New cases of teratological deformities in wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae)




Nadolny Anton A., Marusik Yuri M., Kronestedt Torbjörn, Kovblyuk Mykola M., Zamani Alireza

PublisherBritish Arachnological Society

2022

Arachnology

19

2

585

590

2050-9936

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2022.19.2.585

https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2022.19.2.585



New cases of abnormalities in the development of the copulatory organs in several species of wolf spiders are described: three specimens with side by side duplicated epigynes, one gynandromorph, four intersexes, and one with pathologically asymmetric epigyne. The potential causes of such disorders are discussed.



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