caa a22 4500 397547439 CHVBK 20180308164742.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e19960101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/aesa/89.1.41 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/aesa/89.1.41 Reproductive Investment in Two Species of Scorpion, Vaejovis waueri (Vaejovidae) and Diplocentrus linda (Diplocentridae), from West Texas [Elektronische Daten] [Christopher A. Brown, Daniel R. Formanowicz] Scorpions have many life history traits, such as a long juvenile period, viviparity, long gestation times, iteroparity, and parental care, which are uncommon in terrestrial invertebrates. Despite this, life history information is lacking for most species. We present data on reproductive investment in Diplocentrus linda Stockwell and Vaejovis waueri Gertsch & Soleglad from a site on the northeastern edge of the Chihuahuan desert in west Texas. Both species have slightly smaller litters and shorter 1st-instar durations than are average for the respective families, and they undergo parturition at times similar to confamiliars from North America. For both D. linda and V. waueri, as reproductive investment (as estimated by total litter mass) increased, females produced more offspring. Additionally, V. waueri females producing larger offspring produced offspring more uniform in size. © 1996 Entomological Society of America Ecology and Population Biology nationallicence Vaejovis waueri nationallicence Diplocentrus linda nationallicence reproductive investment nationallicence scorpion life history nationallicence Texas nationallicence Brown Christopher A. Department of Biology, Box 19498, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019. aut Formanowicz Daniel R. Department of Biology, Box 19498, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019. aut Annals of the Entomological Society of America Oxford University Press 89/1(1996-01-01), 41-46 0013-8746 89:1<41 1996 89 aesa https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/89.1.41 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/89.1.41 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Brown Christopher A. Department of Biology, Box 19498, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019 aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Formanowicz Daniel R. Department of Biology, Box 19498, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX 76019 aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Annals of the Entomological Society of America Oxford University Press 89/1(1996-01-01), 41-46 0013-8746 89:1<41 1996 89 aesa Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford