The spider Harpactea sadistica: Co-evolution of traumatic insemination and complex female genital morphology in spiders

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1668, 2009, Pages 2697-2701

  Řezáč, Milan ^a  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Hemocoelic insemination; Hypodermic insemination; Mating behaviour; Sexual coercion; Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTHROPOD; COEVOLUTION; COPULATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION; SPIDER; STERILITY;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHELICERATA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COEVOLUTION; EGG LAYING; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FERTILIZATION; HARPACTEA SADISTICA; INTROSPECTION; ISRAEL; MALE; MATING; MORPHOLOGY; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; OVARY; PATERNITY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SPERM; SPERM PRESERVATION; SPERMATHECAE; SPIDER;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; HARPACTEA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 67650901553     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0104     Document Type: Article

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