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Holcosus festivus (Central American Whitptail Lizard): Nuptial gift
(Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, 2021-12)
Signaling the ability to provision limited re-sources to a mate's reproductive success should be favored by sexual selection. In many taxa, female mate choice is driven by courtship offerings in the form of nutritional ...
New record of nuptial gift observed in Trechalea amazonica (Araneae, Lycosoidea, Trechaleidae)Primer registro de un regalo nupcial en Trechalea amazonica (Araneae, Lycosoidea, Trechaleidae)
(Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, 2009)
It is a matter of taste: chemical signals mediate nuptial gift acceptance in a neotropical spider
(OXFORD UNIV PRESS INCCARY, 2012)
Nuptial gift offering is a courtship trait found among several insect orders and some spider families. Recent studies indicate that this gift-giving behavior in spiders represents the male mating effort acting on female ...
Nuptial Gifts in Pomacea canaliculata (Ampullariidae, Caenogastropoda): Experimental and Field Evidence about Their Function
(Institute of Malacology, 2014-11)
Pomacea canaliculata is a South American apple snail that shows a multiple mating behavior. The copulations are frequent and long lasting, and consequently the males have to face strong sperm competition. The outer gland ...
Worthless and nutritive nuptial 1 gifts: mating duration, sperm stored and potential female decisions in spiders
(Public Library Of Science, 2015-06)
In nuptial gift-giving species females sometimes select their potential mates based on the presence and size of the gift. But in some species, such as the Neotropical polyandrous spider Paratrechalea ornate male gifts vary ...
Reproductive interference between two sibling species of gift-giving spiders
(ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTDLONDON, 2012)
We investigated the possibility of reproductive interference between two sibling spider species, Paratrechalea azul and Paratrechalea ornata, which occur syntopically and reproduce synchronously. Males of both species offer ...
Reproductive behavior of Eidmanacris corumbatai garcia (Orthoptera: Phalangopsidae)
(2006-10-05)
Adult males of Eidmanacris corumbatai Garcia have reduced tegmina without stridulatory apparatus. For this reason, they developed other means of intra-specific communication. During courtship, the males use a combination ...
Reproductive behavior of Eidmanacris corumbatai garcia (Orthoptera: Phalangopsidae)
(2006-10-05)
Adult males of Eidmanacris corumbatai Garcia have reduced tegmina without stridulatory apparatus. For this reason, they developed other means of intra-specific communication. During courtship, the males use a combination ...
Padrão espacial e temporal no investimento reprodutivo em aranhas doadoras de presentes nupciais do gênero Paratrechalea Carico, 2005 (Araneae, Trechaleidae)
(Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2015-07-30)
The reproductive success of an individual is optimized following trade-off constraints among its life-history components, where the decision to invest into reproduction or maintenance is influenced by selective pressures ...