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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Whipscorpions (Uropygi) » Thelyphonidae » Mastigoproctus » Tohono Vinegaroon (Mastigoproctus tohono)
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Mastigoproctus giganteus mating 1 - Mastigoproctus tohono - male - female
Copyright © 2009 Arlo Pelegrin

Mastigoproctus giganteus mating 1 - Mastigoproctus tohono - Male Female
Southwest Research Station, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
October 8, 2009
Size: 80mm (not including whip)
M. giganteus mating ritual. Described in Proc. 2003 Invertebrates in Captivity Conf., pp. 73-80. Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute: Tucson, AZ (2003)by Justin O. Schmidt. Initial "chase and grapple" stage was not observed in these individuals. They went straight to "dancing" stage, as seen here: the male (left) grasps the antenniform legs of the female in his pedipalps, and the tips of those legs (tarsomeres) in his chelicerae. The two engage in a tug-of-war which lasted, in this case, about 5 hours.

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Contributed by Arlo Pelegrin on 9 October, 2009 - 2:34pm
Last updated 2 May, 2018 - 7:22pm

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