Do really all wolf spiders carry spiderlings on their opisthosomas? : The case of Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata (Araneae: Lycosidae)
- Wolf spider females are characterised by carrying cocoons attached to their spinnerets. Emerged spiderlings are carried on the females’ opisthosomas, with the exception of three Japanese lycosid species who carry spiderlings on empty cocoons. Here, the same behaviour is recorded in a European spider: the drumming wolf spider Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata. Spiderlings of this species do not try to climb on the female’s opisthosoma, even when they are adopted by a female of a species with a normal pulli-carrying behaviour. This behaviour occurs in Trechaleidae and four unrelated species of Lycosidae inhabiting wet habitats and is therefore regarded as an adaptation to the unsuitable environment.
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| Author: | Petr Dolejš |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-369019 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5431/aramit4507 |
| ISSN: | 2199-7233 |
| Parent Title (Multiple languages): | Arachnologische Mitteilungen |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2015/02/03 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2013 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2015/02/03 |
| Tag: | Cocoons; female abdominal knobbed hairs; humid habitats; pulli-carrying behaviour; spiderling clusters |
| Volume: | 45 |
| Page Number: | 6 |
| First Page: | 30 |
| Last Page: | 35 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 368112454 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | Arachnologische Mitteilungen / Arachnologische Mitteilungen, Heft 45 (2013) |
| : | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-368932 |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
