@article {478,
	title = {Chromosomes of the funnel-web spider Agelena limbata (Araneae: Agelenidae)},
	journal = {Acta Arachnologica},
	volume = {42},
	year = {1993},
	note = {ZOOR13000055370},
	month = {1993},
	pages = {43-46},
	abstract = {The number of chromosomes of the funnel-web spider Agelena limbata is reported to be 2n=42 (40+X-1X-2) in males and 44 (40+X-1X-1X-2X-2) in females based on the observation of three populations from western Honshu, Japan. These numbers do not conform to those reported by SUZUKI (1954) where the diploid number in male was interpreted as 44 (42+X-1X-2). The disharmony in chromosome number between the two results may be attributable to the possible miscounting in SUZUKI{\textquoteright}S observation. Unlike previous reports on chromosomes of Agelena and most of other genera of spiders, A. limbata was shown to have some pairs of meta- or submetacentrics in its karyotype.},
	keywords = {Agelena limbata (Araneae)., Agelena limbata [Karyotype / / ] [Japan / / Honshu, Asia, Chromosomes, Cytogenetics, Eurasia, Genetics, Hiroshima \&, Land zones, Palaearctic region, Tottori].},
	isbn = {0001-5202},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR13000055370},
	author = {Tsurusaki, Nobuo and Ihara, Yoh and Arita, Tatsumi}
}
@article {286,
	title = {Males{\textquoteright} visits to females{\textquoteright} webs and female mating receptivity in the spider, Agelena limbata (Araneae: Agelenidae)},
	journal = {Journal of Ethology},
	volume = {9},
	year = {1991},
	note = {ZOOR12900026467},
	month = {1991},
	pages = {1-7},
	abstract = {Field observation on the reproductive behavior in the funnelweb spider, Agelena limbata, was conducted. Copulation occurred primarily during the day. Some females copulated with different mates more than once. Females did not copulate immediately after their final moult and exhibited unpredictable mating receptivity patterns. Most males remained in females{\textquoteright} webs for less than 1 day and copulated within the day of the visit. Males did not adopt a mating tactic of staying with a juvenile female until she moulted and matured, searching instead for adult female potential mates.},
	keywords = {Activity patterns, Agelena limbata (Araneae)., Agelena limbata [Reproductive behaviour / / Male visits to female webs, Asia, Behaviour, Circadian activity, Copulation timing] [Japan / / Fukuoka]., Eurasia, Land zones, observations] [Mating / / Male \& female tactics] [Diurnal activity / /, Palaearctic region, Reproduction, Reproductive behaviour},
	isbn = {0289-0771},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR12900026467},
	author = {Masumoto, T.}
}
@article {287,
	title = {The effect of the copulatory plug in the funnel-web spider, Agelena limbata (Araneae: Agelenidae)},
	journal = {Journal of Arachnology},
	volume = {21},
	year = {1993},
	note = {ZOOR13000025610},
	month = {1993},
	pages = {55-59},
	abstract = {Some females of the funnel-web spider, Agelena limbata multiply mate. After copulation, males make a visible copulatory plug which covers the female{\textquoteright}s genital opening. I assessed the effect of copulatory plugs on the fertilization success of second males, by conducting double mating experiments, using fertile and sterilized males in sequence. When females copulated with only one fertile male, more than 90\% of their eggs were fertilized. Some males deposited complete plugs and other incomplete plugs. The relative size of the males to females and absolute male size affected the completeness of plugs. Complete plugs prevented another male{\textquoteright}s insemination completely, but incomplete plugs allowed insemination by second males. In general, first males had higher fertilization success than second or later males, and copulatory plugs enhanced the first male{\textquoteright}s advantage.},
	keywords = {Agelena limbata (Araneae)., Agelena limbata [Fertilization / / Sperm precedence, Asia, Eurasia, fertilization] [Mating / / Polyandry, Land zones, Palaearctic region, plug effect] [Polygamy / / Second mating incidence] [Japan / / Kyushu, plug] [Genitalia / / Copulatory plug effect on remating \&, Polyandry \& copulatory plug completeness]., Reproduction, Reproductive behaviour, Reproductive system, role of copulatory, sperm precedence \& copulatory, University campus},
	isbn = {0161-8202},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR13000025610},
	author = {Masumoto, Toshiya}
}
@article {288,
	title = {Male emergence timing and mating success in the funnel-web spider, Agelena limbata (Araneae: Agelenidae)},
	journal = {Ecological Research},
	volume = {9},
	year = {1994},
	note = {ZOOR13100012872},
	month = {1994},
	pages = {159-165},
	abstract = {Field observations on the relationship between male mating success and emergence timing in the funnel-web spider, Agelena limbata, were conducted. Agelena limbata is an annual species and adult males appear slightly earlier than adult females in July. As males deposit a copulatory plug at the female epigynum after copulation, copulation with virgin females is important to males. The number of copulations in males with virgin females, which strongly correlates with the longevity of males and the number of females that males courted, did not correlate with the emergence timing of males. Early emerged males and females were significantly larger in size than later ones, but the correlation coefficient between the emerged date and the cephalothorax width was not strong. Males that emerged earlier did not have any advantage in copulating with larger and more fecund females. Furthermore, virgin females first copulated on average 7.9 days after their final molt and the mortality rate of adult males increased after the final molt. These factors may favor the smaller degree of protandry in male emergence timing in A. limbata.},
	keywords = {adaptive significance] [Hatching / / Male emergence timing, Agelena limbata (Araneae)., Agelena limbata [Mating / / Male mating success, Asia, Development, emergence timing, Eurasia, Evolution, Kyushu, Land zones, Life cycle and development, Male emergence timing \& mating success]., mating success relations] [Evolutionary adaptation / / ] [Japan / /, Palaearctic region, relations, Reproduction, Reproductive behaviour},
	isbn = {0912-3814},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR13100012872},
	author = {Masumoto, Toshiya}
}
@article {289,
	title = {Size assortative mating and reproductive success of the funnel-web spider, Agelena limbata (Araneae; Agelenidae)},
	journal = {Journal of Insect Behavior},
	volume = {12},
	year = {1999},
	note = {ZOOR13600017230},
	month = {1999},
	pages = {353-361},
	abstract = {Field observations and laboratory experiments were conducted to assess the relation between male size and reproductive success in the funnel-web spider, Agelena limbata Thorell (Agelenidae), in 2 years. In this species, the body size of males is similar to that of females. In the field, size assortative mating occurred in both years. In 1 year, partial correlation coefficient analysis indicates that male cephalothorax width is a beter predictor of the copulated female cephalothorax width than of the date of pairing. In laboratory experiments, females tended to reject courting males that were smaller in relative body size, and males that were larger in relative body size had greater copulation success. Consequently female rejection of smaller courting males has some contribution to size assortative mating. Since larger females deposited more numerous eggs in the field, larger males are expected to have a higher reproductive success.},
	keywords = {Agelena limbata (Araneae)., Agelena limbata [Size / / Male, Asia, Biometrics, campus, Eurasia, Fukuoka city, Kyushu University, Land zones, Male mating \& reproductive success related to size]., mating \& reproductive success, Palaearctic region, related to size] [Japan / / Kyushu, relationships] [Mating / / Male size \& reproductive success, relationships] [Reproductive productivity / / Male reproductive success, Reproduction, Reproductive behaviour},
	isbn = {0892-7553},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR13600017230},
	author = {Masumoto, Toshiya}
}
