Variation in the intermittent buzzing songs of male medflies (Diptera: Tephritidae) associated with geography, mass-rearing, and courtship success

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-40

  Briceno R D ^d   Eberhard, W G ^d   Vilardi, J C ^a   Liedo, P ^b   Shelly, T E ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Courtship sounds; Geographic differences; Medfly

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COURTSHIP; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; REARING; STERILE RELEASE METHOD;

ARGENTINA; COSTA RICA; HAWAII; MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

CAPITATA; CERATITIS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0038467310     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2002)085[0032:vitibs]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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