Interspecific Tolerance in Social Stegodyphus Spiders (Eresidae, Araneae)

Interspecific Tolerance in Social Stegodyphus Spiders (Eresidae, Araneae)

The African social eresid spiders Stegodyphus mimosarum and S. dumicola exhibit extreme intra- as well as interspecific social tolerance. S. mimosarum individuals transferred over more than 20 km were accepted and immediately cooperated in strange conspecific colonies. In a laboratory experiment, ad...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of arachnology 1988-04, Vol.16 (1), p.35-39
Hauptverfasser: Seibt, U., Wickler, W.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal social behavior
Animals
Biological taxonomies
Eresidae
Evolution
Female animals
Food
Insect colonies
Sociality
Spiders
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Zusammenfassung:The African social eresid spiders Stegodyphus mimosarum and S. dumicola exhibit extreme intra- as well as interspecific social tolerance. S. mimosarum individuals transferred over more than 20 km were accepted and immediately cooperated in strange conspecific colonies. In a laboratory experiment, adult females of both species formed mixed-species groups that spun and fed together.
ISSN:0161-8202
1937-2396