Deposition, removal and production site of the amorphous mating plug in the spider Philodromus cespitum

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Authors

SENTENSKÁ Lenka PEKÁR Stanislav UHL Gabriele

Year of publication 2018
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source SCIENCE OF NATURE
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-018-1575-8
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-018-1575-8
Keywords Araneae; mating; plugs
Description In order to avoid sperm competition, males of many taxa apply physical barriers, so-called mating plugs, into female genitalia. Females may control which males deposit a plug through pre-copulatory mate choice or by influencing plug efficacy to avoid costs imposed by plugging. However, subsequent suitors might remove the plugs. We investigated behavioural and morphological aspects of plug deposition and removal in a promiscuous spider, Philodromus cespitum (Philodromidae).
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