Alopecosa psammophila, BUCHAR, 2001

ALOPECOSA PSAMMOPHILA BUCHAR, 2001 View in CoL

Czech Republic, Military training ground Bzenec NR, sandy steppe, 5 October 2011, 7 October 2013, lgt. P.J., P.D., number of copulations = 5

Males began to court immediately (0.30 min latency in one case), with intensifying P_CI. When close to females, males performed L_ LS and L_ Q. Female catalepsy was C_ H. Courtship was long, at 0.40–13.43 min (µ = 7.21 min; SE = 2.46 min). The duration of copulation was 7.76– 21.01 min, µ = 945 min, SE = 3.33 min. The number of insertions was between two and 18 (µ = 84; SE = 2.78), each insertion usually with a single long (0.16–0.50 min) haematodochal expansion (number of expansions = 11.4; SE = 5.32). Multiple haematodochal expansions per insertion were recorded in only one male (µ = 1.78 expansions per insertion). Between insertions, males cleaned their palps with chelicerae and performed O_Q .