EVIDENCE FOR GUSTATORIAL COURTSHIP IN A HAPLOGYNE SPIDER (HEDYPSILUS-CULICINUS, PHOLCIDAE, ARANEAE)

Authors
HUBER BA
Citation
Ba. Huber, EVIDENCE FOR GUSTATORIAL COURTSHIP IN A HAPLOGYNE SPIDER (HEDYPSILUS-CULICINUS, PHOLCIDAE, ARANEAE), Netherlands journal of zoology, 47(1), 1997, pp. 95-98
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Netherlands journal of zoology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00282960
Volume
47
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
95 - 98
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-2960(1997)47:1<95:EFGCIA>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Gustatorial courtship, which is so far only known from two entelegyne families among spiders, is for the first time documented in a haplogyn e spider, Hedypsilus culicinus Simon, 1893 (Pholcidae). The convergenc e to entelegynes is explained by (1) comparable mating position, and ( 2) body proportions.