• 제목/요약/키워드: Amaurobiidae

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Maternal Body-mass Transfer to Offspring in the Matriphagous Spider, Amaurobius ferox (Amaurobiidae)

  • Kim, Kil-Won
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • 제32권3호
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    • pp.177-182
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    • 2009
  • The optimal strategy for semelparous females may involve adjustments in the relative investment in two fitness components, the number of offspring and the post-hatching investment per capita. To determine the pattern of maternal resource allocation to offspring in the matriphagous spider, Amaurobius ferox (Amaurobiidae), I investigated the relationship between maternal body-mass and the number of offspring, and quantified the transfer of maternal body-mass to the offspring via different forms of maternal provisioning (trophic egg-laying and matriphagy). There was a positive relationship between female body-mass and the number of offspring. However, Amaurobius mothers did not produce more trophic eggs when they had larger broods. Rather, spiderlings in larger A. ferox broods consumed larger quantities of maternal body-mass via matriphagy. Mothers transferred $28.8{\pm}6.5%$ of their body-mass to the spiderlings via trophic egg-laying, and an estimated $39.0{\pm}12.5%$ of their body-mass was transferred to the spiderlings via matriphagy.

A Review of the Spider Genus Asiacoelotes (Arachnida: Araneae: Amaurobiidae) in Korea

  • Kim, Byung-Woo;Lee, Won-Cheol
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • 제10권2호
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    • pp.49-64
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    • 2006
  • Two spider species of the genus Asiacoelotes collected from various areas of South Korea are reviewed with spination on each leg, detailed illustrations including trichobothrium patterns and SEM photographs of male palpal organs and female epigynum. These two species, A. songminjae (Paik &Yaginuma, 1969) and A. insidiosus (L. Koch, 1878), have been confused in Korea and Japan because they were previously incompletely described. A. songminjae is redescribed from the neotype and is here synonymized with A. tropidosatus (Wang & Zhu, 1991). A. insidiosus is recorded for the first time in Korea.

Sex Ratio and Approximate Date of Fertilization of the Subsocial Spider Amaurobius ferox Walckenaer (Araneae: Amaurobiidae)

  • Kim, Kil-Won;Choe, Jae-Chun
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • 제30권3호
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    • pp.277-280
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    • 2007
  • Social spiders consistently show highly female-biased sex ratios. However, the sex ratio of subsocial spiders, which have been suggested as an intermediate stage of the evolutionary pathway towards permanent sociality, is generally unknown. We investigated the sex ratio and approximate date of fertilization of the subsocial spider, Amaurobius ferox Walckenaer (Araneae: Amaurobiidae). Investigation over 2 years revealed that sex ratio of A. ferox was consistent across years and averaged 0.49. By early May $(1^{st}{\sim}10^{th})$, 66.6% of female A. ferox observed in the field had already been inseminated, and by late May $(21^{st}{\sim}31^{th})$, 95.4% of females had been inseminated. This result suggests that A. ferox need a long time or cold temperatures to prepare them for reproduction after the developmental attainment of the adult stage.

Description of the Male of Alloclubionoides ovatus (Arachnida: Araneae: Amaurobiidae) from Korea

  • Kim, Byung-Woo;Lee, Won-Cheol
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • 제24권1호
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    • pp.143-145
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    • 2008
  • The first known males of the spider Alloclubionoides ovatus (Paik, 1976) from Korea are described with detailed illustrations, spination of each leg and trichobothrium patterns. Males have a large conductor expanded curvedly 'p'-shaped with thin membrane of distal end surrounded the linear embolus and slender embolus penetrating tegulum.

Sibling Recognition and Nepotism in the Subsocial Funnel Web Spider, Coelotes terrestris (Araneae, Amaurobiidae)

  • Shin, Hyun-Chul
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • 제30권4호
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    • pp.315-318
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    • 2007
  • Cooperative or non-territorial permanently social spiders are believed to have evolved from species showing subsocial maternal care. The transition from subsocial to cooperative social groups probably involved a transition from an outbreeding breeding system to one with inbreeding. Nepotistic recognition among siblings should facilitate the evolution of social cooperation through avoidance of inbreeding and maintenance of mutual tolerance between siblings. We conducted experiments to determine whether a mechanism for sibling recognition is present in the subsocial spider, Coelotes terrestris which displays extended maternal care in the form of food provisioning. The numbers of surviving individuals within unfed groups were observed and compared between non-sibling groups of ten spiderlings and groups of ten siblings. The number of survivors differed significantly between groups, with consistently fewer spiderlings surviving in the non-sibling groups than the sibling groups over the study period. This result suggests that sibling recognition and nepotism do occur in this subsocial species. The nepotism involved in the maternal social organization of the Coelotes might be an example of a preadaptation facilitating the evolution of permanent social life.

가지산의 거미상 (Spider Fauna of Mt. Gajisan in Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea)

  • 이수연;김승태;정종국;유정선;이준호
    • 환경생물
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    • 제28권2호
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    • pp.108-113
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    • 2010
  • 경상남도 밀양 소재 가지산도립공원에서 채집한 317개체의 거미류는 20과 59속 66종으로 동정되었다. 종지수(species richness)는 깡충거미과 12종(20.0%), 꼬마거미과 8종(12.1%), 접시거미과 5종(7.6%), 왕거미과, 코리나거미과, 수리거미과 및 게거미과가 각 4종(6.1%), 갈거미과, 비탈거미과 및 새우게거미과가 각 3종(4.5%)의 순이었다. 동물지리구에 따른 종은 범열대종 1종(1.5%), 구북구종 4종(6.1%) 및 한국고유종은 3종(4.5%)이었으며 향후 산지에서의 생물상 및 생물자원의 분포 및 장기 모니터링에 중요한 정보를 제공할 것으로 사료된다.