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Expanded view of geographic variation in male coloration and ornamentation. The two variants on the right (Galiuro and Santa Rita) were included in the mating behavior part of the study.

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Reference: Masta, S.E. and W.P. Maddison. 2002. Sexual selection driving diversification in jumping spiders. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., Vol. 99, Issue 7, 4442-4447, April 2, 2002.

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