Possible removal of rival sperm by the elongated genitalia of the earwig, Euborellia plebeja

Zoological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 667-672

  Kamimura, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; DERMAPTERA; EUBORELLIA PLEBEJA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; ODONATA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0034336903     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.17.667     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Baijal HN, Srivastava GK (1974) Notes on the biology of Euborellia plebeja (Dohrn). Indian J Entomol 36: 23-27
2. Briceño RD (1997) Genitalic structure and copulation in Paralabella dorsalis (Dermaptera: Labbidae). Rev Biol Trop 45: 1107-1116
3. Burr M (1915a) On the male genital armature of the Dermaptera Part 1: Protodermaptera (except Psalidae). J R mies Soc 1915: 413-447
4. Burr M (1915b) On the male genital armature of the Dermaptera Part 2: Psalidae. J R mics Soc 1915: 521-546
5. Burr M (1916) On the male genital armature of the Dermaptera Part 3: Eudermaptera. J R mics Soc 1916: 1-18
6. Eberhard WG 1985 Sexual selection and animal genitalia. Harvard University Press, Cambridge
7. Eberhard WG 1996 Female control: sexual selection by cryptic female choice. Princeton University Press, Princeton.
8. Gack C, Peschke K (1994) Spermathecal morphology, sperm transfer and a novel mechanism of sperm displacement in the rove beetle, Aleochara curtula (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Zoomorphology 114: 227-237
9. Gage MJG (1992) Removal of rival sperm during copulation in a beetle, Tenebrio molitor. Anim Behav 44: 587-589
10. Giles ET (1961) The female reproductive organs and genitalia of Anisolabis littorea (White) (Dermaptera: Labiduridae). Trans R Soc N Z (Zool) 1: 293-302
11. Haubruge E, Arnaud L, Mignon J, Gage JG (1999) Fertilization by proxy: rival sperm removal and translocation in a beetle. Proc R Soc Lond B266: 1183-1187
12. Jamet pC, Caussanel C (1995) Données biologiques, functionnement des appareils génitaux, comportements sexuels et maternels chez Euborellia annulipes (Lucas) (Dermaptère, Carcinophoridae). Bull Soc Entomol France 100: 37-58
13. Ono T, Siva-Jothy MT, Kato A (1989) Removal and subsequent ingestion of rival's semen during copulation in a tree cricket. Physiol Entomol 14: 195-202
14. Popham EJ (1965) The functional morphology of the reproductive organs of the Common earwig (Forficula auricularia) and other Dermaptera with reference to the natural classification of the order. J Zool 146: 1-43
15. Popham EJ (1969) Rates of evolution in the Dermaptera. Entomologist 102: 75-79
16. Ramamurthi BN (1958) Studies on the male genital tube in the Dermaptera. Proc R ent Soc Lond A33: 186-190
17. Rodriguez V (1995) Relation of flagellum length to reproductive success in male Chelymorpha alternans Boheman (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae). Coleopt Bull 49: 201-205
18. Shigemura T, Naito T (1999) The mechanism of sperm displacement in the turnip sawfly, Athalia rosae (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae). Entomological Science 2: 61-65
19. Simmons LW, Siva-Jothy MT (1998) Sperm competition in insects: mechanisms and the potential for selection. In "Sperm competition and sexual selection" Ed by TR Birkhead and AP Moller, Academic Press, London, pp 55-90
20. Simmons LW, Tomkins JL (1996) Sexual selection and the allometry of earwig forceps. Evol Ecol 10: 97-104
21. Siva-Jothy MT (1987) The structure and function of the female sperm-storage organs in libellulid dragonflies. J Insect Physiol 33: 559-568
22. Siva-Jothy MT, Blake DE, Thompson J, Ryder JJ (1996) Short-and long-term sperm precedence in the beetle Tenebrio molitor. a test of the "adaptive sperm removal" hypothesis. Physiol Entomol 21: 313-316
23. Von Helversen D, Von Heiversen O (1991 ) Pre-mating sperm removal in the bushcricket Metaplastes ornatus Ramme 1931 (Orthoptera, Tettigonidea, Phaneropteridae). Behav Ecol Sociobiol 28: 391-396
24. Waage JK (1979) Dual function of the damselfly penis: sperm removal and sperm transfer. Science 203: 916-918
25. Waage JK (1984) Sperm competition and the evolution of odonate mating systems. In "Sperm competition and the evolution of animal mating systems" Ed by RL Smith, Academic Press, London, pp 251-290
26. Yokoi N (1990) The sperm removal behavior of the yellow spotted longicorn beetle Psacothea hilaris (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Appl Ent Zool 25: 383-388