Use of Coconut Endocarp as an Oviposition Site by a Neotropical Harvestman (Opiliones: Cranaidae)

Authors

  • Victor R. Townsend Jr. Department of Biology, Virginia Wesleyan College, 1584 Wesleyan Drive, Norfolk, VA 23509, USA
  • Daniel N. Proud Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club
  • Alan H. Savitzky Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club
  • Merry V. Marshall Trinidad and Tobago Field Naturalists' Club

Keywords:

Coconut Endocarp, Oviposition, Nesting site, Neotropical Harvestman, Opiliones: Cranaidae

Abstract

This is the first known publication of the evidence for a fruit’s endocarp as an oviposition site of the neotropical Harvestman.

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Published

2011-12-31

Issue

Living World 2011

Section

Nature Notes