Research Article

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

Table 2

Means (± SE) of physical characteristics for laboratory pairs of Peucetia viridans who mated (n=18) by postmating epigynal condition of females. Epigynal condition was classified as both if the left and right epigynal orifices were completely blocked by plug material, or incomplete if this was not the case. The results of Mann-Whitney U tests for differences between the groups are also shown.

Epigynal condition
Physical characteristicsBothIncompleteMann-Whitney

n =810zP
Male carapace width (mm)3.4933.393-0.6220.534
(0.128)(0.089)
Female carapace width (mm)3.9923.998-0.1780.859
(0.142)(0.103)
Body size ratio (male/female)0.8760.852-1.2000.230
(0.015)(0.028)