Overview of sperm depletion in spiders as it relates to sexual cannibalism and genital damage during copulation.

In order to summarize direct evidence for sperm depletion in spiders, only studies which explicitly addressed sperm usage by sperm counts were considered. PSD (permanent sperm depletion; yes/no): In cases where the testes were examined, was PSD confirmed? TSD (temporary sperm depletion; yes/no): In cases where the pedipalps were assessed for the presence of sperm after copulation, were the pedipalps sperm absent? The superscript T denotes that the occurrence of TSD depends on time spent copulating, and F denotes that the occurrence of TSD depends on the status of the female mate (i.e. virginity). Note that TSD does not necessarily suggest PSD since spider males usually re-induct sperm.*males that were able to re-induct fathered significantly more offspring than those that were prevented from re-inducting.**male is killed by female but not consumed.