Sperm depletion and mate choice of the crab spider, Ebrechtella tricuspidata (Fahricius).

IF 2 2区 生物学 Q2 ZOOLOGY
Current Zoology Pub Date : 2024-10-10 eCollection Date: 2025-06-01 DOI:10.1093/cz/zoae059
Haobo Guo, Lelei Wen, Yue Yu, Chao Wang, Yancong Wang, Changchun Li, Xiaoguo Jiao
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Mounting evidence suggests that male sperm may be gradually depleted after consecutive matings, resulting in the decline of female reproductive output in insect species. It is predicted that females may employ adaptive strategies to avoid the sperm-depleted males, such as mating multiply with different males and/or discriminating against previously mated males (MMs). Similarly, males may exhibit adaptive behaviors toward females varying in mating status. However, in spiders with males lacking primary copulatory organs and their pedipalps modified to transfer sperm, there are few studies on male mating potential and previous mating experience on their subsequent mate choice. In this study, we used a polyandrous crab spider, Ebrechtella tricuspidata, a sit-and-wait predator with female-biased sex ratio as a model system to ascertain whether 1) male mating experiences influence female reproductive fitness; 2) females respond differently to males varying in mating status; and 3) males respond differently to females varying in mating status. Our results showed that female fecundity was independent of male mating experiences, but female fertility markedly declined with the increase of male previous mating experiences in the first eggsac. Counter to our predictions, females preferred to choose and mate with the larger males, regardless of their mating status. In contrast, male mating status influenced their mating preference toward females. Virgin males did not show any preference between virgin and mated females; however, MMs were more likely to prefer the virgin females over the mated ones. Overall, our results indicated that female choice depended primarily on male relative size rather than male mating status, whereas male choice depended on female mating status. Depending on the investigation of reproductive dynamics and mate choice in E. tricuspidata, the study will provide valuable insights into the adaptive behaviors of both males and females exhibiting toward mates varying in mating status.

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三尖艾布氏蟹蛛的精子消耗和配偶选择。
越来越多的证据表明,在连续交配后,雄性精子可能逐渐耗尽,导致昆虫物种中雌性生殖产量下降。据推测,雌性可能会采取适应性策略来避免雄性精子的耗尽,例如与不同的雄性交配繁殖和/或歧视先前交配过的雄性(mm)。同样,雄性也可能对不同交配状态的雌性表现出适应性行为。然而,对于缺乏初级交配器官的雄性蜘蛛,其须肢被改造为可转移精子的蜘蛛,很少有研究表明雄性的交配潜力和先前的交配经验对其后续择偶的影响。在本研究中,我们以一种雌性偏向性比的多雄蟹蛛,Ebrechtella tricuspidata,一种坐等捕食者作为模型系统来研究雄性交配经历是否影响雌性的生殖适合度;2)雌性对雄性交配状态的反应不同;3)雄性对不同交配状态的雌性反应不同。结果表明,雌虫的繁殖力与雄虫的交配经历无关,但随着雄虫在第一个卵囊内交配经历的增加,雌虫的繁殖力明显下降。与我们的预测相反,雌性更愿意选择并与体型较大的雄性交配,而不管它们的交配状态如何。相反,男性的交配地位影响他们对女性的交配偏好。未交配雄虫对未交配雌虫和已交配雌虫没有表现出任何偏好;然而,mm们更喜欢处女而不是交配过的雌性。总体而言,我们的研究结果表明,雌性的选择主要取决于雄性的相对体型,而不是雄性的交配状态,而雄性的选择则取决于雌性的交配状态。通过对三尖叶蝉生殖动力学和配偶选择的研究,本研究将为研究雌雄在不同交配状态下对配偶的适应行为提供有价值的见解。
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Current Zoology
Current Zoology Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Animal Science and Zoology
CiteScore
3.20
自引率
9.10%
发文量
111
审稿时长
6 weeks
期刊介绍: About the Journal Current Zoology (formerly Acta Zoologica Sinica, founded in 1935) is an open access, bimonthly, peer-reviewed international journal of zoology. It publishes review articles and research papers in the fields of ecology, evolution and behaviour. Current Zoology is sponsored by Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with the China Zoological Society.
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