Dispatch from the field II: the mystery of the red and blue Opadometa male (Araneae, Tetragnathidae, Opadometa sarawakensis)

Abstract. BACKGROUND: Males of Opadometa are difficult to associate with conspecific females, and sex-matching errors may persist in the taxonomic literature. Recommended best practices for definitive sex matching in this genus suggest finding a male in the web of a female, or better yet, mating pai...

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Autores principales: Miller, Jeremy A., Freund, Christian, Rambonnet, Liselotte, Koets, Lianne, Barth, Nadine, van der Linden, Corné, Geml, József, Schilthuizen, Menno, Burger, Richard, Goossens, Benoit
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Taxonomic Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5904518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29674940
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e24777
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author Miller, Jeremy A.
Freund, Christian
Rambonnet, Liselotte
Koets, Lianne
Barth, Nadine
van der Linden, Corné
Geml, József
Schilthuizen, Menno
Burger, Richard
Goossens, Benoit
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Freund, Christian
Rambonnet, Liselotte
Koets, Lianne
Barth, Nadine
van der Linden, Corné
Geml, József
Schilthuizen, Menno
Burger, Richard
Goossens, Benoit
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description Abstract. BACKGROUND: Males of Opadometa are difficult to associate with conspecific females, and sex-matching errors may persist in the taxonomic literature. Recommended best practices for definitive sex matching in this genus suggest finding a male in the web of a female, or better yet, mating pairs. NEW INFORMATION: A male Opadometa was observed hanging on a frame line of the web of a female Opadometa sarawakensis, a species for which the male was previously undescribed. This occurred during a tropical ecology field course held at the Danau Girang Field Centre in Sabah, Malaysia. A taxonomic description was completed as a course activity.
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spelling pubmed-59045182018-04-19 Dispatch from the field II: the mystery of the red and blue Opadometa male (Araneae, Tetragnathidae, Opadometa sarawakensis) Miller, Jeremy A. Freund, Christian Rambonnet, Liselotte Koets, Lianne Barth, Nadine van der Linden, Corné Geml, József Schilthuizen, Menno Burger, Richard Goossens, Benoit Biodivers Data J Taxonomic Paper Abstract. BACKGROUND: Males of Opadometa are difficult to associate with conspecific females, and sex-matching errors may persist in the taxonomic literature. Recommended best practices for definitive sex matching in this genus suggest finding a male in the web of a female, or better yet, mating pairs. NEW INFORMATION: A male Opadometa was observed hanging on a frame line of the web of a female Opadometa sarawakensis, a species for which the male was previously undescribed. This occurred during a tropical ecology field course held at the Danau Girang Field Centre in Sabah, Malaysia. A taxonomic description was completed as a course activity. Pensoft Publishers 2018-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5904518/ /pubmed/29674940 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e24777 Text en Jeremy A. Miller, Christian Freund, Liselotte Rambonnet, Lianne Koets, Nadine Barth, Corné van der Linden, József Geml, Menno Schilthuizen, Richard Burger, Benoit Goossens http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Taxonomic Paper
Miller, Jeremy A.
Freund, Christian
Rambonnet, Liselotte
Koets, Lianne
Barth, Nadine
van der Linden, Corné
Geml, József
Schilthuizen, Menno
Burger, Richard
Goossens, Benoit
Dispatch from the field II: the mystery of the red and blue Opadometa male (Araneae, Tetragnathidae, Opadometa sarawakensis)
title Dispatch from the field II: the mystery of the red and blue Opadometa male (Araneae, Tetragnathidae, Opadometa sarawakensis)
title_full Dispatch from the field II: the mystery of the red and blue Opadometa male (Araneae, Tetragnathidae, Opadometa sarawakensis)
title_fullStr Dispatch from the field II: the mystery of the red and blue Opadometa male (Araneae, Tetragnathidae, Opadometa sarawakensis)
title_full_unstemmed Dispatch from the field II: the mystery of the red and blue Opadometa male (Araneae, Tetragnathidae, Opadometa sarawakensis)
title_short Dispatch from the field II: the mystery of the red and blue Opadometa male (Araneae, Tetragnathidae, Opadometa sarawakensis)
title_sort dispatch from the field ii: the mystery of the red and blue opadometa male (araneae, tetragnathidae, opadometa sarawakensis)
topic Taxonomic Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5904518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29674940
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e24777
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