Do wing markings in fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) have sexual significance?

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 321-324

  Sivinski, John ^a   Pereira, Rui ^b  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombyliidae; Courtship; Crypsis; Insect vision; Mate choice; Sexual selection; Sexual signal

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; FLY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; WING;

ANASTREPHA SUSPENSA; BOMBYLIIDAE; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSECTA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 31544465232     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: 00154040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2005)088[0321:DWMIFF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. BUSH, G. 1969. Mating behavior, host specificity, and the ecological significance of sibling species in frugivorous flies of the genus Rhagoletis (Diptera: Tephritidae). Amerian Nat. 103: 669-672.
2. COTT, H. 1940. Adaptive Coloration in Animals. Methuen & Co., London.
3. FOOTE, R., F. BLANC, AND A. NORRBOM. 1993. Handbook of the Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) of America North of Mexico. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca, NY.
4. GOEDEN, R. 2002. Life history and descriptions of adults and immature stages of Goedenia stenoparia (Steyskal) (Diptera: Tephritidae) on Gutierrezia californica (De Candolle) Torrey and A, Gray and Solidago californica (Nuttal) (Asteraceae) in southern California. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Washington 104: 702-715.
5. GREENE, E., L. ORSACK, AND D. WHITMAN. 1987. A tephritid fly mimics the territorial displays of its jumping spider predators. Science 236: 310-312.
6. HEADRICK, D., AND R. GOEDEN. 1994. Reproductive behavior of California fruit flies and the classification and evolution of Tephritidae (Diptera) mating systems. Studia Dipterol. 1: 194-252.
7. HEADRICK, D., AND R. GOEDEN. 2000. Behavior of flies in the subfamily Tephritinae, pp. 671-707 In M.Aluja and A. Norrbom [eds.] Fruit Flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and the Evolution of Behavior. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
8. HULL, F. 1973. Bee flies of the World: the Genera of the Family Bombyliidae. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
9. McALPINE, J., AND D. MUNROE. 1968. Swarming of loncaeid flies and other insects, with descriptions of new species of Lonchaeidae (Diptera). Canadian Entomol. 100: 1154-1178.
10. MAJERUS, M. 1998. Melanism: Evolution in Action. Oxford University Press. Oxford, UK
11. MATHER, M., AND B. ROITBERG. 1987. A wolf in sheep's clothing: tephritid fruit flies mimic spider predators. Science 236: 308-310.
12. SIVINSKI, J. 2000. Breeding habits and sex in families closely related to the Tephritidae: opportunities for comparative studies of the evolution of fruit fly behavior, pp. 23-37 In M. Aluja and A. Norrbom [eds.], Fruit Flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and the Evolution of Behavior. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
13. SIVINSKI, J., M., ALUJA, G. DODSON, A. FREIDBERG, D. HEADRICK, K. KANESHIRO, AND P. LANDOLT. 2000. Topics in the evolution of sexual behavior in the Tephritidae, pp. 751-792 In M. Aluja and A. Norrbom [eds.], Fruit Flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and the Evolution of Behavior. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
14. SIVINSKI, J., T. BURK, AND J. C. WEBB. 1984. Acoustic courtship signals in the Caribbean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa (Loew). Anim. Behav. 32: 1011-1016.
15. SIVINSKI, J., H. KLUG, J. SHAPIRO, J. LANE, AND R. MANKIN. 2005. Ultraviolet reflectance on the heads and wings of Anastrepha suspensa (Loew) and Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae). Studia Dipterol. 11: 313-322.
16. TOFT, C. 1989. Population structure and mating system of a desert bee fly (Lordotus pulchrissimus; Diptera: Bombyliidae). 1. Male demography and interactions. Oikos 54: 345-358.
17. TRUE, J. 2003. Insect melanism: the molecules matter. Trends Ecol. and Evol. 18: 640-647.
18. WHITE, I., D. HEADRICK, A. NORRBOM, AND L. CARROLL. 2000. Glossar, pp. 881-924 In M. Aluja and A. Norrbom [eds.], Fruit Flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behavior. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
19. YEATES, D., AND G. DODSON. 1990. The mating system of a bee fly (Diptera: Bombyliidae). I. non-resourcebased hilltop territoriality and a resource-based alternative. J. Insect Behav. 3: 603-617.
20. ZAR, J. 1974. Biostatistical Analysis. Prentice Hall Inc. Englewood Cliffs, NJ.