matrophagy
Also known as matriphagy
thumb|Desert spider, Stegodyphus lineatus, one of the best-described species that participates in matriphagy
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25 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Description of behavior
- Spiders
- Black lace-weaver'': Amaurobius ferox''
- Crab spider: ''Australomisidia ergandros''
- Desert Spider: ''Stegodyphus lineatus''
- Hump earwig
- ''Anechura harmandi''
- Pseudoscorpions
- ''[[Paratemnoides nidificator]]''
- Evolution
- Benefits to offspring
- Costs and benefits to the mother
- Forms of parental care similar to matriphagy
- Extended care in a Funnel-web spider: ''Coelotes'' ''terrestris''
- Parental investment by skin-feeding in Caecilian amphibians
- Gerontophagy in social spiders, Genus ''Stegodyphus''
- Cultural significance
- List of species that engage in matriphagy
- Spiders
- Earwigs
- Strepsiptera
- Pseudoscorpions
- Vertebrates
- References
thumb|Desert spider, Stegodyphus lineatus, one of the best-described species that participates in matriphagy
Matriphagy is the consumption of the mother by her offspring. The behavior generally takes place within the first few weeks of life and has been documented in some species of insects, nematode worms, pseudoscorpions, and other arachnids as well as in caecilian amphibians.