MATING-BEHAVIOR OF CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS (DIPTERA, CERATOPOGONIDAE)

Authors
MAIR J BLACKWELL A
Citation
J. Mair et A. Blackwell, MATING-BEHAVIOR OF CULICOIDES NUBECULOSUS (DIPTERA, CERATOPOGONIDAE), Journal of medical entomology, 33(5), 1996, pp. 856-858
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Journal of medical entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222585
Volume
33
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
856 - 858
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2585(1996)33:5<856:MOCN(C>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The mating behavior of the biting midge Culicoides nuberculosus (Meige n) was characterized by a number of distinct stages using laboratory-b red insects (48-h-old males and 24- to 48-h-old females) Contact appea red to be required to initiate mating by the male, and most mating att empts involved some degree of female resistance to mate. It is suggest ed that the female may assess the fitness of the male by the vigor of his response to her unreceptive behavior.