Laboratory breeding and rearing of cellar spider, Crossopriza lyoni Blackwall

Autor: Johan Ariff Mohtar, Mohd Faidz Mohamad Shahimin
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Development Genes and Evolution. 232:125-136
ISSN: 1432-041X
0949-944X
Popis: Spiders have emerged as one of the leading model organisms in many research fields due to its compelling biology. Often, scientific investigations involving the use of spiders face inevitable problem associated with the lack of specimen from laboratory stock resulting in difficulties to yield reproducible investigations for predictive research. Thus, several species of well-studied spiders including Parasteatoda tepidariorum have been successfully bred for such purpose. Crossopriza lyoni is a cellar spider whose distribution is globally widespread in human inhabitant prompting interest in various studies over the last decades. Despite its scientific importance, no laboratory bred C. lyoni has been documented yet. Herein, we describe a successful captive breeding system of the species under controlled condition to establish laboratory stock culture. Methods for mating induction, egg collection and segregation, artificial embryo incubation, and colony husbandry are discussed. The technique presented here is a simple and low-cost approach that is reliable for C. lyoni propagation in the laboratory over several generations.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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