同时而非先后一雌多雄交配增加不同温度下食蚜瓢虫的适合度_英文_.pdfVIP

: 昆虫学报Acta Entomologica Sinica ，October 20 14 ，57 (10) 1180 － 1187 ISSN 0454 -6296 Simultaneous rather than sequential polyandry increases fitness under varying temperature regimes in an aphidophagous ladybird * OMKAＲ ，Geetanjali MISHＲA (Ladybird Ｒesearch Laboratory ，Department of Zoology ，University of Lucknow ，Lucknow 226007 ，India) Abstract:【Aim 】Although polyandry is common among Coccinellidae ，the data attained in various studies are insufficient to explain the general adaptive significance (or fitness consequences)of female remating and polyandry． Temperature was used as a stressor in the study． This study aims to evaluate whether certain benefits of polyandry in terms of increased fitness are also passed on to the progeny． 【Methods 】The present study examined the fitness consequences of three mating treatments in Coelop hora saucia (Mulsant) C(oleoptera :Coccinellidae):monandry (five matings with same male ;one mating / day)，sequential polyandry (five matings with five different males with one mating / day with a new male)，and simultaneous polyandry (five matings with five males introduced together allowing female to select male to mate ;one mating / day)． Changes in fecundity and egg fertility ，and offspring development and survival of the different mating treatments under different temperatures (25 ，27 and 30 ℃ )were observed． 【Ｒesults 】The results revealed that females subjected to simultaneous polyandry