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Size influences male mating success in the alfalfa blotch leafminer (Diptera: Agromyzidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Arild Andersen  and
Jeremy N. McNeil
Arild Andersen
Affiliation:
The Norwegian Crop Research Institute, Plant Protection Centre, Department of Entomology and Nematology, Høgskoleveien 7, 1432 Ås, Norway
Jeremy N. McNeil*
Affiliation:
Département de biologie, Université Laval, Québec, Quebec, Canada G1K 7P4
*
1 Author to whom all correspondence should be addressed (E-mail: [email protected]).
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Male size is an important parameter in mate choice for many species and has been associated with such female life-history parameters as increased fecundity or fertility and larger progeny (Phelan and Baker 1986; Savalli and Fox 1998, 1999; Brown 1999). In the alfalfa blotch leafminer, Agromyza frontella (Rondani), intraspecific larval competition may significantly influence the size of both males and females (Quiring and McNeil 1984a). The influence of female size on female reproductive success has been studied (Quiring and McNeil 1984b, 1984c), but to date, no attention has been given to the possible effects of male size. The objectives of this study were to determine if differences in male size, the result of intraspecific larval competition, affected male longevity and reproductive success, as well as various parameters of female reproduction.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 133 , Issue 5 , October 2001 , pp. 717 - 719
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2001

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