- 著者
- Shigenori Karasawa Keisuke Kawano Shin-ichi Fukaya Nobuo Tsurusaki
- 出版者
- The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology
- 雑誌
- Species Diversity (ISSN:13421670)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.25, no.1, pp.89-102, 2020-02-15 (Released:2020-02-15)
- 参考文献数
- 69
Three forms of Japanese Eudigraphis (Penicillata, Polyxenidae), which have long been treated as subspecies of Eudigraphis takakuwai (Miyosi, 1947), i.e., E. t. takakuwai (Miyosi, 1947), E. t. nigricans (Miyosi, 1947), and E. t. kinutensis (Haga, 1950), are raised here to three distinct species. Overlap of their distributional ranges over wide areas of Japan was confirmed, and molecular phylogeny using both nuclear (ITS2) and mitochondrial (COI) DNA testified monophyly of each of the three forms. Additionally, the three forms can be easily distinguished from one another by body size, coloration, and habitat, though species identification for the specimens preserved in ethanol is often difficult due to their morphological similarity other than coloration and size. Description of some so-far neglected morphological characters were provided with some SEM photos to supplement knowledge on taxonomy and morphology of the family.
- 著者
- Shinji Suzuki Nobuo Tsurusaki Yoshinori Kodama
- 出版者
- Arachnological Society of Japan
- 雑誌
- Acta Arachnologica (ISSN:00015202)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.55, no.2, pp.79-86, 2006 (Released:2007-04-10)
- 参考文献数
- 28
- 被引用文献数
- 2 5
We surveyed habitats of an endangered burrowing wolf spider Lycosa ishikariana (Saito 1934) along the San'in coast of Tottori and Shimane Prefectures, southwestern Honshu, Japan. The species was found from eight sites covering seven different beaches from Inasa Beach (Izumo City) in the east to Toda Beach (Masuda City) in the west in Shimane Prefecture for the first time. This extends the southwestern limit of the species' range ca. 160 km westward from the Yumigahama Beach of Tottori Prefecture, the present southernmost record. In the coast of Tottori Prefecture, the species was found from 17 sites that exceed known number of records in the area. The apparent increase of the number of habitats of the species in Tottori Prefecture is probably due to a shift of survey season from the mid summer to June when density of the burrows culminates by the recruit of newly hatched spiderlings. Simple logistic regression analyses suggested that presence/absence of the species is related to any of the sand grain sizes, sorting indices, areas, lengths and maximum widths of the sandy beaches, though a multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that beach areas and sand grain size were the most significant factors. According to the models obtained, requirements for the occurrence of species were estimated to be areas>0.0313 km2 (total length>985 m, width>60 m) of sandy beach, and sand grain diameter>0.33 mm.
- 著者
- Nobuo Tsurusaki
- 出版者
- Arachnological Society of Japan
- 雑誌
- Acta Arachnologica (ISSN:00015202)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.52, no.1, pp.5-24, 2003 (Released:2007-03-29)
- 参考文献数
- 50
- 被引用文献数
- 11 10
Phenology and biology of a total of 11 opilionid species were surveyed in and near Sapporo, Hokkaido. Most of the species showed an annual life cycle with overwintering in egg stage. Exceptions were Paraumbogrella pumilio having an annual cycle with adult hibernation and Sabacon makinoi with overwintering in both egg and juvenile stages. Compared to the phenological patterns of opilionid assemblage in Shikoku, southwestern Japan, those in Hokkaido were characterized by the absence of species with overwintering in juvenile stage. Among the species overwintering as eggs, species whose juveniles emerge earlier in spring tended to have longer juvenile period. Furthermore, in most of the species females reached adulthood earlier than males (protogyny). The protogyny seems to be rather prevalent in harvestmen of the superfamily Phalangioidea including Phalangiidae and Sclerosomatidae, although it has been only rarely documented in insects and other arachnids. Long reproductive period and multiple mating by females connected with presumable last sperm precedence might explain protogeny in harvestmen. Except for three soil-dwelling species (Sabacon makinoi, S. imamurai, and Paraumbogrella pumilio), all species changed their diurnal microhabitat preference from soil litter on the ground to upward herbaceous layer or tree trunks before they reach adulthood. Even in sexually reproducing species, adult sex ratios in the field often deviated from 1:1. Relative abundance between male and female changed also temporally, probably as a result of sexual difference in microhabitat preference and in reproductive behavior. Data on fecundity of some species and egg size of ten species were presented. Mucous egg sacs produced by two Sabacon species are described and illustrated for the first time. In addition, a new name Nelima suzukii is proposed for one of the two species of the genus Nelima, with some notes on their taxonomy and biology.