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- Title
Phoretic copulation in the velvet ant Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica (Lepeletier) (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae): A novel behavior for Sphaeropthalminae with a synthesis of mating strategies in Mutillidae.
- Authors
Waldren, George C.; Roberts, Jason D.; Pitts, James P.
- Abstract
Phoretic copulation, a form of phoresy in which a male physically transports a female by flight and/or foot from their initial site of contact before mating, is newly recorded in the Nearctic velvet ant Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica (Lepeletier, 1845) (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Further, this is the first record of the behavior in the species-rich subfamily Sphaeropthalminae. A description of the S. pensylvanica mating observation and photographs are provided. All published observations of copulation events in Mutillidae are critically reviewed in the context of mating strategy, and new terminology is proposed for the mating strategies currently known to occur in the family.
- Subjects
SPHAEROPTHALMA; PHORESY; ANIMAL sexual behavior; WASP behavior; SEXUAL dimorphism in animals
- Publication
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2020, Issue 78, p69
- ISSN
1070-9428
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3897/jhr.78.55762