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FIRST CANADIAN RECORDS OF TROCHOSA RURICOLA (DEGEER), OSTEARIUS MELANOPYGIUS (O. PICKARD-CAMBRIDGE), AND DICTYNA DECAPRINI KASTON (ARANEAE: LYCOSIDAE, LINYPHIIDAE, DICTYNIDAE, RESPECTIVELY)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Sylvain Lalongé
Affiliation:
Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3P8
James H. Redner
Affiliation:
Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6
D. Coderre
Affiliation:
Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3P8

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During a study on the importance of spiders as predators of the cabbage butterfly Artogeia rapae L. (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) in cultivated cruciferous fields in Quebec, 209 specimens (114 were immatures riding on the back of a female) of Trochosa ruricola (DeGeer) (Lycosidae), 21 specimens of Ostearius melanopygius (O. Pickard-Cambridge) (Linyphiidae), and one specimen of Dictyna decaprini Kaston (Dictynidae) were found by pitfall traps and aspirator at L'Acadie, Quebec (45°20'N, 73°20'W) in cabbage, Brussels sprouts, and broccoli plots. This is the first record of these species in Canada.

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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1997

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