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Provedor de dados: | Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
País: | Brazil
Título: | First description of reproductive behavior of the Amazonian damselfly Chalcopteryx rutilans (Rambur) (Odonata, Polythoridae)
Autores: | Resende,Daniela C.; De Marco Jr.,Paulo.
Data: | 2010-01-01
Ano: | 2010
Palavras-chave: | Amazonia; Lek; Residency; Sexual selection; Territory.
Resumo: | Polythoridae comprise a widespread group of species in the New World tropics, but little is known about their behavior or life history. Here, we described the reproductive behavior of Amazonian Chalchopteryx rutilans, using mark-recapture techniques. Males were resident and territorial, though we found disputes (complex flight manoeuvres) to be rare. Trunks (rotting wood) were important to male persistence in sites, as these are the locations preferred by females for oviposition. The mating system of C. rutilans may be comparable to the resource limitation category, described by Conrad &amp;amp; Pritchard (1992), where males cannot control female access to oviposition sites. So, female choice becomes important and apparently, the observed displays (in which males flash the coppery coloration of their hind wings) may be related to attraction of females to territories, as in a lek system.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262010000300013
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira De Entomologia
Relação: | 10.1590/S0085-56262010000300013
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Revista Brasileira de Entomologia  v.54 n.3 2010
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess