Courtship in two species of periodical cicadas, Magicicada septendecim and Magicicada cassini |
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Authors: | DCovalt Dunning John A Byers CDwight Zanger |
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Institution: | 1. Dept. of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, U.S.A.;2. Dept. of Environmental, Population and Organismic Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, U.S.A.;3. 60 Hardgrove Terrace, Irvington, New Jersey 07111 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Courtship behaviour of two species of periodical cicadas, Magicicada septendecim and M. cassini, was studied in the field during the 1970, 1973, and 1974 emergences of these insects. In areas where both species were courting there were differences in both male and female courtship patterns, both in acoustic and behavioural components. Experiments with models showed that male M. septendecim were more likely to court crude models of females than were M. cassini males. When females were ‘courted’ with models that could imitate some of male courtship, they were more receptive when the models' ‘songs’ were those of conspecific males. Acoustic differences between species are probably used by females in mate selection, maintaining species separation even in areas where the two species overlap in both space and time. |
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