Attracting female attention: the evolution of dimorphic courtship displays in the jumping spider<i>Maevia inclemens</i>(Araneae: Salticidae)

Clark, David L.; Morjan, Carrie L.

doi:10.1098/rspb.2001.1819

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“…This phenomenon has been described as agonistic behavior (King 1973), particularly cannibalistic in Salticids (Clark & Jackson 1994;Jackson 1995) or Agelenids (Pourié & Trabalon 1999a). However interactions between solitary spiders are not always aggressive, and under favorable conditions conspecifics may interact peacefully during reproduction (Jackson & Whitehouse 1989;Foelix 1996;Clark & Morjan 2001) and maternal cares (Krafft 1975;Assi Bessekon 1997).…”

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Fatty acids mediate aggressive behavior in the spider Tegenaria atrica

Pourié¹,

Ibarra

Francke

et al. 2005

Chemoecology

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The aggressiveness of the house spider (Tegenaria atrica) has a chemical basis in terms of intra-and interspecific chemical communication. Vibrations are used for longer range detection of intruders on the web territory whereas cuticular lipids mediate shorter range agonistic behaviors. Two cuticular acids were shown to promote aggressive responses from adult spiders, whereas mixtures of cuticular alkanes acted as inhibition signals.

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Fatty acids mediate aggressive behavior in the spider Tegenaria atrica

Pourié¹,

Ibarra

Francke

et al. 2005

Chemoecology

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“…Earlier studies have demonstrated that the visual acuity, low critical flicker fusion frequency (cff) and spectral range of jumping spiders (Salticidae) and wolf spiders (Lycosidae) allow them to perceive video images [Land, 1985;Forster, 1985]. Numerous studies have demonstrated that salticid and lycosid spiders recognize and interpret video images as real (i.e., behave appropriately when presented with video images of prey insects, conspecific or heterospecific spiders) [Clark and Uetz, 1990;Rovner, 1996;Uetz, 2000;Clark and Morjan, 2001]. Image digitization and video playback studies also eliminate the potential confound of behavioral variation as a consequence of surgical alteration and ablation of sensory structures.…”

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Multisensory Cues and Multimodal Communication in Spiders: Insights from Video/Audio Playback Studies

Uetz

Roberts²

2002

Brain Behav Evol

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Spiders perceive the world using multiple sensory modes, including vibration, vision, and chemical senses, for prey detection and communication. These sensory modes are used in many communication contexts, either individually or in multimodal signaling. Selection for effective signaler-receiver communication and species discrimination is especially strong for these predatory and potentially cannibalistic arthropods, resulting in the evolution of considerable diversity in signaling behaviors. In this paper, we review sensory mechanisms involved in spider signaling and present an overview of recent work done on wolf spiders (Lycosidae) that use multimodal communication (simultaneous visual and vibratory signals) in sexual signals during courtship. The relative importance of visual and vibratory signaling modes, and the use of multiple modes varies among closely related species in the genus Schizocosa, providing a model system for investigating multisensory guidance of complex behavior. Here we examine previous and current research on responses of female spiders to components of male courtship behavior, using several experimental techniques including cue isolation (single sensory modes), video/audio digitization and playback, and cue-conflict (mixed conspecific/heterospecific components) to tease apart elements of multimodal signaling.

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“…choice (Clark and Morjan, 2001;Clark and Uetz, 1993;Jackson, 1982) and are specific enough to be useful as taxonomic characters (Richman, 1982). These displays are textbook examples of visual communication (Bradbury and Vehrencamp, 1998).…”

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Seismic signals in a courting male jumping spider (Araneae:Salticidae)

Elias

Mason

Maddison

et al. 2003

Journal of Experimental Biology

117

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In the study of animal signals, spiders have emerged as a classic example of signalling using substrate-propagated vibrations (Barth, 1998). The vibrations propagated through the delicate webs of orb-weaving spiders are clear examples of signalling through vibrations (Barth, 1998;Finck, 1981;Frohlich and Buskirk, 1982;Klarner and Barth, 1982;Landolfa and Barth, 1996;Masters, 1984;Masters and Markl, 1981;Vollrath, 1979), but the majority of spiders may also use substrate-propagated vibrations in such varied substrates as water, soil, leaf litter or plants (Barth, 1985(Barth, , 1998(Barth, , 2002Bleckmann and Barth, 1984;Bristowe, 1929;Fernandezmontraveta and Schmitt, 1994;Rovner, 1968;Stratton and Uetz, 1983;Uetz and Stratton, 1982). Three types of substrate-borne vibration-production mechanisms have been described in spiders: percussion, stridulation and vibration (tremulation; Uetz and Stratton, 1982). Percussion is produced by the drumming of body parts against the substrate and has been described in a variety of species (Dierkes and Barth, 1995;Stratton, 1983;Uetz and Stratton, 1982). Stridulation occurs by the rubbing of two rigid body structures relative to each other (Dumortier, 1963) and seems to occur commonly in spiders (Legendre, 1963), particularly in wolf spiders (Family:Lycosidae; Rovner, 1975;Stratton and Uetz, 1983;Uetz and Stratton, 1982). Tremulation (Morris, 1980) is the third method of substrate-borne vibration production found in spiders (Barth, 2002;Dierkes and Barth, 1995;Rovner, 1980;Uetz and Stratton, 1982) and occurs by the oscillation of body parts, without a frequency multiplier (i.e. stridulation), coupled to the substratum, usually by adhesive hairs on the tips of one or more of the legs. All of these mechanisms can be used to produce substrate-borne (seismic) signals (Aicher et al., 1983;Aicher and Tautz, 1990;Narins, 1990).Jumping spiders (Family: Salticidae) are unique among spiders in that they are visual 'specialists', having two large, prominent frontal eyes that are specialized for high spatial resolution, as befits their predatory habits as stalker-hunters (Forster, 1982a;Land, 1985). Not surprisingly, vision also plays a prominent role in their signalling behaviour. Males, unlike females, have evolved conspicuously ornamented and coloured appendages that they wave like semaphores during courtship, producing stereotyped, species-specific visual displays that unfold over periods of seconds to minutes (Crane, 1949;Forster, 1982b;Jackson, 1982). These displays function in species isolation, species recognition and female

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Attracting female attention: the evolution of dimorphic courtship displays in the jumping spiderMaevia inclemens(Araneae: Salticidae)

Cited by 46 publications

References 18 publications

Fatty acids mediate aggressive behavior in the spider Tegenaria atrica

Fatty acids mediate aggressive behavior in the spider Tegenaria atrica

Multisensory Cues and Multimodal Communication in Spiders: Insights from Video/Audio Playback Studies

Seismic signals in a courting male jumping spider (Araneae:Salticidae)

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