Spontaneous Male Death and Monogyny in the Dark Fishing Spider <em>Dolomedes tenebrosus</em> Hentz, 1843 (Araneae, Pisauridae)

Male animals typically attempt to mate with multiple females in order to increase their reproductive success. In some species, however, males instead invest in fertilizing the eggs of a single female. Monogyny (male monogamy) is found in a diverse assemblage of taxa, and recent theoretical work reve