Copulation With Contralateral Insertion in Entelegyne Spiders (Araneae: Entelegynae: Tetragnathidae)
- 1 January 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Brill in Netherlands Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 47 (1) , 99-102
- https://doi.org/10.1163/156854297x00274
Abstract
Contralateral insertion, the application of the right male pedipalp to the left female genital opening is for the first time described in entelegyne spiders, Leucauge mariana, Tetragnatha extensa, T. montana and Pachygnatha clercki (Tetragnathidae). It is argued that the absence of a strict "lock-and-key" fit between male and female genitalia allowed the switch from the usual ipsilateral to contralateral insertion.Keywords
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