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Contrasting sexual selection on males and females in a role-reversed swarming dance fly, Rhamphomyia longicauda Loew (Diptera: Empididae).

Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Nov 2008

Bussière L F, Gwynne D T, Brooks R

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Although there are several hypotheses for sex-specific ornamentation, few studies have measured selection in both sexes. We compare sexual selection in male and female dance flies, Rhamphomyia longicauda (Diptera: Empididae). Swarming females display size-enhancing abdominal sacs, enlarged wings and decorated tibiae, and compete for nuptial gifts provided by males. Males preferentially approach large females, but...

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PMID: 18643861
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01580.x

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