Female mate preference for egg-caring males in the giant water bug Diplonychus rusticus (Heteroptera Belostomatidae)
Abstract
Paternal care can be maintained under sexual selection in case that it helps caring males to attract more mates. Females of two back-brooding water bug species, the belostomatids Appasus major and A. japonicus, prefer egg-caring males over non-caring males. Here, we tested under laboratory and field conditions whether females of another belostomatid species, Diplonychus rusticus, prefer egg-caring males as mating partners. Caring males received...
Paper Details
Title
Female mate preference for egg-caring males in the giant water bug Diplonychus rusticus (Heteroptera Belostomatidae)
Published Date
Mar 5, 2018
Journal
Volume
30
Issue
5
Pages
477 - 484
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