Behavioural evidence of male volatile pheromones in the sex-role reversed wolf spiders Allocosa brasiliensis and Allocosa alticeps

2009/10/01 by Anita Aisenberg, Luciana Baruffaldi, Macarena González · 34 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Neuroscience · Psychology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Animal communication #Attraction #Biology #Context (archaeology) #Courtship #Courtship display #Developmental psychology #Ecology #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research #Pheromone #Psychology #Sex pheromone #Sexual attraction #Sexual behavior #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1007/s00114-009-0612-z

published in Die Naturwissenschaften 97(1), 63-70 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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Citations

• Daring females, devoted males, and reversed sexual size dimorphism in the sand-dwelling spider Allocosa brasiliensis (Araneae, Lycosidae)
• Reproductive isolation and sex-role reversal in two sympatric sand-dwelling wolf spiders of the genus Allocosa
• Sexual dimorphism and distorted sex ratios in spiders
• Evolution of multiple sexual preferences by Fisher’s runaway process of sexual selection
• Sex-role reversal in vertebrates: behavioural and endocrinological accounts
• Interspecific attractiveness of structures built by courting male fiddler crabs: experimental evidence of a sensory trap

Cited by

• Mate binding: male adaptation to sexual conflict in the golden orb-web spider (Nephilidae: Nephila pilipes)
• Allocosa brasiliensis [wikipedia]