Mating behaviour and wing morph-related differences in the sexual activity of a flightless bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus (L.) (Heteroptera)

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SYSNO ASEP	0104421
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Ostatní články
Title	Mating behaviour and wing morph-related differences in the sexual activity of a flightless bug, Pyrrhocoris apterus (L.) (Heteroptera)
Title	Páření a rozdíly v pohlavní aktivitě ploštice Pyrrhocoris apterus (L.) ve vztahu ke křídelnímu dimorfismu
Author(s)	Socha, Radomír (ENTU-I) Zemek, Rostislav (ENTU-I)
Source Title	Ethology, Ecology and Evolution. - : Taylor & Francis - ISSN 0394-9370 Roč. 16, č. 3 (2004), s. 217-229
Number of pages	13 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	IT - Italy
Keywords	firebug ; wing morphs ; mating behviour
Subject RIV	ED - Physiology
R&D Projects	GA206/03/0016 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
Annotation	The study showed postponed sexual maturation and lower sexual activity (longer pre-copulatory period, longer inter-copulatory period, lower copulation frequency and shorter total duration of copulations) of macropterous pairs when compared with brachypterous pairs of the same age. It was found that the lowered mating propensity of macropterous pairs of Pyrrhocoris apterus was mainly due to a decrease in the sexual receptivity of the females
Workplace	Institute of Entomology (until 2005)
Contact	Helena Musilová, musilova@entu.cas.cz, Tel.: 387 775 216
Year of Publishing	2005

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