朱道弘-2007-飞蝗抱对行为的进化意义及两型间相异的交配策略_昆虫知识.pdfVIP

　·472 · 　Chinese Bulletin of Entomology 2007 44(4) ＊ ＊＊ 朱道弘 (　 　410004) The evolutionary significance of precopulatory mounting and phase-related differences in mating strategy of ＊＊ Locusta migratoria .ZHU Dao-Hong (Laboratory of Zoology , College of R esources and Environment, Central South Forestry University , Changsha, Hunan　410004, China) Abstract　The migratory locust, Locusta migratoria L.shows frequent and prolonged mounting as well as prolonged copulation.The precopulatory mounting has been proposed to guard afemale or ensure timely mating. ecent studies suggestedthat precopulatory mounting has a function other than guarding or just waiting in this locust:prolonged precopulatory mounting increases the length of copulation, which in turn increases the P value.This locust shows 2 phase polymorphism in which various morphological, physiological, and behavioral traits change according to population density.But mating strategy in different phase has not been investigated.The results of recent investigations showed that solitarious adults had a higher P value, shorter precopulatory mounting, and longer 2 copulation than gregarious adults.A significant positive correlation between length of precopulatory mounting and copulation was found in gregarious adults, but not in solitarious adults in the two geographic strains, Okinawa strain and Tsukuba strain of Japan.The results demonstrate phase-related differences in reproductive strategy that are likely to be adaptive for locusts facing a large variation in chanc