. longipes was feeding on a moth (Lepidoptera: Erebidae). In the second record, the same species fed on a leafhopper, Mahanarva sp. (Hemiptera, Cercopidae). It was not possible to say whether these insects were preyed upon, usurped by other predators or found dead, but any of these hypotheses can be considered. This record contributes to increasing knowledge about the diet of harvestmen, especially in the Cerrado biome, where there is a need for more related studies.

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