Winter-active wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) in thermal habitats from western Romania |
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| Authors: | Éva-Hajnalka Sas-Kovács István Urák István Sas-Kovács Severus-Daniel Covaciu-Marcov László Rákosy |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babe?-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romaniahajni_81@yahoo.com;3. Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca, Romania;4. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania;5. Department of Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babe?-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
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| Abstract: | Shores of channels with thermal water provide an adequate microclimate for maintaining wolf spiders in activity during winter. Of the spiders collected after the winter survey of 22 thermal habitats from western Romania, 93.02% were juveniles and subadults, while the remaining individuals belonged to the following seven species: Arctosa leopardus, Pardosa amentata, Pardosa proxima, Pirata piraticus, Piratula latitans, Trochosa robusta and Trochosa ruricola. The reproductive period of some species is altered under the influence of neighbouring hot waters, as revealed by the capture of females with egg sacs and spiderlings, during winter. |
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| Keywords: | wolf spiders reproduction winter hot springs Romania |
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