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Female soldier beetles display a flexible preference for selectively favored male phenotypes.

Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 May 2005

McLain Denson Kelly

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In Georgia (USA) the soldier beetle, Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Coleoptera; Cantharidae), exhibits clinal variation in the length of the spot on its elytron. This suggests that the viability of phenotypes varies by habitat. Evidence of viability selection comes from within-site changes in the spot length distribution across a breeding season. When males with spots of intermediate length became less frequent,...

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