Relevance of Male Size to Female Mate Choice in Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae): Investigations with Wild and Laboratory-Reared Flies

Aquino, Jamile Câmara de; Joachim‐Bravo, Iara Sordi

doi:10.1007/s10905-013-9410-8

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“…In Hawaii, flies emerging from two different hosts differed greatly in size, but in mating trials both large and small females preferred small over large males ( Arita and Kaneshiro 1988 ). Data gathered in the field ( Whittier et al 1992 ) or laboratory cages ( Whittier and Kaneshiro 1995 , Norry et al 1999 , Shelly 2000a , Aquino and Joachim-Bravo 2014 ) found no association between male size and mating success. Still, other studies reported higher copulatory frequency for larger males ( Rodriguero et al 2002 , Anjos-Duarte et al 2011 ).…”

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Sexual Selection on Leks: A Fruit Fly Primer

Shelly

2018

Journal of Insect Science

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Lek mating systems are relatively rare but occur in a diverse taxonomic array of animals, including birds, mammals, anurans, and insects. Such systems exhibit four features: 1) males provide no parental care and supply only gametes; 2) males are spatially aggregated at mating arenas (or leks); 3) males do not control access to resources critical to females; and 4) females are free to select mates at the arena. Among insects, fruit flies of the families Tephritidae and Drosophilidae display lek behavior that closely resembles the ‘classic’ lek mating systems of vertebrate species. The objective of this paper is to provide an overview of empirical findings on lek-forming tephritid and drosophilid flies. The essay is organized around a series of 19 questions, the first six of which provide background information on fruit fly leks. These questions deal with the location, persistence, and size of leks as well as pheromonal attraction of females and the nature of male–male aggression. The remaining questions touch on broader issues that are common to the study of lekking species regardless of taxonomic affiliation. For example, these questions concern skewed mating distributions among males, male signals important in female choice, the importance of male aggression and signaling position in affecting male mating success, the possibility of male choice, costs to males associated with lek displays, and evidence of direct and indirect benefits to females resulting from mate selection etc. Reflecting data availability, emphasis is on precopulatory mate choice, sperm competition and female cryptic choice are briefly addressed.

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“…In C . capitata , copulation duration and sperm transfer, which varied independently of male size ( Taylor et al 2000 , Aquino and Joachim-Bravo 2014 ), were greater for large than small females of C . capitata ( Taylor et al 2000 ).…”

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confidence: 91%

Sexual Selection on Leks: A Fruit Fly Primer

Shelly

2018

Journal of Insect Science

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“…These results suggest that selection by mating indirectly selected for longer development times and greater size. In fact, large-sized males have been documented to be more competitive (Burk & Webb, 1983; Churchill-Stanland et al ., 1986; Partridge, 1987; Orozco & López, 1993; Kaspi et al ., 2000; de Aquino & Joachim-Bravo, 2014).…”

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Selection by mating competitiveness improves the performance ofAnastrepha ludensmales of the genetic sexing strain Tapachula-7

Quintero-Fong

Toledo

Ruiz

et al. 2016

Bull. Entomol. Res.

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The sexual performance of Anastrepha ludens males of the Tapachula-7 genetic sexing strain, produced via selection based on mating success, was compared with that of males produced without selection in competition with wild males. Mating competition, development time, survival, mass-rearing quality parameters and pheromone production were compared. The results showed that selection based on mating competitiveness significantly improved the sexual performance of offspring. Development time, survival of larvae, pupae and adults, and weights of larvae and pupae increased with each selection cycle. Differences in the relative quantity of the pheromone compounds (Z)-3-nonenol and anastrephin were observed when comparing the parental males with the F4 and wild males. The implications of this colony management method on the sterile insect technique are discussed.

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“…Lekking males fight for territories, and then initiate sexual behavior by releasing long-range pheromones that attract females to behavioral exhibition sites [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ]. Females discriminate among lek participants, probably based on the established male dominance hierarchy [ 29 ], and copulate with males performing the best courtship behavior sequence, which includes wing movements combined with olfactory and tactile cues [ 11 , 30 , 31 , 32 ]. In the majority of cases, stimuli guiding lekking behavior in Tephritidae are not well identified.…”

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Aggression in Tephritidae Flies: Where, When, Why? Future Directions for Research in Integrated Pest Management

Benelli

2014

Insects

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True fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) include over 4000 species, many of which constitute enormous threats to fruit and vegetable production worldwide. A number of Tephritidae are lekking species, forming aggregations in which males fight to defend a small territory where they court females and mate. Male-male contests also occur in non-lekking species, characterized by resource defense polygyny. Tephritidae females display agonistic behavior to maintain single oviposition sites and reduce larval competition for food. Here, how, where, when and why aggressive interactions occur in Tephritidae flies is reviewed. A number of neglected issues deserving further research are highlighted, with a special focus on diel periodicity of aggression, cues evoking aggressive behavior, the role of previous experience on fighting success and the evolution of behavioral lateralization of aggressive displays. In the final section, future directions to exploit this knowledge in Integrated Pest Management, with particular emphasis on enhancement of Sterile Insect Technique and interspecific competitive displacement in the field are suggested.

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Relevance of Male Size to Female Mate Choice in Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae): Investigations with Wild and Laboratory-Reared Flies

Cited by 25 publications

References 41 publications

Sexual Selection on Leks: A Fruit Fly Primer

Sexual Selection on Leks: A Fruit Fly Primer

Selection by mating competitiveness improves the performance ofAnastrepha ludensmales of the genetic sexing strain Tapachula-7

Aggression in Tephritidae Flies: Where, When, Why? Future Directions for Research in Integrated Pest Management

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