FIG. 17 in Palpal loss, single palp copulation and obligatory mate consumption in Tidarren cuneolatum (Tullgren, 1910) (Araneae, Theridiidae)

FIG. 17. Tidarren cuneolatum (Tullgren), courtship; (a, b) female twanging with legs II, body oscillating; (c) male approach, trailing the mating thread, (d) contact courtship; (e, f, g) male attaches mating thread and retreats to starting point; (h) male plucking; (i±k) female, orientated towards male, twanging on mating thread, male approach shortly before insertion; (k) female in mating posture, ®nal male approach. Solid lines ®rst position, dotted lines second (a, b, d, g, h), ®nely dotted lines third (a, h).