Courtship in Drosophila quadrilineata with a unique male behavioral element, abdomen bending |
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Authors: | Masatoshi Tomaru Yuzuru Oguma Masayoshi Watada |
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Institution: | (1) Drosophila Genetic Resource Center, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Saga-Ippongi-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto 616-8354, Japan;(2) Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan;(3) Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ehime University, Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama, Ehime 790-8577, Japan |
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Abstract: | This paper describes courtship of Drosophila quadrilineata of the immigrans group and reports a species-specific element, abdomen bending, that has not been described in Drosophila. The male bends his abdomen right and left as a display to the female. During courtship the male circles around the female, bends his abdomen, and taps her. The male licks the female ovipositor repeatedly, often after the females extrusion. Although the females ovipositor extrusion is thought to indicate rejection of a courting male in many species, the male of D. quadrilineata continues courtship. It is possible that the extrusion is a females mating signal to the courting male. The male of D. quadrilineata mounts the female in a rearward position and the genitalia of both sexes couple after mounting. This mounting position is shared by the species belonging to the immigrans group. We never observed behavior in which it appeared as if the male displayed the black stripes to the female. Males court one another and a courtship chain is frequently formed even in the absence of females. The males abdomen bending and the females extrusion followed by the males licking are discussed. |
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Keywords: | Abdomen bending Courtship behavior Drosophila quadrilineata Mating signals The immigrans species group |
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