NOTES ON MATING AND REPRODUCTIVE
SUCCESS OF CEROPELMA LONGISTERNALIS
(ARANEAE, THERAPHOSII)AE)` IN CAPTIVIT Y
Fernando G. Costa and Fernando Perez-Miles : Division Zoologia Experimental, Instituto
de Investigaciones Biologicas Clemente Estable ; Av. Italia 3318, Montevideo ,
Uruguay
ABSTRACT. The reproductive success of a mating pair of Ceropelma longisternalis is reported. Courtship
and mating behaviour are described . The female molted, mated, built a retreat, and made a free egg sac unde r
laboratory conditions . For 49 days she remained in the retreat, until the juveniles emerged . Courtship, mating
and egg production are discussed and compared with data from other Mygalomorphae .
Gen. Plesiopelma Pocock, 1901
mf longisternale (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942)....................Argentina, Uruguay [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002331]
Ceropelma longisternalis Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1942: 317, f. 1-3 (Dm).
Homoeomma alcirae Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1954: 420, f. 1-3 (Dm).
Ceropelma longisternalis Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1970b: 233, f. 6-12 (m, Df, S).
Ceropelma longisternalis Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1973b: 64, f. 85-91 (mf).
Ceropelma longisternalis Schmidt, 1993d: 61, f. 43-45 (mf).
P. l. Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 55, f. 39 (m).
P. l. Schmidt, 1997g, 1998h: 16, f. 45, 48, 51 (mf).
P. l. Schmidt, 1999f: 9, f. 10-12 (mf).
P. l. Vol, 1999a: 12, f. U (f).
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