Limb amputation by male Neotropical longhorn beetles during competition for females

Biota Neotropica

Folke Kustvall Larsson¹ 

[1] ,Adoxa BiologyLidingö,Sweden

关键词: amputations;    male-male competition;    Palo Verde National Reserve;    Costa Rica;    longhorn beetle;    Cerambycidae;    mating system;    amputaciones;    lucha entre machos;    Parque Nacional Palo Verde;    Costa Rica;    escarabajo longicornios;    Cerambycidae;    sistema de apareamiento;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1676-06032010000100030

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The biology and mating behaviour of the spectacularly large and brightly coloured Neotropical longhorn beetle Schwarzerion holochlorum Bates 1872 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is largely unknown. For the first time I report and photographically document violent male-male competitions for females involving frequent amputations of competitors' legs and antennae.

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