Depredación de la “babosa” Veronicella cubensis Pfeiffer (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Veronicellidae), por la larva de Cratomorphus signativentris Olivier 1895 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) en Panamá

Alfredo Lanuza-Garay; Alonso Santos-Murgas; Erick A. Barría M.; Greta C. Hernández C.; Miguel A. Osorio-Arenas

doi:10.48204/j.tecno.v23n1a18

Submitted December 23, 2020

Published 2020-12-22

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Vol. 23 No. 1 (2021): Tecnociencia

Predation of the “Cuban Slug” Veronicella cubensis Pfeiffer (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Veronicellidae), by the “Giant Firefly” larva of the Cratomorphus signativentris Olivier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in Panama.

Alfredo Lanuza-Garay⁺⁻
Alonso Santos-Murgas⁺⁻
Erick A. Barría M.⁺⁻
Greta C. Hernández C.⁺⁻
Miguel A. Osorio-Arenas⁺⁻

DOI https://doi.org/10.48204/j.tecno.v23n1a18

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DOI: 10.48204/j.tecno.v23n1a18

Published: 2020-12-22

How to Cite

Lanuza-Garay, A., Santos-Murgas, A., Barría M., E. A., Hernández C., G. C. and Osorio-Arenas, M. A. (2020) “ by the ‘Giant Firefly’ larva of the Cratomorphus signativentris Olivier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in Panama”., Tecnociencia, 23(1), pp. 339–350. doi: 10.48204/j.tecno.v23n1a18.

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Abstract

Larvae of fireflies (Coleoptera; Lampyridae) feed natural and greedily of various species of terrestrial mollusks including slugs. Although this antagonistic relationship has been documented in countless species of Lampyridae, in the case of the genus Cratomorphus Motschulsky, 1853, its predatory role on these land mollusks is unknown. The aim of the study was to record for first time a predatory event of Cratomorphus signativentris larvae on the Cuban Slug (Veronisella cubensis). Similarly, some comments are made on larvae and adults of C. signativentris studied, as well as a comparison of food preference in this genus.