New cases of teratological deformities in wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae)
: Nadolny Anton A., Marusik Yuri M., Kronestedt Torbjörn, Kovblyuk Mykola M., Zamani Alireza
Publisher: British Arachnological Society
: 2022
: Arachnology
: 19
: 2
: 585
: 590
: 2050-9936
DOI: https://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.