Alternative mating tactics in brown widow spiders: mating with or without male self-sacrifice does not affect the copulatory mechanism
Abstract Background Male self-sacrifice during mating is one of the most extreme forms of male reproductive investment. In two species of widow spiders (genus Latrodectus), males trigger sexual cannibalism by “somersaulting” into the fangs of the female after copulatory coupling is achieved. In this...
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BMC
2025-04-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Zoology |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-025-00560-8 |
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