Copulation duration in the soldier fly: the roles of cryptic male choice and sperm competition risk

Barbosa, Flavia

doi:10.1093/beheco/arr137

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“…Male mediation of copulation duration is known in the fruitflies Drosophila melanogaster [3][4] and D. montana [5] , firefly Photinus macdermotti [6] , millipede Alloporus uncinatus [7] , mite Macrocheles muscaedomesticae [8] , spiders Hogna helluo [9] and Argiope keyserlingi [10] , praying mantid Ciulfina 2 , and soldier fly Merosargus cingulatus [11] . Female mediation is known only in the millipede Alloporus uncinatus [12] .…”

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Fire millipedes obey the female sooner norm in cross mating Centrobolus (Myriapoda)

Cooper¹

2016

J. Entomol. Zool. Stud.

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Sexual mediation of copulation duration is reviewed in arthropods. Copulation duration and ejaculate volume were recorded in cross mating Centrobolus to test species' mediation differences. Conspecific C. inscriptus copulation durations were long (170.0 ± 49.3 min, n = 46), C. annulatus copulation durations were short (39.4 ± 18.6 min, n = 8), while mating between heterospecifics (C. inscriptus X C. annulatus) had the shortest copulation durations (12.4 ± 10.6 min, n = 6); when re-mating interval, sexual size dimorphism, sex ratio and ejaculate volume were controlled. âº (the female sooner norm) suggests sizeassortative mating without a size based preference in these mate-guarding millipedes.

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Fire millipedes obey the female sooner norm in cross mating Centrobolus (Myriapoda)

Cooper¹

2016

J. Entomol. Zool. Stud.

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“…Among Drosophila species, duration of mating has been found to be largely under male control in D. melanogaster , D. simulans , D. mojavensis , and D. athabasca (Parsons & Kaul, ; Mac Bean & Parsons, ; Patty, ; Krebs, ). Females can control duration of mating and to benefit from longer copulations (Arnqvist, ; Schneider et al ., ), but longer copulations can be costly to females in particular conditions (Barbosa, ).…”

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Mating behavior as an indicator of quality of Drosophila subobscura males?

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According to current theoretical predictions, any deleterious mutations that reduce nonsexual fitness may have a negative influence on mating success. This means that sexual selection may remove deleterious mutations from the populations. Males of good genetic quality should be more successful in mating, compared to the males of lower genetic quality. As mating success is a condition dependent trait, large fractions of the genome may be a target of sexual selection and many behavioral traits are likely to be condition dependent. We manipulated the genetic quality of Drosophila subobscura males by inducing mutations with ionizing radiation and observed the effects of the obtained heterozygous mutations on male mating behavior: courtship occurrence, courtship latency, mating occurrence, latency to mating and duration of mating. We found possible effects of mutations. Females mated more frequently with male progeny of nonirradiated males and that these males courted females faster compared to the male progeny of irradiated males. Our findings indicate a possible important role of sexual selection in purging deleterious mutations.

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“…14.4). Here, I review evidence showing that male soldier flies adjust copulation duration in response to both SC risk and to variation in female quality (Barbosa 2011).…”

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An Integrative View of Postcopulatory Sexual Selection in a Soldier Fly: Interplay Between Cryptic Mate Choice and Sperm Competition

Barbosa

2015

Cryptic Female Choice in Arthropods

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Cryptic female choice (CFC) can occur in the same species in conjunction with other postcopulatory processes, such as sperm competition (SC) and cryptic male choice (CMC). However, each of these processes has been mostly studied in isolation. Little is known about how they interact with each other and how this interplay affects the role they play in sexual selection. This chapter addresses the interplay between CFC, CMC, and SC in the soldier fly, Merosargus cingulatus (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). Soldier flies mate at oviposition sites; both sexes mate multiply and males perform copulatory courtship. Here, we describe the different postcopulatory processes that occur in this species: Females use control of oviposition timing as a CFC mechanism. Males show cryptic preferences for larger females and respond to SC cues by increasing copulation duration. Male reproductive success is, therefore, a result of a number of factors: oviposition behavior, copulatory courtship, copulation duration, female size, and male density at the oviposition site. The interaction between CFC and other postcopulatory processes sheds light on its potential impact on sexual selection and evolution.

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Copulation duration in the soldier fly: the roles of cryptic male choice and sperm competition risk

Cited by 29 publications

References 37 publications

Fire millipedes obey the female sooner norm in cross mating Centrobolus (Myriapoda)

Fire millipedes obey the female sooner norm in cross mating Centrobolus (Myriapoda)

Mating behavior as an indicator of quality of Drosophila subobscura males?

An Integrative View of Postcopulatory Sexual Selection in a Soldier Fly: Interplay Between Cryptic Mate Choice and Sperm Competition

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