Sexual cannibalism and sperm competition in the golden orb-web spider Nephila plumipes (Araneoidea): female and male perspectives

By Jutta M. Schneider, M. Elgar. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics

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Risky mate search and mate preference in the golden orb-web spider (Nephila plumipes) (2007, methodology): “Third, we used a field-enclosure study to determine whether males are choosy during mate searching as this could elevatemortalityrates.MaleN.plumipesaremonogynousdueto a high frequency of injury and sexual cannibalism after attacks by their first mate (Elgar and Fahey 1996; Schneider and Elgar 2001”
Female praying mantids use sexual cannibalism as a foraging strategy to increase fecundity (2008, background): “Numerous studies have similarly shown that sexually cannibalistic behavior increases with decreasing food availability and/or female body condition (Liske and Davis 1984; Birkhead et al. 1988; Kynaston et al. 1994; Andrade 1998; Maxwell 1998; Maxwell 2000; Schneider and Elgar 2001 ).”
Evolutionary Significance of Sexual Cannibalism (2004, background): “The webs of these comparatively large spiders form large aggregations, and while a single female is found on each web, there may be up to 10 males located within and on the periphery of the orb-web (Elgar, 1989; Elgar and Fahey, 1996; Schneider and Elgar, 2001).”
Sexual conflict over copulation duration in a cannibalistic spider (2006, background): “In contrast, males may benefit from sacrificing their lives during copulation if they can thereby increase paternity (Elgar 1992; Andrade 1996; Elgar et al. 2000; Schneider & Elgar 2001).”
Pattern of sperm transfer in redback spiders: implications for sperm competition and male sacrifice (2004, background): “…and Locke, 1991; Cohn, 1990; Pitnick and Markow, 1994), and/or the rate of sperm transfer (Simmons and Parker, 1992), a clear relationship with body size is not always found (Arnqvist and Danielsson, 1999b; Cook et al., 1997, Otronen, 1997, Schneider and Elgar, 2001, Watson, 1991, Woodhead, 1984).”
Fitness consequences of sexual cannibalism in female Argiope bruennichi (2003, background): “Even so, they may benefit through prolonged copulation, which has been reported to be associated with sexual cannibalism in several spider species (Andrade 1996; Schneider and Elgar 2001).”
Phylogeny of extant nephilid orb‐weaving spiders (Araneae, Nephilidae): testing morphological and ethological homologies (2008, background): “Intersexual conflict is well documented in spiders but mostly in single species, and not in a phylogenetic context (Elgar, 1991; Schneider and Lubin, 1998; Schneider and Elgar, 2001, 2002; Herberstein et al., 2002; Fromhage and Schneider, 2005b; Schneider et al., 2006).”