| Naslov: | To mate or to steal food? A male spider’s dilemma |
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| Avtorji: | ID Kuntner, Matjaž (Avtor)
ID Xu, Xin (Avtor)
ID Li, Daiqin (Avtor) |
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| Datoteke: |  URL - Izvorni URL, za dostop obiščite https://doi.org/10.3390/d17040281
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| Jezik: | Angleški jezik |
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| Tipologija: | 1.03 - Drugi znanstveni članki |
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| Organizacija: |  NIB - Nacionalni inštitut za biologijo
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| Povzetek: | We report a sequence of unusual male behaviors observed in Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793) (Araneae: Nephilidae Simon, 1894), a sexually size dimorphic tropical spider species in Singapore. We documented a male suitor using his mouth parts (chelicerae) rather than his copulatory organs (pedipalps) to repeatedly probe female genitals. The behaviors may have served as a strategy to assess the female’s mating status, functioned as a courtship strategy, or, most plausibly, represented an attempt to remove a genital plug. The documented chrono-sequence culminated in the male’s attempted commensalism, followed by an aggressive attack by the female, resulting in near-fatal injury to the male. Notably, the attack did not escalate into cannibalism, suggesting that the extreme size difference in Nephila may render small males unappealing as prey. |
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| Ključne besede: | sexual size dimorphism, eSSD mating syndrome, genital plugging, sexual cannibalism, zoology, ethology |
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| Status publikacije: | Objavljeno |
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| Verzija publikacije: | Objavljena publikacija |
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| Datum objave: | 17.04.2025 |
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| Leto izida: | 2025 |
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| Št. strani: | 1-7 str. |
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| Številčenje: | Vol. 17, iss. 4, [article no.] 281 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-22068  |
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| UDK: | 59 |
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| ISSN pri članku: | 1424-2818 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/d17040281 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 233274883 |
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| Opomba: | Nasl. z nasl. zaslona;
Opis vira z dne 18. 4. 2025;
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| Datum objave v DiRROS: | 18.04.2025 |
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| Število ogledov: | 963 |
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| Število prenosov: | 343 |
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