Ahmad, N., Heikal, H. (2016). THE BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS STUDY OF THE SPIDER, THERIDION SPINITARSE O. PICKARD-CAMBRIDGE, 1876 (ARANEAE:THERIDIIDAE) IN EGYPT. Menoufia Journal of Plant Protection, 1(1), 1-7. doi: 10.21608/mjapam.2016.176622
Naglaa F. R. Ahmad; H. M. Heikal. "THE BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS STUDY OF THE SPIDER, THERIDION SPINITARSE O. PICKARD-CAMBRIDGE, 1876 (ARANEAE:THERIDIIDAE) IN EGYPT". Menoufia Journal of Plant Protection, 1, 1, 2016, 1-7. doi: 10.21608/mjapam.2016.176622
Ahmad, N., Heikal, H. (2016). 'THE BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS STUDY OF THE SPIDER, THERIDION SPINITARSE O. PICKARD-CAMBRIDGE, 1876 (ARANEAE:THERIDIIDAE) IN EGYPT', Menoufia Journal of Plant Protection, 1(1), pp. 1-7. doi: 10.21608/mjapam.2016.176622
Ahmad, N., Heikal, H. THE BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS STUDY OF THE SPIDER, THERIDION SPINITARSE O. PICKARD-CAMBRIDGE, 1876 (ARANEAE:THERIDIIDAE) IN EGYPT. Menoufia Journal of Plant Protection, 2016; 1(1): 1-7. doi: 10.21608/mjapam.2016.176622
THE BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS STUDY OF THE SPIDER, THERIDION SPINITARSE O. PICKARD-CAMBRIDGE, 1876 (ARANEAE:THERIDIIDAE) IN EGYPT
1Plant Protection Research Institute, Agric. Research Center, Giza, Egypt
2Economic. Entomol. And Agric. Zool. Dept. Fac. Agric, Menoufia University
Abstract
Theridion spinitarse was described as a new species for the first time from female by O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876, then Knoflach, et al. (2009) re-described this species from female specimens. Spider specimens were collected from mango trees in Fayoum Governorate and from grapes at El-Sadat sector of Menoufia Governorate. Individuals of the spider were rearedand biological aspects were studied under laboratory conditions ( 25°C and 60-70% R.H). Individuals of this species fed every two days on second larval stage of Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval 1833). Males and females reached maturity in the fifth spiderling stage after 67 & 72.27 days, respectively. Adult longevity, lifespan, fecundity of female and food consumption were also studied.