性食同类英语:Sexual cannibalism)是指动物个体(通常属雌性)在交配过程之前、期间或随后的同类相食行为。[1]

这类现象在许多蛛形纲物种、一些昆虫甲壳类物种[2]腹足纲物种,和一些蛇类物种中被观察到。几种假设被提出以解释此类行为如何经演化过程产生:适应性觅食假说(英语:adaptive foraging hypothesis)[3]、攻击性溢出假说(英语:aggressive spillover hypothesis)[4]和错误身分假说(英语:mistaken identity hypothesis)[5]。这类行为被认为是作为性冲突的表现而演化产生,当雄性和雌性的生殖利益(英语:reproductive interest)不同时就会发生。[6] 发生此类现象的物种的雌性个体通常具有敌意且不愿交配;这些物种的许多雄性个体发展出适应行为以对应雌性的有关行为。[7][8]

性食同类通常被视为亲代投资行为,子代会因此获得以下一项或多项好处:更多数量的子代、更高的子代活力、更好的子代存活率,以及寿命更长和/或更容易繁殖的子代等。由于这些多重好处,性食同类甚至有在一些以植物为主要营养来源的物种发生。[9][10]

性食同类通常伴随著两性个体间的体型差异(参看两性异形),这在一些节肢动物物种尤其明显。[11]

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  9. ^ William D. Brown and Katherine L. Barry (2006): Sexual cannibalism increases male material investment in offspring: quantifying terminal reproductive effort in a praying mantis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283 (1833), article ID 20160656. 6 Seiten. doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.0656 (open access)
  10. ^ Boisseau, R., Wilder, S., Berry, K.(2016): Sexual and nonsexual cannibalism have different effects on offspring performance in redback spiders Behavioral Ecology, Volume 28, Issue 1, 01 January-February 2017, Pages 294–303, doi:10.1093/beheco/arw159 (open access)
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