Gynandry and intersexuality in spiders: half a century onwards: Gynandry and intersexuality in spiders

Danniella Sherwood; Galina N. Azarkina

doi:10.30550/j.azl/2287

Autores

Danniella Sherwood Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Prishtina, Mother Teresa Street p.n., 10000 Prishtinë, Republic of Kosovo. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8170-9529
Galina N. Azarkina Laboratory of Systematics of Invertebrate Animals, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Frunze Street 11, Novosibirsk 630091, Russia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9328-3913

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30550/j.azl/2287

Palavras-chave:

anomaly, Araneae, gynandromorph, sex, teratology

Resumo

A little over fifty years ago, Roberts & Parker (1973) advanced the knowledge of intersexual and gynandromorphic spiders. Those authors also provided a total of 14 categories for classifying gynandry in spiders. Eight new cases of gynandry and/or intersexuality are reported herein, in addition to a critical appraisal of all prior published literature available on this phenomenon and discussion on broader topics, such as a newly reported case of abnormal neoteny.

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