Bulletin of Entomological Research (2010) 100, 325-330

A. Chinajariyawong, R.A.I. Drew, A. Meats, S. Balagawi and S. Vijaysegaran (2010)
Multiple mating by females of two Bactrocera species (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae)
Bulletin of Entomological Research 100 (3), 325-330
Abstract: Multiple mating was investigated in two tephritid species when females were under minimal male pressure because they were each confined with a single male in cages 20×20×20 cm and observed daily until they died. Laboratory-reared females of Bactrocera cucumis (French) lived up to 274 days and refractory periods averaged 59-63 days. However, the distribution of matings among B. cucumis females was not significantly different to that expected by chance. Wild females of Bactrocera cacuminata (Hering) reared from field-collected fruits of Solanum mauritianum Scopoli lived for up to 134 days and mated up to three times with refractory periods between matings averaging 27-39 days. The distribution of the number of matings among females of B. cacuminata was non-random because of the high proportion of non-maters (50%); but, when only females mating more than once were considered, there was no significant departure from random expectation.
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Database assignments for author(s): Richard A.I. Drew, Alan Meats, Solomon Balagawi

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Bactrocera cacuminata
	Zeugodacus cucumis