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| Habronestes bradleyi (O. P-Cambridge, 1869) |
Habronestes bradleyi is a spider species of the Zodariidae family. The Reverend Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS ( November 3, 1828 - March 9, 1917) was an English Clergyman and Zoologist Spiders are Predatory Invertebrate Animals that have two body segments, eight legs no chewing mouth parts and no wings The Zodaraiid ground spiders or ant spiders, are a family ( Zodaraiidae) of small to medium-sized eight-eyed Spiders They are found world-wide
Like most Zodariidae, H. bradleyi is an ant-eating spider. Ants are social Insects of the family Formicidae and along with the related families of Wasps and Bees belong to the order It detects the alarm pheromone of ants to locate them. A pheromone (from Greek φέρω phero "to bear" + ‘ορμόνη " Hormone " is a Chemical that triggers a natural It raises its forelegs, which contain the chemoreceptors to detect the pheromone. A chemosensor, also known as chemoreceptor, is a Sensory receptor that transduces a chemical signal into an Action potential. However, they themselves also mimic the pheromone.
Distribution
H. bradleyi is a species from Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.
References
- Allan, R. A. , Elgar, M. A. , Capon, R. J. (1996). Exploitation of an ant chemical alarm signal by the zodariid spider Habronestes bradley Walckenaer. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London 263:69-73. Proceedings of the Royal Society is the parent title of two Scientific journals published by the Royal Society.
- Baehr, B. (2003). Revision of the Australian Spider Genus Habronestus (Araneae: Zodariidae). Species of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Records of the Australian Museum 55(3):343-376. PDF (7Mb) - ISSN 0067-1975
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