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Trade-off between pre and post-copulatory traits depends on locomotor activity in male Tribolium castaneum beetles
Authors:Kentarou Matsumura
Institution:Laboratory of Entomological Ecology, Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
Abstract:Locomotor performance is an indicator of dynamic exercise; thus, it is a central trait in many animal behaviours. Although higher locomotor endurance may increase male reproductive success (e.g., in mate searching and male–male contests), investment in other male reproductive traits (e.g., male attractiveness and sperm competition) may be decreased through energy consumption due to higher activity levels. Here, I investigated male attractiveness, mating success, and paternity success using males of the red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum selected for higher (H) and lower (L) locomotor endurance. Although there was no difference in male attractiveness between the selection regimes, H males had significantly higher mating success than L males. Conversely, L males had significantly higher paternity success than H males. Therefore, there was a trade-off between mating success and paternity success among the selection regimes, suggesting that locomotor endurance affects male reproduction in T. castaneum, and individual variation of locomotor endurance may be maintained within a population.
Keywords:locomotor activity  mating success  paternity success  sperm competition
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