TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dolejš, Petr
T1  - Do really all wolf spiders carry spiderlings on their opisthosomas? : The case of Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata (Araneae: Lycosidae)
T2  - Arachnologische Mitteilungen
N2  - 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.
KW  - Cocoons
KW  - female abdominal knobbed hairs
KW  - humid habitats
KW  - pulli-carrying behaviour
KW  - spiderling clusters
Y1  - 2013
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/36901
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-369019
SN  - 2199-7233
VL  - 45
SP  - 30
EP  - 35
ER  -