Is more better? Sexual confusion during courtship between two sympatric and synchronic tarantulas: Acanthoscurria suina and Eupalaestrus weijenberghi

Is more better? Sexual confusion during courtship between two sympatric and synchronic tarantulas: Acanthoscurria suina and Eupalaestrus weijenberghi

When two similar species co-occur in time and space, strong mechanisms isolating them from each other are expected. Acanthoscurria suina Pocock, 1903 and Eupalaestrus weijenberghi (Thorell, 1894) are two sympatric and synchronic tarantulas that inhabit burrows in Uruguay's meadows. Here we test...

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Main Authors: Fernando G. Costa, Laura Montes De Oca, Cintya Perdomo, David Ortiz-Villatoro, Luciana Baruffaldi, Fernando Pérez-Miles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2013-10-01
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
Subjects:
Courtship
Neotropical tarantulas
reproductive isolation
sex pheromone
sexual selection
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