Abstract
Compounds with pheromone activity were extracted from maleSchizocosa ocreata silk using methanol as the solvent. Behavioral data suggest that these compounds mediate agonistic encounters among male spiders. Preliminary chemical analyses indicate that the pheromones are low-molecular-weight lipids, one being slightly polar, the other nonpolar.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Aspey, W.P. 1976. Wolf spider sociobiology: I. Agonistic display and dominance-subordinance relations in adult maleSchizocosa crassipes.Behaviour 62:103–141.
Bristowe, W.S., andLocket, G.H. 1926. The courtship of British lycosid spiders and its probable significance.Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1926:317–347.
Conover, W.J. 1971. Practical Nonparametric Statistics. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
Crane, J. 1949. Comparative biology of salticid spiders at Rancho Grande, Venezuela, Part IV. An analysis of display.Zoologica 34:159–215.
Gwinner-Hanke, H. 1970. Zum Verhalten zweier stridulierender Spinnen,Steatoda bipunctata Linne undTeutana grossa Koch (Theridiidae, Araneae), unter besounderer Berücksichtigung des Fortpflangzungsverhaltens.Z. Tierpsychol. 27:649–678.
Hegdekar, B.M., andDondale, C.D. 1969. A contact sex pheromone and some response parameters in lycosid spiders.Can. J. Zool. 47:1–4.
Kaston, B.J. 1936. The senses involved in the courtship of some vagabond spiders.Entomol. Am. 16:97–167.
Riechert, S.E. 1984. Games spiders play. III: Cues underlying context-associated changes in agonistic behaviour.Anim. Behav. 32:1–15.
Sarinana, F.O., Kitterdge, J.S., andLowerie, D.C. 1971. A preliminary investigation of the sex pheromone ofPardosa ramulosa.Notes Arachnol. Southwest. 2:9–11.
Suter, R.B., andRenkes, G. 1982. Linyphiid spider courtship: Releaser and attractant functions of a contact sex pheromone.Anim. Behav. 30:714–718.
Tietjen, W.J. 1977. Dragline-following by male lycosid spiders.Psyche 84:165–178.
Tietjen, W.J. 1979a. Tests for olfactory communication in four species of wolf spiders (Araneae, Lycosidae).J. Arachnol. 6:197–206.
Tietjen, W.J. 1979b. Is the sex pheromone ofLycosa rabida deposited on a substratum?J. Arachnol. 6:207–212.
Tietjen, W.J., andRovner, J.S. 1982. Chemical communication on lycosids and other spiders, 249–279in P.N. Witt and J.S. Rovner (eds.). Spider Communication: Mechanisms and Ecological Significance. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
Weygoldt, R. 1977. Communication in crustaceans and arachnids, 303–333in T.A. Sebeok (ed.). How Animals Communicate. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Rao Ayyagari, L., Tietjen, W.J. Preliminary isolation of male-inhibitory pheromone of the spiderSchizocosa ocreata (Araneae, Lycosidae). J Chem Ecol 13, 237–244 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01025884
Received:
Accepted:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01025884