Comparative studies ofDictyna andMallos (Araneae: Dictynidae): IV. Silk-mediated interattraction

Autor: R. R. Jackson
Rok vydání: 1982
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Zdroj: Insectes Sociaux. 29:15-24
ISSN: 1420-9098
0020-1812
DOI: 10.1007/bf02224524
Popis: Social organization withinDictyna andMallos includes solitary species, species that live in groups and maintain territories (communal, territorial), and a group-living species (Mallos gregalis) that does not maintain territories (communal, non-territorial). Silk-mediated interattraction occurs inM. gregalis and in a communal, territorial species (Dictyna calcurata); but it does not seem to occur in another communal, territorial species (M. trivittatus), nor in a solitary species (M. niveus). Adult females ofM. gregalis were repelled by the silk of other dictynid species. All spiders that were tested were repelled by the silk of an araneid spider (Araneus diadematus).
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