Widespread reliance on olfactory sex and species identification by lyssomanine and spartaeine jumping spiders

dc.contributor.authorNelson, X.J.
dc.contributor.authorWarui, C.M.
dc.contributor.authorJackson, R.R.
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-22T23:48:12Z
dc.date.available2014-10-22T23:48:12Z
dc.date.issued2012en
dc.description.abstractJumping spiders (Salticidae) are renowned for their exceptional vision, but this does not preclude use of other senses. Here we provide evidence that olfactory pheromones are widespread in the Spartaeinae and Lyssomaninae, two subfamilies regarded as basal clades within the Salticidae. Pheromone use by salticids was tested in series of experiments: males were tested with the odour of conspecific females, heterospecific females and conspecific males, and females were tested with the odour of conspecific males. With seven of the 29 species tested, we also tested males using the draglines of conspecific females (spider absent) as the odour source. Males of all species tested were attracted to the odour of conspecific females and to the odour of the draglines of conspecific females. There was no evidence of males responding to the odour of heterospecific females or conspecific males, or of females responding to the odour of conspecific males. These findings suggest that it is primarily males that respond to olfactory sex pheromones, consistent with the apparent trend within spiders of males more actively searching for females and females placing greater emphasis on mate-choice decisions. Compared with most salticid groups, lyssomanines and spartaeines are unusually sedentary and this lifestyle may favour olfactory mate searching.en
dc.identifier.citationNelson, X.J., Warui, C.M., Jackson, R.R. (2012) Widespread reliance on olfactory sex and species identification by lyssomanine and spartaeine jumping spiders. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 107(3), pp. 664-677.en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01965.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/9734
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. Biological Sciencesen
dc.rights.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subjectcommunicationen
dc.subjectchemoreceptionen
dc.subjectolfactionen
dc.subjectpheromonesen
dc.subjectspideren
dc.subjectSalticidaeen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::31 - Biological sciences::3109 - Zoology::310913 - Invertebrate biologyen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::31 - Biological sciences::3109 - Zoology::310901 - Animal behaviouren
dc.subject.anzsrcField of Research::06 - Biological Sciences::0601 - Biochemistry and Cell Biology::060199 - Biochemistry and Cell Biology not elsewhere classifieden
dc.titleWidespread reliance on olfactory sex and species identification by lyssomanine and spartaeine jumping spidersen
dc.typeJournal Article
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