Imperfect and askew: A review of asymmetric genitalia in araneomorph spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae)

FA Rivera-Quiroz, M Schilthuizen, B Petcharad… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
… As noted previously for genital asymmetry in insects and spiders, there is no single explanation
for the evolution of this trait, but some generalizations can be made. In contrast to insects

The evolution of asymmetric genitalia in Coleoptera

M Schilthuizen, P de Jong… - … of the Royal …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… [2] suggest that in insects, the repeated evolution from a … on the evolution and development
of asymmetric genitalia in … of symmetric and asymmetric male genitalia in all Coleoptera…

Selection for imperfection: A review of asymmetric genitalia in araneomorph spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae)

FA Rivera-Quiroz, M Schilthuizen, B Petcharad… - bioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
asymmetric male genitals in Entelegynae spiders. Generalities, evolution and categorization
of asymmetry in spiders … that in comparison to insects, most spider asymmetry originates in …

Repeated evolution of asymmetric genitalia and right-sided mating behavior in the Drosophila nannoptera species group

AE Acurio, FT Rhebergen, S Paulus… - BMC evolutionary …, 2019 - Springer
… The evolution of left-right asymmetric genitalia in insects is a case where morphology was
… to have evolved in response to changes in mating behavior [17]. Asymmetric genitalia are …

The evolution of female genitalia

NS Sloan, LW Simmons - Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
… to demonstrate that female genitalia can be highly diverse and covary with the genitalia of
males. … mechanisms of genital evolution in females: species isolating ‘lock‐and‐key’ evolution, …

Phylogenomics and genital morphology of cave raptor spiders (Araneae, Trogloraptoridae) reveal an independent origin of a flow‐through female genital system

P Michalik, R Kallal, TM Dederichs… - … and Evolutionary …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… The Trogloraptor female genitalevolved at least six times independently within spiders.
Moreover, our results indicate that the peculiar organization of the dysderoid female genitalia

Humpback spiders from Ecuador: relationships, prosoma 'inflation'and genital asymmetry (Araneae: Pholcidae: Mecolaesthus)

BA Huber, G Meng, N Dupérré, M Herrera… - Invertebrate …, 2023 - CSIRO Publishing
… have positionally asymmetrical internal female genitalia (eg M. … asymmetry has evolved
only once in Mecolaesthus, constituting the fourth independent origin of structural asymmetry

[HTML][HTML] Phylogenetic Trends in the Dissymmetrisation of Genitalia in Hadenini (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Z Varga, G Ronkay, L Ronkay - Diversity, 2024 - mdpi.com
… The evolution of asymmetry in insect genitalia belongs to the most fascinating aspects of
insect diversity. Since asymmetrical genitalia are described in nearly all orders, several …

Demonstrating sexual selection by cryptic female choice on male genitalia: what is enough?

WG Eberhard, GUC Lehmann - Evolution, 2019 - academic.oup.com
… Female resistance to males with asymmetrically shortened titillators was reduced when the
… More than a hundred species in a wide range of insect and spider taxa on oceanic islands …

Asymmetry of the male internal reproductive organs in Mantophasmatodea

J Kreuz, MJB Eberhard - BMC zoology, 2022 - Springer
… In insects, asymmetric genitalia have evolved in almost every order, and usually it’s the …
In some Theridiidae spiders, absence asymmetry results from amputation of one palp (the …