Field observation of predation on a Japanese mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffii, by a giant water bug, Kirkaldyia deyrolli

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  • OHBA Shin-ya
    Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University:(Present office)Biological Laboratory, Faculty of Education, Nagasaki University

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  • 野外におけるタガメによるニホンマムシの捕食事例

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The giant water bug, subfamily Lethocerinae, which has the largest body size among Belostomatidae, is known to be a vertebrate specialist that preys mainly upon fish and amphibians. Here, I report that a giant water bug, Kirkaldyia (=Lethocerus) deyrolli (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae), was catching hold of a Japanese mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffii, in a pond. This is a first report of Lethocerinae eating a Viperid snake.

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  • CRID
    1390001288070887040
  • NII Article ID
    110009865360
  • DOI
    10.20848/kontyu.15.2_92
  • ISSN
    24320269
    13438794
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
    • KAKEN
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