DESCRIPTION OF THE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE OOTHECA OF THE SPIDER Catumiri sp. (THERAPHOSIDAE) FROM ARGENTINA
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https://doi.org/10.26462/34.1.19Keywords:
Theraphosidae, reproductive biology, Balcarce hills, sexual comunicationAbstract
The genus Catumiri Guadanucci, 2004 includes five species from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. We describe courtship and copulation of Catumiri sp. from the Sierras de Balcarce, Argentina. Twelve units of sexual behavior (nine males/three females) were recorded. In addition, a new form of ootheca construction is reported.
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