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MATING BEHAVIOR OF TWO PSEUDOXYCHILA BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: CICINDELIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Rafael Lucas Rodríguez S.
Rafael Lucas Rodríguez S.
Affiliation:
Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, Ciudad Universitaria Rodrigo Facio, San Pedro, San José, Costa Rica
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Abstract

Copulations of Pseudoxychila tarsalis Bates and Pseudoxychila bipustulata Latreille consisted of 1–20 intromissions. The male performed four different genitalic movements: prying, thrusts, small thrusts, and pulls. The male also courted the female during copulation by rubbing her with his middle legs. The observed male behavior does not fit previous hypotheses concerning the phases of copulation in tiger beetles. The female sometimes ejected 1 or 2 spermatophores during or after copulation. There were geographic differences in quantitative aspects of P. tarsalis male copulatory behavior, and more pronounced differences between P. tarsalis and P. bipustulata. This variation could result from sexual selection by cryptic female choice on male copulatory behavior.

Résumé

Chez Pseudoxychila tarsalis Bates et P. bipustulata Latreille, l’accouplement se fait par 1–20 intromissions. Le mâle fait quatre mouvements différents avec ses genitalia : exploration, poussées, petites poussées et retraits. Pendant l’accouplement, le mâle courtise la femelle en la frottant de ses pattes médianes. Ce comportement chez des mâles ne correspond pas aux hypothèses déjà avancées sur les phases de l’accouplement des cicindèles. La femelle projette parfois un ou deux spermatophores pendant ou après l’accouplement. Il existe des différences géographiques dans les aspects quantitatifs du comportement de copulation chez les mâles de P. tarsalis et des différences encore plus importantes entre les comportements de copulation des mâles de P. tarsalis et de P. bipustulata. Il est possible que cette variation résulte d’une sélection sexuelle affectant le comportement des mâles en réaction à des choix non apparents des femelles.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 130 , Issue 6 , December 1998 , pp. 735 - 750
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1998

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