Alopecosa mariae, (DAHL, 1908)

Just, Pavel, Opatova, Vera & Dolejš, Petr, 2018, Does reproductive behaviour reflect phylogenetic relationships? An example from Central European Alopecosa wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 185, pp. 1039-1056 : 1045-1047

ALOPECOSA MARIAE ( DAHL, 1908)

Slovakia, Medveďov , grass steppe, 27 September 2014, lgt. P.D., number of copulations = 2

The first male began to court immediately and the second after 4.30 min. Palpal movement (P_CR) was inconspicuous, with the front legs pointed forward and raised horizontally (unlike A. striatipes ) while performing L_Q. When close to the females, the males began with

B_C, body crawling; B_D, body dropping; B_H, body hopping; B_JS, body (jerky steps); B_SW, body sideways walking; C_E, catalepsy (exposed legs); C_H, catalepsy (hidden legs); L_A, leg attracting; L_P, leg pumping; L_Q, leg quivering; L_R, leg raising; L_T, leg tapping; L_W, leg waving; O_Q, ophistosomal quivering; O_TA, ophistosomal tapping; P_CI, palps (cymbial circling); P_CR, palps (cymbial rubbing).

sideways steps (B_SW). After courtship, which took 1.83 and 0.20 min, females fell into catalepsy (C_E), and males climbed onto their backs. Copulations were rapid (0.13 and 0.11 min), with two palpal insertions and one haematodochal expansion each. The opisthosomal movement (O_Q) of the males was subtle.