Sexual Conflict and Choice in a Phoretic Fly, Borborillus frigipennis (Sphaeroceridae)
- 1 May 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 77 (3) , 232-235
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/77.3.232
Abstract
In the phoretic sphaerocerid Borborillus frigipennis, male size is important to sexual success. Large males prevent smaller rivals from approaching mates and have a higher rate of copulation per female encounter. The latter may be due to female preference for larger mates rather than male ability to force females into submission. Smaller males abandon beetles bearing formidable rivals.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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