• DOI:10.1023/B:JOIR.0000042536.06225.53
Corpus ID: 21977616

Species-Specificity of Chemical Signals: Silk Source Affects Discrimination in a Wolf Spider (Araneae: Lycosidae)

@article{Roberts2004SpeciesSpecificityOC,
  title={Species-Specificity of Chemical Signals: Silk Source Affects Discrimination in a Wolf Spider (Araneae: Lycosidae)},
  author={J. A. Roberts and G. Uetz},
  journal={Journal of Insect Behavior},
  year={2004},
  volume={17},
  pages={477-491}
}

J. A. Roberts, G. Uetz

Published 2004

Biology

Journal of Insect Behavior

Female spiders deposit chemical cues that elicit male courtship behavior with silk. These cues are often assumed to be species-specific although male spiders may court in response to chemical cues of closely-related species. We used behavioral assays to test the extent of species discrimination of female chemical cues by male Schizocosa ocreata, a wolf spider (Lycosidae). Discrimination, expressed as relative courtship intensity of males, varied significantly with phylogenetic distance. Males… CONTINUE READING

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