Male mate recognition via cuticular hydrocarbons facilitates sexual isolation between sympatric leaf beetle sister species

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 70, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-21

  Zhang, Bin ^a,b   Xue, Huai Jun ^a   Song, Ke Qing ^a,b   Liu, Jie ^a   Li, Wen Zhu ^a   Nie, Rui E ^a   Yang, Xing Ke ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Contact sex pheromone; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Leaf beetle; Mate recognition; Sexual isolation

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CONSPECIFIC; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMPATRY;

HYDROCARBON; SEX PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; BEETLE; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84907555929     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2014.08.006     Document Type: Article

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