The Resource-Based Mating System of the Mediterranean Pollen Wasp Ceramius fonscolombei Latreille 1810 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Masarinae) |
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Authors: | J Groddeck V Mauss K Reinhold |
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Institution: | (1) Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander König, Universität Bonn, Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, Germany;(2) Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Abt. Entomologie, Rosenstein 1, D-70191 Stuttgart, Germany;(3) Institut für Evolutionsbiologie und Ökologie, Universität Bonn, An der Immenburg 1, D-53121 Bonn, Germany |
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Abstract: | Males of C. fonscolombei patrol and perch at water collection sites or at plants of Reseda, both of which are important resources for female brood care. The mating system can be classified as resource defense polygyny modified by the existence of alternative male mating tactics. Occupying temporary territories at watercollection sites constitutes the primary tactic which is more profitable for larger males. The secondary tactic of patrolling at flowers provides a nonaggressive alternative through which smaller males gain at least some mating success. Males at water collection sites occupy considerably smaller ranges but spend a higher proportion of time patrolling than males at flowers. They frequently grapple with other males, an activity that is absent at flowers. Males at water collection sites copulate about 2.5 times more frequently than males at flowers. The copulation frequency of the males at water collection sites is positively correlated with their body size, while copulation frequency is negatively correlated with body size at flowers. Males patrolling at water collection sites and males patrolling at flowers do not differ in body size, indicating that the decision between alternative mating tactics is not made relative to body size but is influenced by other factors. |
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Keywords: | Hymenoptera Vespidae male behavior multiple mating resource defense polygyny alternative mating tactic |
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