Size and Color Discrimination of the Robber FlyEfferia tricella(Diptera: Asilidae) as a Predator on Tiger Beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)1
作者:
Todd E. Shelly,
David L. Pearson,
期刊:
Environmental Entomology
(OUP Available online 1978)
卷期:
Volume 7,
issue 6
页码: 790-793
ISSN:0046-225X
年代: 1978
DOI:10.1093/ee/7.6.790
出版商: Oxford University Press
数据来源: OUP
摘要:
A size continuum of 8 similarly-shaped species of tiger beetles,Cicindelaspp., with dark or orange abdomens was presented to wild, female robber flies of the speciesEfferia tricella(Bromley). A significant inverse correlation between prey size and attack rate was found. In addition, medium sized tiger beetles (surface area = 86 mm2) with orange abdomens were attacked 13–18% less frequently than were medium sized tiger beetles with dark abdomens. However, small tiger beetles (surface area = 53 mm2) with orange abdomens were attacked only 7% less frequently than were small tiger beetles with dark abdomens.
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