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Copulatory courtship signals male genetic quality in cucumber beetles.

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Jan 2003

Tallamy Douglas W, Darlington Mark Burton, Pesek John D, Powell Bradford E

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In the spotted cucumber beetle, Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), males court females during copulation by stroking them with their antennae. Stroking occurs exclusively during the first stages of copulation, after a male has penetrated a female's vaginal duct but before he is allowed access to her bursa copulatrix. Females accept the spermatophore of fast-stroking males and reject...

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PMID: 12590774
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2198
PMCID: PMC1691205

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