Uso de equipamentos de captação vibracional como uma ferramenta de estudo do comportamento em aranhas

Abstract

Much has been investigated about the transmission of behavioral information by vibrations, especially those related to reproduction in spiders. With the advancement of technology, the use of equipment that aims to improve the results of behavioral research within the laboratory has become increasingly recurrent. The present study analyzed, through a bibliographic survey, which are the main vibration measurement equipment, which are the main families of spiders used in vibrational experiments, if the UEVC (use of vibrational equipment in behaviors) in spiders is more relevant in the studies of sexual behavior than in other behaviors and whether there is a relationship between these vibrational studies in spiders considering the latitude and year of publication of the articles. From this, we expect that the main equipment used to measure vibrations are “non-contact”, that sexual UEVC are more relevant than other behaviors, and that there is a positive relationship between the UEVC and the parameters of latitude and year of publications. . The results showed that reproductive behaviors are more recurrent (50%) than other behaviors, but not more relevant, that the most used equipment was the Laser Doppler Vibrometer (LDV), thus confirming our hypothesis. The most studied spider families were, respectively, Lycosidae (30.18%), Araneidae (20.75%) and Salticidae (16.98%), most of which are not weavers, which can be explained by the fact that they are easier to be manipulated in the laboratory. The use of vibrational equipment was not statistically higher in high latitude countries and the UEVC did not show greater abundance in studies of sexual behavior. Finally, we observed that the use of this equipment has increased relatively according to the year of publication, a fact that is due to the modernization and globalization of technology, which is becoming more and more accessible.