Table 1. Overview of the terminology used by different authors on the conditions of spider spermatozoa in the female genital system after insemination.

species	secretion sheath present	secretion sheath absent	uncoiledspermatozoa	other conditions	methods	reference
Argiope bruennichi	encapsulated	decapsulated	uncoiled		TEM	present study
Nephila clavipes	encysted		flagellate	recoiled	LM	[13]
Leucauge mariana	encapsulated	decapsulated*			LM	[14]
Latrodectus revivensis	encapsulated	decapsulated	activated**		LM, SEM	[15]
Schizocosa malitiosa	encapsulated	decapsulated		recoiled	LM	[16]

The assignment to one of the three sperm conditions as found for A. bruennichi (secretion sheath present or absent, uncoiled) is suggested by the authors of the present study.

^*The authors mentioned that the spermatozoa are decapsulated and “potentially mobile” (p. 364).

^**This condition was not shown in the paper, but mentioned as an unpublished result in the discussion (p. 130).