Defense of Mate and Mating Chamber in a Wood Roach
- 27 March 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 143 (3613) , 1459-1460
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.143.3613.1459
Abstract
Studies of the eastern wood roach, Cryptocercus punctulatus, reveal that, under laboratory conditions, the mating chambers in rotten wood are inhabited by mated pairs, the male of which will usually defend the chamber successfully against intruding males by a form of fighting. In every staged contest in which the intruder won the fight, it also won the resident female. Females, as well as unmated males singly inhabiting a chamber, could not be induced to defend against an intruder of either sex.Keywords
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