Effects of Courtship Song in Interspecific Crosses Among the Species of the Drosophila auraria Complex (Diptera: Drosophilidae) |
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Authors: | Masatoshi Tomaru Hiroshi Matsubayashi Yuzuru Oguma |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0006, Japan;(2) Present address: Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Kyoto, 606-0962, Japan |
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Abstract: | The courtship behavior and the effects of courtship song in inter- and intraspecific crosses were studied in the four sympatric species of the Drosophila auraria complex: D. auraria, D. biauraria, D. subauraria, and D. triauraria. Orientation, tapping, and vibration (the repertoires of male courtship) were observed in both inter- and intraspecific crosses, suggesting that signals from heterospecific females were enough to elicit such male behaviors. The crossability tests with wingless or winged heterospecific males (tests for wing effects) revealed that winged heterospecific males copulated less than wingless ones in all four species but not all the pairwise cases. Since the crossability tests with aristaless females (deaf) or normal females showed essentially the same results as the tests for wing effects, we concluded that the sound produced by wing vibration plays an important role and that the wing movement itself is less important. These findings suggest that courtship songs are of great importance in mate discrimination and the sexual isolation between the species of this complex. |
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Keywords: | Drosophila courtship song behavior female choice sexual isolation |
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