Sexual Dimorphism in the Lampshade Spider Hypochilus thorelli (Araneae: Hypochilidae)

Margaret Hodge; Samuel Marshall

doi:10.1656/058.016.0315

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Margaret Hodge,^1,* Samuel Marshall²

¹1Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts, Science Department, Natchitoches, LA 71457.
²2Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Department of Biological Sciences, Natchitoches, LA 714

^*Corresponding author - mhodge@lsmsa.edu.

Abstract

Recent comparative analyses of sexual size dimorphism in web-building spiders have not included data from the Hypochilidae, an ancient group of spiders in which half of the species have geographic distributions that are restricted to the Appalachian Mountains. Females are slightly larger than males as measured by cephalothorax width, but male leg 1 is much longer than that of females. We document the development of this dimorphism in the field and discuss the possible adaptive significance of this trait.

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Margaret Hodge and Samuel Marshall "Sexual Dimorphism in the Lampshade Spider Hypochilus thorelli (Araneae: Hypochilidae)," Southeastern Naturalist 16(3), (1 September 2017). https://doi.org/10.1656/058.016.0315

Published: 1 September 2017

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