The influence of ants on the mating strategy of a myrmecophilic jumping spider (Araneae, Salticidae)

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The influence of ants on the mating strategy of a myrmecophilic jumping spider (Araneae, Salticidae)

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Phintella piatensis is an unusual jumping spider because, despite being neither myrmecophagic nor myrmecomorphic, it associates with ants, including dangerous weaver ants. Although salticids typically spin cocoon-like nests for use as shelters, the nests of Phintella are unusually dense. These play an important role in how Phintella adapts to living with ants. In experiments, intraspecific interaction and mating increased the risk of being killed by ants when there was no accessible nest, whi...

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Research paper

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Journal article

Date created

2009

Creator

Nelson XJ / Jackson RR

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http://hdl.handle.net/10092/17341

Related subjects

Biodiversity Conservation / Ecology / mating strategies / risk-related decisions / display / Oecophylla smaragdina / myrmecophily / PHIDIPPUS-JOHNSONI ARANEAE / PREDATION RISK / INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTIONS / PORTIA-FIMBRIATA / INNATE AVERSION / PRINCIPAL EYES / MATE CHOICE / PREY / BEHAVIOR / MIMICS / Biological sciences / Zoology / Animal behaviour / Invertebrate biology / Evolutionary biology / Biological adaptation

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