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
MU Faculty or unit	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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