Male Remating Success and the Frequency of Copulatory Plugs in the Green Lynx Spider Peucetia viridans (Araneae, Oxyopidae)

Table 1

Mating trial results for male Peucetia viridans with consecutive female partners (A, B, C). Postmating condition of pairs is as follows: For Females: plug in epigynum (left: L, right: R, orifices): C, complete; Pr: partial; N: absent (male paracymbial processes (p) are noted when present); female fertile (= live young from resulting egg sac(s)), yes or no; For Males: palp (paracymbial) process missing, left (L), right (R) palp. Source and identification numbers of spiders are given in the text.

Male	Post-Mating	Female A	Female B	Female C
#1	Outcomes	#1	#5	#9
	Plug in epigynum (L/R)	N/N(p)	N(p)/N	Pr/N
	Palp process missing	R	L/R	L/R
	Female fertile	yes	yes	yes
#2		#2	#13	#17
	Plug in epigynum (L/R)	N/N	C(p)/C(p)	C/C
	Palp process missing	none	L/R	L/R
	Female fertile	no^1	yes	yes
#3		#3	#7	#11
	Plug in epigynum (L/R)	C(p)/C(p)	C/C	C/Pr
	Palp process missing	L/R	L/R	L/R
	Female fertile	yes	yes	yes
#4		#4	#8	#12
	Plug in epigynum (L/R)	N/N	N/N	N/N
	Palp process missing	L/R	L/R	L/R
	Female fertile	yes	no^2	no^3
#5		#6	#10	#15
	Plug in epigynum (L/R)	C(p)/C(p)	N/N	Pr/C
	Palp process missing	L/R	L/R	L/R
	Female fertile	yes	yes	yes
#6		#14	#16	#18
	Plug in epigynum (L/R)	N(p)/N(p)	C/C	C/C
	Palp process missing	L/R	L/R	L/R
	Female fertile	yes	yes	yes
#7		#19	#20	#21
	Plug in epigynum (L/R)	N/C(p)	Pr/C	C/C
	Palp process missing	R	L/R	L/R
	Female fertile	no^4	yes	yes

¹Two egg sacs produced, both with undeveloped eggs.
²No egg sac produced.
³Two egg sacs produced, first with undeveloped eggs, second with no eggs.
⁴One egg sac produced, filled with undeveloped eggs.