Cryptic female choice by female control of oviposition timing in a soldier fly

Barbosa, Flavia

doi:10.1093/beheco/arp083

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“…These behaviors are likely to stimulate the female (Jaensen 1979a;1979b;Briceño et al 2007), but none have mechanical consequences that would help the male to hold onto the female or to penetrate her more deeply. They resembled the copulatory courtship behavior seen in many other insect species (Eberhard 1994(Eberhard , 1996Peretti and Aisenberg 2017), and that is known to affect sperm use in some (Edvardsson and Arnqvist 2000;Tallamy et al 2003;Barbosa 2009). The fact that the males engage in these elaborate courtship behaviors has two important implications: copulations under natural conditions probably do not automatically result in fertilization of all of a female's eggs; and females mate multiply in the field (if they were strictly monandrous, selection would not favor copulatory courtship).…”

Section: Copulatory Courtshipmentioning

confidence: 56%

Demonstrating sexual selection by cryptic female choice on male genitalia: What is enough?

Eberhard

Lehmann

2019

Evolution

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Rapid divergence in external genital structures occurs in nearly all animal groups that practice internal insemination; explaining this pattern is a major challenge in evolutionary biology. The hypothesis that species‐specific differences in male genitalia evolved under sexual selection as courtship devices to influence cryptic female choice (CFC) has been slow to be accepted. Doubts may stem from its radical departure from previous ideas, observational difficulties because crucial events occur hidden within the female's body, and alternative hypotheses involving biologically important phenomena such as speciation, sperm competition, and male‐female conflicts of interest. We assess the current status of the CFC hypothesis by reviewing data from two groups in which crucial predictions have been especially well‐tested, Glossina tsetse flies and Roeseliana (formerly Metrioptera) roeselii bushcrickets. Eighteen CFC predictions have been confirmed in Glossina and 19 in Roeseliana. We found data justifying rejection of alternative hypotheses, but none that contradicted CFC predictions. The number and extent of tests confirming predictions of the CFC hypothesis in these species is greater than that for other generally accepted hypotheses regarding the functions of nongenital structures. By this criterion, it is reasonable to conclude that some genital structures in both groups likely involved sexual selection by CFC.

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Section: Copulatory Courtshipmentioning

confidence: 56%

Demonstrating sexual selection by cryptic female choice on male genitalia: What is enough?

Eberhard

Lehmann

2019

Evolution

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“…Such behaviors include biting, tapping, rubbing, squeezing, shaking, vibrating, and singing to and feeding the female (Eberhard 1991(Eberhard , 1994(Eberhard , 1996. These behaviors can result in a decreased mobility of the female during copulation (Humphries 1967), but also to increase dumping of sperm from previous males (Otronen 1990;Otronen and Siva-Jothy 1991), increase copulation duration (Hoikkala and Crossley 2000), increase sperm precedence (Edvardsson and Arnqvist 2000), relaxation of bursal muscles allowing the male to penetrate deeper and to transfer sperm (Tallamy et al 2003), increase resistance to subsequent mating (King and Fischer 2005), and increase oviposition (Barbosa 2009). …”

Section: Genitalic and Non-genitalic Male Copulatory Courtshipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Copulatory and Post-copulatory Sexual Selection in Haplogyne Spiders, with Emphasis on Pholcidae and Oonopidae

Calbacho‐Rosa

Peretti

2015

Cryptic Female Choice in Arthropods

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“…It lasts for the entire duration of copulation, and although there is considerable variation in copulation duration ( Fig. 14.2), there is very little variation in the rate of tapping and waving behaviors (Barbosa 2009). After mating, females usually lay eggs deep in the rotting vegetable matter, in or close to the male's territory.…”

Section: The Soldier Fly: Natural History and Mating Behaviormentioning

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“…This is due to the fact that male density at oviposition sites is high. If a female approaches a different oviposition site, she will likely be detected by a male, who will then grab her and mate (Barbosa 2009). Observations of marked animals show that both males and females mate multiply in the field (F. Barbosa, personal observation).…”

Section: The Soldier Fly: Natural History and Mating Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Two critical predictions of this hypothesis were tested: (1) That females are less likely to oviposit immediately after mating with a less preferred male and (2) that failure to immediately oviposit after mating results in lower reproductive success for the male she just mated with. Since copulatory courtship is associated with selection by CFC, this work focused on female preference for this behavior (Barbosa 2009).…”

Section: Cryptic Female Choice By Female Control Of Oviposition Timinmentioning

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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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Cryptic female choice by female control of oviposition timing in a soldier fly

Cited by 24 publications

References 28 publications

Demonstrating sexual selection by cryptic female choice on male genitalia: What is enough?

Demonstrating sexual selection by cryptic female choice on male genitalia: What is enough?

Copulatory and Post-copulatory Sexual Selection in Haplogyne Spiders, with Emphasis on Pholcidae and Oonopidae

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

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