Observations of female and mixed sex swarming behaviour in Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Polish Journal of Entomology Pub Date : 2018-06-01 DOI:10.2478/pjen-2018-0014

C. Kirkeby

引用次数: 3

Abstract

Abstract Female swarming behaviour has rarely been described in Culicoides. Previous records of female swarms have only been described for females swarming in mixed swarms together with males. Two new observations of Culicoides swarms in Sweden are described here: a mixed swarm with females of Culicoides obsoletus / gornostaevae and males of C. gornostaevae, and a purely female swarm of C. impunctatus. Swarming behaviour can facilitate predator confusion. Swarming behaviour is therefore an evolutionary advantage that can explain mixed species swarms and purely female swarms.

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1809年拉氏库蠓雌性和雌雄混居行为的观察(双翅目:蠓科)

摘要雌性的群集行为在库蚊中很少被描述。以前关于雌性蜂群的记录只被描述为雌性与雄性混合成群。本文描述了瑞典对库蚊群的两个新观察结果：一个是由obsoletus/gornostaevae库蚊的雌性和C.gornostaeva的雄性组成的混合群，另一个是纯雌性的C.impunctatus群。Swarming行为会导致捕食者混淆。因此，Swarming行为是一种进化优势，可以解释混合物种群和纯雌性群。

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Polish Journal of Entomology Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Insect Science

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期刊介绍： The Polish Journal of Entomology was founded in 1922 as a periodical of the Polish Entomological Society under the title Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne (subtitle Bulletin Entomologique de Pologne). The journal publishes original research papers and reviews from any entomological discipline. The Polish Journal of Entomology is sponsored by the Polish Entomological Society and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. It deals with all aspects of entomology and has no geographical limits. Four issues of the journal are published annually. It is covered by the Zoological Record, Entomological Abstracts, Biological Abstracts. Each article has its own DOI