Competition for Mating Resources in a Territorial Damselfly (Odonata: Calopterygidae)

Lefevre, Kara L.; Muehter, Vincent R.

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“…Waage 1988a, Córdoba-Aguilar 2000 in which it is usually the resident male who wins the contest (e.g. Waage 1973;Córdoba-Aguilar 1995Lefevre & Muehter 2004). In the large duration encounters, the intruder male does not leave and, instead, also chases the owner male (Johnson 1962a, Waage 1988a, Marden & Waage 1990, Marden & Rollins 1994, Plaistow & Siva-Jothy 1996, Córdoba-Aguilar 2000, Thompson 2000.…”

Section: Territory Acquisitionmentioning

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Evolution and ecology of Calopterygidae (Zygoptera: Odonata): status of knowledge and research perspectives

Córdoba-Aguilar¹,

Cordero‐Rivera²

2005

Neotrop. Entomol.

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Evolução e Ecologia de Calopterygidae (Zygoptera: Odonata): Conhecimento Atual e Perspectivas de Pesquisa RESUMO -Neste artigo revisamos estudos sobre evolução e ecologia da família Calopterygidae. Os adultos são reconhecidos pelas asas pigmentadas e comportamento territorial. Três gêneros têm sido bem estudados: Hetaerina, Calopteryx e Mnais. As larvas desenvolvem-se em ambientes aquáticos e a seleção opera principalmente nesse período, resultando em indivíduos de grande massa muscular. Os adultos levam alguns dias para se tornarem sexualmente maduros e durante esse período alimentam-se extensivamente acumulando as reservas de gordura que consumirão para voar e produzir ovos. Entretanto, gregarinas parasitas podem consumir essas reservas. Os machos utilizam duas estratégias de acasalamento que podem ser determinadas geneticamente (Mnais) ou ambientalmente (Calopteryx e Hetaerina): territorialidade e não-territorialidade. No gênero Mnais as estratégias comportamentais parecem ser balanceadas de acordo com sua adaptabilidade ao longo do tempo. Os machos deCalopteryx, Mnais e Phaon realizam corte pré-cópula, comportamento ausente em Hetaerina. A pigmentação das asas dos machos parece sinalizar às fêmeas, durante a corte, algum nível de resistência imunológica a parasitas. Durante a cópula os machos retiram o esperma armazenado em cópulas anteriores pelas fêmeas. Há grande variação na habilidade e nos tipos de mecanismos para a retirada do esperma, assim como na morfologia genital de ambos sexos. Tal variação pode resultar de co-evolução entre os sexos direcionada a controlar o esperma armazenado. Após a cópula os machos defendem as fêmeas evitando que elas copulem com outros machos. Nessa revisão sugerimos aspectos a serem estudados nessa família. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Reserva de gordura, pigmentação alar, capacidade imune, coevolução de genitália ABSTRACT -We review the studies of evolution and ecology in the Calopterygidae. Adults are easily distinguished for their pigmented wings and territorial behaviour. Three genera have been well studied: Hetaerina, Calopteryx and Mnais. Larvae develop in riverine aquatic environments. Selection operates at this stage to produce large muscle mass for adults. The adult spends some days until sexually ready. During this time, it feeds extensively to produce muscle fat for egg production and fl ight. However, gregarine parasites may ingest the fat reserves. Males may use two mating tactics or strategies that may be genetically (Mnais) or environmentally (Calopteryx andHetaerina) determined: territoriality and nonterritoriality. In Mnais, these strategies appear balanced in fi tness terms. Males of Calopteryx, Mnais and Phaon show a precopulatory courtship that is not the case for Hetaerina. Male wing pigmentation seems to signal how good the male is to deal immunologically with parasites to females during the male courtship. During copulation, males displace the sperm the female has stored in the storage organs from previous matings. There is an enormous variation in male sperm disp...

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Section: Territory Acquisitionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evolution and ecology of Calopterygidae (Zygoptera: Odonata): status of knowledge and research perspectives

Córdoba-Aguilar¹,

Cordero‐Rivera²

2005

Neotrop. Entomol.

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“…In this genus, the sites defended by males do not need to have plant substrates for oviposition, since females rarely oviposit on the resource defended by males (Raihani et al 2008). Indeed, in Hetaerina americana (Raihani et al 2008), H. macropus (Eberhard 1986), H. miniata (Lefevre & Muehter 2004), H. vulnerata (Alcock 1982(Alcock , 1987 (Alcock 1982, 1987, Córdoba-Aguilar et al 2009 showed that the presence or absence of this resource do not affect male territorial behavior, female visitation or mating success. Thus current evidence suggests that Hetaerina males exhibit lek mating system, where males defend territories that contain no resource, and females visit males solely to mate; territories basically consist of sites for male exhibition (Córdoba-Aguilar et al 2009).…”

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“…Johnson 1962, Waage 1973, Alcock 1982, Lefevre & Muehter 2004, Günther 2006. The outcomes of these contests are in luenced mainly by thoracic fat reserves (Marden & Waage 1990, Plaistow & Siva-Jothy 1996, Serrano-Meneses et al 2007, which are correlated with wing pigmentation (Córdoba-Aguilar 2002, Contreras-Garduño et al 2006, Serrano-Meneses et al 2007.…”

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Resource Defense Polygyny by Hetaerina rosea Selys (Odonata: Calopterygidae): Influence of Age and Wing Pigmentation

Ferreira¹,

Del‐Claro²

2011

Neotrop. entomol.

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Current evidence suggests that in Hetaerina damsel lies males exhibit lek mating system. In this study, in order to answer if the same occurs in Hetaerina rosea Selys, we manipulated vegetation substrates used as territories and quanti ied the number of visiting females, males defending territories and ight intensity. We also examined whether body size and wing pigmentation are selectable traits in male-male competition, and if age affects male territorial behavior. Our results showed that males with larger pigmented areas won more contests, independently of body size. Old males changed from territoriality to sneaking strategy. Contrary to other Hetaerina species, males of H. rosea do not display lek behavior, but defend resources according to the resource defense polygyny strategy.

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“…As is true for other calopterygid damselflies (see review by Córdoba-Aguilar & Cordero Rivera, 2005), Hetaerina males defend riverine spaces against conspecific males (Johnson, 1962(Johnson, , 1963Bick & Sulzbach, 1966;Alcock, 1982Alcock, , 1987Eberhard, 1986;Córdoba-Aguilar, 1995;Grether, 1996a,b;Lefevre & Muehter, 2004). Once sexually mature -when production of fat reserves and muscle content has been completed -males arrive to the river and fight to obtain and/or defend a place (Contreras-Garduño et al, 2008).…”

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The lek mating system of Hetaerina damselflies (Insecta: Calopterygidae)

Córdoba‐Aguilar

Raihani

Serrano‐Meneses

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We investigated whether territorial males of Hetaerina damselflies show lekking behaviour using experimental techniques and observations: (i) we altered potential vegetation substrates to determine whether this affected the number of female visitations and matings; (ii) by removing territorial males and allowing other males to occupy the territory, we determined whether females changed their visitation and mating number; (iii) we observed whether vegetation substrates were present and used, and whether lighting conditions affected male territorial behaviour; (iv) we documented female pre-and post-copulatory behaviour to examine whether female choice occurred; and (v) we investigated whether male traits were linked to mating success. Our results revealed that (1) vegetation substrates were rarely found in territories and even when vegetation was present, it did not affect female visitation and mating number; (2) males constantly moved to more illuminated places and females had little opportunity to exert choice due to harassment from males; (3) females oviposited outside territories; and (4) males with larger wing pigmentation and body size obtained a larger mating number because they were more likely to acquire a territory and/or displace other males while in tandem. This is the first documented evidence that odonate males display a lek mating system.

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Competition for Mating Resources in a Territorial Damselfly (Odonata: Calopterygidae)

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Evolution and ecology of Calopterygidae (Zygoptera: Odonata): status of knowledge and research perspectives

Evolution and ecology of Calopterygidae (Zygoptera: Odonata): status of knowledge and research perspectives

Resource Defense Polygyny by Hetaerina rosea Selys (Odonata: Calopterygidae): Influence of Age and Wing Pigmentation

The lek mating system of Hetaerina damselflies (Insecta: Calopterygidae)

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