Extravagant female sexual display in a Megaselia Rondani species (Diptera: Phoridae)

Abstract. The behavior of females of a species of Megaselia is described. Females perch on leaves and occasionally "dance", fluttering their wings while rapidly running on the leaf surface. During this dance, they evert bright white abdominal sacs that apparently constitute part of a visua...

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Autores principales: Brown, Brian V., Porras, Wendy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2015
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Taxonomic Paper
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4385884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25859128
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4368
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description Abstract. The behavior of females of a species of Megaselia is described. Females perch on leaves and occasionally "dance", fluttering their wings while rapidly running on the leaf surface. During this dance, they evert bright white abdominal sacs that apparently constitute part of a visual display to attract males. The evolutionary basis of these behaviors is discussed.
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spelling pubmed-43858842015-04-09 Extravagant female sexual display in a Megaselia Rondani species (Diptera: Phoridae) Brown, Brian V. Porras, Wendy Biodivers Data J Taxonomic Paper Abstract. The behavior of females of a species of Megaselia is described. Females perch on leaves and occasionally "dance", fluttering their wings while rapidly running on the leaf surface. During this dance, they evert bright white abdominal sacs that apparently constitute part of a visual display to attract males. The evolutionary basis of these behaviors is discussed. Pensoft Publishers 2015-03-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4385884/ /pubmed/25859128 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4368 Text en Brian V. Brown, Wendy Porras http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Extravagant female sexual display in a Megaselia Rondani species (Diptera: Phoridae)
title Extravagant female sexual display in a Megaselia Rondani species (Diptera: Phoridae)
title_full Extravagant female sexual display in a Megaselia Rondani species (Diptera: Phoridae)
title_fullStr Extravagant female sexual display in a Megaselia Rondani species (Diptera: Phoridae)
title_full_unstemmed Extravagant female sexual display in a Megaselia Rondani species (Diptera: Phoridae)
title_short Extravagant female sexual display in a Megaselia Rondani species (Diptera: Phoridae)
title_sort extravagant female sexual display in a megaselia rondani species (diptera: phoridae)
topic Taxonomic Paper
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4385884/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25859128
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4368
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