Acoustic courtship songs in males of the fruit fly Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae) associated with geography, mass rearing and courtship success

Acoustic courtship songs in males of the fruit fly Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae) associated with geography, mass rearing and courtship success

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The Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) has been used successfully to control or eradicate fruit flies. The commonly observed inferiority of mass-reared males, compared with wild males, when they are paired with wild females, is apparently due to their inadequate courtship. Anastrepha ludens males produc...

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Main Authors: R.D Briceño, Ma. del Refugio Hernández, Dina Orozco, Paul Hanson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2009-11-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
Subjects:
mosca
producción de sonido
cortejo
diferencias geográficas
fruit flies
Tephritide
Anastrepha
sound production
courtship
mass rearing
Mexico
Costa Rica
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