| 词条 | Tidarren argo |
| 释义 |
| name = Tidarren argo | image = | image_width = 200px | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Arachnida | ordo = Araneae | subordo = Araneomorphae | familia = Theridiidae | genus = Tidarren | species = T. argo | binomial = Tidarren argo | binomial_authority = Knoflach & van Harten 2006 }}Tidarren argo is a spider from Yemen. The species is remarkable by its male amputating one of its palps before maturation and entering his adult life with one palp only. It adopts exceptional copulatory behaviour: when the male achieves genitalia coupling with his palp, the latter is torn off by the female. The separated gonopod remains attached to the female's epigynum for approximately 4 hours and continues to function independently, serving as a mating plug. While this happens, the female feeds on the male. Emasculation thus synchronizes sexual cannibalism and sperm transfer, lengthening the interval between copulations. This mating behaviour might allow for the continuation of insemination by the dismembered palp.[1] References1. ^{{cite journal|last1=Knoflach|first1=Barbara|last2=van Harten|first2=Antonius|title=Tidarren argo sp. nov. (Araneae: Theridiidae) and its exceptional copulatory behaviour: emasculation, male palpal organ as a mating plug and sexual cannibalism|journal=Journal of Zoology|volume=254|issue=4|year=2001|pages=449–459|issn=0952-8369|doi=10.1017/S0952836901000954}} Further reading
External links
3 : Theridiidae|Spiders of Asia|Spiders described in 2006 |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。