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Impact of Female Mating Status on Male Courtship Behaviour in a Sexually Cannibalistic New Zealand Fishing Spider

open access: yesEthology, EarlyView.
Scoring of male courtship behaviour in Dolomedes minor revealed no effect of female mating status on courtship duration or sequence structure, but males delayed the initiation of courtship when encountering previously mated females. ABSTRACT The evolution of male courtship rituals has traditionally been attributed to female mate selection, but may also
Bastien E. Clémot   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

C.R. Xllle Colloque Européen d'Arachnologie, Neuchâtel, 2 - 6 septembre 1991 [Rezension] [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Das 13. Europäische Arachnologische Kolloquium fand vom 2.-6. September 1991 in Neuchâtel (Schweiz) statt.
Bliss, Peter
core  

An Easy Method to Sample Headspace Pheromones in the Field

open access: yesEthology, Volume 132, Issue 5, Page 365-371, May 2026.
Females of the orb‐web spider Argiope bruennichi produces a pheromone to attract males for mating. Most of our knowledge about the pheromone and its strategical use by the females is known from the laboratory. While we have confidence in the validity of these results, we wanted to make sure and measure pheromones in the field.
Zoe Dössel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Envenomation by an arachnid (Latrodectus or Steatoda): Case report involving a woman and her female dog

open access: yesCase Reports, 2020
Introduction: Accidents involving spiders bites usually cause mild medical reactions that lead to local symptoms and, less commonly, systemic effects. The most medically significant spiders belong to the genera Latrodectus and Loxosceles.
Julián Felipe Porras-Villamil   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Why we age

open access: yesBiological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 2, Page 911-925, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Three categories of explanations exist for why we age: mechanistic theories, which omit reference to evolutionary forces; weakening force of selection theories, which posit that barriers exist that prevent evolutionary forces from optimising fitness in ageing; and optimisation theories, which posit that evolutionary forces actually select for ...
Michael S. Ringel
wiley   +1 more source

Latrodectismo. Caso clínico y revisión de la literatura

open access: yesARS Medica, 2017
El latrodectismo es un cuadro clínico causado por la mordedura de una araña del género Latrodectus spp., ampliamente distribuido en todo Chile continental. Generalmente las mordeduras se asocian a faenas agrícolas.
Oscar Felipe Corsi Sotelo   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Latrodectus hasselti Thorell, 1870 (Araneae: Theridiidae): A species new to Punjab, Pakistan [PDF]

open access: yesArthropods, 2020
This paper reports first sighting of medically important Latrodectus hasselti (Thorell, 1870) from Punjab, Pakistan. As this species has not previously reported from Punjab spider fauna of Pakistan, the brief illustration of this species is narrated ...
Naveed Akhtar   +2 more
doaj  

Sobre la aparente extinción ‘atlántica’ de la araña viuda negra y primer registro de la especie para Navarra y La Rioja (Araneae: Theridiidae: Latrodectus) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Se presentan los primeros registros de Latrodectus tredecimguttatus (Rossi, 1790) para la Comunidad Foral de Navarra y la Comunidad Autónoma de La Rioja y se comentan algunas inconsistencias en los datos disponibles sobre su distribución en Europa ...
Baquero-Martin, E. (Enrique)   +2 more
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A Beginner's How‐To Guide to Urban Population Genetics and Genomics

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2026.
This guide provides practical methodologies for studying how urbanization drives evolutionary and ecological changes in species through population genetics and genomics, covering genetic markers, analytical tools, and spatial modeling approaches.
Elizabeth J. Carlen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Latrodectus mactans nach Deutschland eingeschleppt (Araneae: Theridiidae)

open access: yesArachnologische Mitteilungen, 2009
Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius, 1775) was recorded from Germany. The species was most likely introduced with cargo from Chicago, USA. Characters of the single female are illustrated for future identification.
Jäger, Peter
doaj   +1 more source

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