Prolonged Copulation in Photinus macdermotti with Comparative Notes on Photinus collustrans (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)

1985 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven R. Wing
Keyword(s):  
Prolonged Copulation

Multiple mating, prolonged copulation and male substance in a scarab beetle Dasylepida ishigakiensis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (03) ◽  
pp. 119-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken-ichi Harano ◽  
Seiji Tanaka ◽  
Hiroe Yasui ◽  
Sadao Wakamura ◽  
Atsushi Nagayama ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Mating ◽  
Scarab Beetle ◽  
Dasylepida Ishigakiensis ◽  
Prolonged Copulation

Previous exposure to other males leads to prolonged copulation by a predatory true bug (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae)

2012 ◽  
Vol 145 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-93
Author(s):  
David R. Horton
Keyword(s):  
Sex Ratios ◽  
Mate Guarding ◽  
Previous Exposure ◽  
Prolonged Copulation

AbstractMating pairs ofAnthocoris whiteiReuter (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) irregularly exhibit copulations exceeding five hours in duration. In other Heteroptera, male-biased sex ratios or high densities of male conspecifics may lead to prolonged copulation. I tested whether exposure to conspecific males preceding access to females led to prolonged copulations byA. whitei. Copulations in which the male had been exposed to other males were significantly longer (by 60+ minutes) than copulations in which the male had not been exposed to other males. Durations exceeded five hours in several pairings following exposure to other males. Almost 75% of copulations in which males had not been exposed to other males were <100 minutes in duration, whereas only 22%–29% of copulations involving males that had been exposed to other males were <100 minutes in duration. Atypically long copulations by this species may be a form of postinsemination mate guarding to prevent insemination of a guarded female by other males.

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