Female genital morphology and mating behavior of Orchestina (Arachnida: Araneae: Oonopidae)

Zoology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-109

  Burger, Matthias ^a   Izquierdo, Matías ^b   Carrera, Patricia ^c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Complex genitalia; Cryptic female choice; Haplogynae; Oonopidae; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDER; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPIDERS;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; HAPLOGYNAE; OONOPIDAE; ORCHESTINA; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 77950340861     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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