New information on the evolution of mating behaviour in Sepsidae (Diptera) and the cost of male copulations in Saltella sphondylii

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 253-261

  Tan, Denise Siew Hoong ^a   Ng, Sheng Rong ^a   Meier, Rudolf ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Longevity; Mating behaviour; Mating cost; Polyandry; Sepsidae; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FLY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MATING BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

DIPTERA; PLEBEIA; SALTELLA SPHONDYLII; SEPSIDAE; SEPSIS (DIPTERAN FLY); SEPSIS PUNCTUM; THEMIRA PUTRIS;

EID: 84855673317     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13127-011-0054-2     Document Type: Article

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