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TABLE 1. Prey Items taken by Neotropical Palm Swifts and Lesser Swallow-tailed Swifts in Venezuela. 
Neotropical Palm Swift Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift 
Prey taxon % n % n 
Araneae 
8.6 
1.9 
Thomiscidae 
8 
2 
Clubionidae 
5 
Lingphiidae 
4 
Zoridae 
1 
Salticidae 
7 
Ctenidae 
3 
Sparassidae 
Lycos idae 
Theridiidae 
1 
1 
3 
Coleoptera 
7.6 
3.7 
Curculionidae 
10 
2 
Dryopidae 
Histeridae 
1 
2 
Nitidulidae 
Scaphidiidae 
Anobiidae 
Bostrichidae 
Chrysomelidae 
Lyctidae 
1 
1 
1 
1 
13 
1 
Hemiptera 
1.1 
0 
Lygaeidae 
Piesmatidae 
1 
3 
Homoptera 
18.1 
17.6 
Aphididae 
3 
2 
Delphacidae 
33 
13 
Cicadellidae 
20 
4 
Psyllidae 
8 
Membracidae 
2 
Cixiide 
3 
Hymenoptera 
10.5 
13.9 
Formicidae 
7 
2 
Braconidae 
Chalcididae 
1 
1 
10 
1 
Eulophidae 
2 
1 
Pteromalidae 
Ichneumonidae 
3 
1 
1 
Chrysididae 
2 
Encyrtidae 
Torymidae 
Cephidae 
Sphecidae 
5 
1 
1 
1 
Agaonidae 
7 
Cynipidae 
Psocoptera 
0.2 
8 
0.9 
Pseudocaeciliidae 
1 
1 
Diptera 
52.2 
62.1 
Syrphidae 
3 
Tephritidae 
4 
A 
Calliphoridae 
Muscidae 
2 
2 
3 
