First Quantification of Courtship Behavior in a Silver Fly, Leucopis palumbii (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae): Role of Visual, Olfactory and Tactile Cues

Journal of Insect Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 462-477

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a   Bonsignori, Gabriella ^b   Stefanini, Cesare ^b   Raspi, Alfio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aphid predator; biological control; mating success; sexual communication; wing fanning; woolly pear aphid

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; CHAMAEMYIIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEUCOPIS; PYRUS;

EID: 84901650692     PISSN: 08927553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10905-014-9443-7     Document Type: Article

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