Updates and perspectives on reproductive behavior of South American wolf spiders,

BOLLATTI, FEDRA; AISENBERG, ANITA; TOSCANO-GADEA, CARLOS A; PERETTI, ALFREDO VICENTE; GONZÁLEZ, MACARENA

JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY

AMER ARACHNOLOGICAL SOC

Lugar: Nueva York; Año: 2023 vol. 51

0161-8202

The Lycosidae family is one of the spider families with the greatest diversity of speciesand with varied and striking strategies. Studies on Neotropical wolf spiders havecontributed new and valuable information to the field of sexual selection for severaldecades, having discovered cases that differ markedly from previously known patterns,not only for the family but for spiders in general. Here we provide a review of studies onreproductive biology of South American wolf spiders in recent decades, focusing on thesubfamilies Lycosinae, Allocosinae and Sossipinae. The promising possibilities of thespiders of this family to test fundamental hypotheses in sexual selection and reproductivebiology are highlighted, and we outline areas of particular interest for future studies. Wehope that this review will inspire further studies on a broader range of wolf spiderspecies in the Neotropics.