Spatial Distribution of Hovering MaleTabanus nigrovittatus(Diptera: Tabanidae)
作者:
Michael J. McMahon,
Randy Gaugler,
期刊:
Environmental Entomology
(OUP Available online 1993)
卷期:
Volume 22,
issue 4
页码: 796-801
ISSN:0046-225X
年代: 1993
DOI:10.1093/ee/22.4.796
出版商: Oxford University Press
关键词: Tabanus;hover;emergence
数据来源: OUP
摘要:
MaleTabanus nigrovittatusMacquart hover as a premating strategy in the early morning over Atlantic coastal salt marshes. These males are distributed with peak densities near mosquito ditches and with fewer hovering males farther from the ditch. Multivariate analysis indicated that male density or the distance between individuals is an important factor in structuring hovering male spatial distribution. When compared with previously published data, male densities match peak emergence of females.T. nigrovittatusnumbers are lowest directly adjacent to mosquito ditches, whereTabanus conterminus(Walker) tends to hover, suggesting that spatial separation may contribute to reproductive isolation in these two sibling species.
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