A Contribution to the Biology of the British Spiders belonging to the Genus Dysdera
- 1 January 1965
- Vol. 16 (1/2) , 20-+
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3564861
Abstract
The genus Dysdera comprises approximately eighty species, of which the great majority are Western European or Mediterranean in distribution. This paper is one of a series resulting from an investigation into some of the basic problems of Dysdera taxonomy and summarises our present knowledge of the biology of the group. The main topics discussed are the prey, predators and parasites of Dysdera, and various aspects of the sexual biology. Under the latter heading are included sections on courtship, copulation, seasonal activity and egg laying. An account is also given of interspecific ma tings, which although never occurring in wild populations, may occasionally be induced in laboratory-reared individuals. The eggs resulting from such mating are infertile.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: