Evolutionary Significance of Sexual Cannibalism

By M. Elgar, Jutta M. Schneider. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics

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Precopulatory sexual cannibalism in fishing spiders (Dolomedes triton): a role for behavioral syndromes (2005, background): “First, precopulatory sexual cannibalism provides a particularly dramatic example of intersexual conflict ( Elgar and Schneider 2004; Elgar 1992; Choe and Crespi 1997).”
Genital damage in the orb-web spider Argiope bruennichi (Araneae: Araneidae) increases paternity success (2007, background): “Sexual cannibalism is expected to exert a strong selective force on males (reviewed by Elgar and Schneider 2005; Prenter et al. 2006) although to date only few studies identified male strategies that prevent a successful female attack (Moya-Laran˜o et al. 2004; Fromhage and Schneider 2005a; Bilde ”
Sexual conflict over copulation duration in a cannibalistic spider (2006, background): “Postinsemination sexual cannibalism occurs regularly during mating in a number of spider species (Elgar 1992) and can result in prolonged copulations (reviewed in Elgar 1998; Elgar & Schneider 2004; Prenter et al. 2006).”
Female praying mantids use sexual cannibalism as a foraging strategy to increase fecundity (2008, background): “The costs and benefits of sexual cannibalism are typically viewed from the male or female perspective, and the timing of cannibalism in relation to insemination is also considered ( Elgar and Schneider 2004 ).”
The Evolution of Animal Nuptial Gifts (2012, background): “While colloquial usage views gifts as something given voluntarily, in the case of sexual cannibalism there may also be involuntary gift-giving that carries a net fitness cost for males (Elgar and Schneider, 2004, lower-right cell of Fig.”
"Disgusting" Animals: Primary School Children's Attitudes and Myths of Bats and Spiders (2008, background): “This result emerged probably because Žoldosova and Prokop‟s field trip activities were also subjected to various activities and discussions about spiders which are well-known cannibals ( Schneider and Elgar, 2004 ).”