Mating plugs and sexual cannibalism in Leucauge mariana

What is it about?

Sexual selection promotes the diversification of animals throughout different mechanism that acts on the morphology, physiology, and behavior in animals. We carried out trials to describe sexual behavior and mating plugs in one population of Leucauge mariana from Colombia. Although morphologically and genetically are similar to the population from costa. The Colombian population differs in sexual behavior from its pair.

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Why is it important?

We highlight that there are different sexual selection mechanisms like, the cryptic female choice that can lead to the species isolation and the first steps of this can start in sexual behavior divergence between populations.