caa a22 4500 465788882 CHVBK 20180323112017.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01052117 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01052117 Courtship behavior of the mosquito Sabethes cyaneus (Diptera: Culicidae) [Elektronische Daten] [Robert Hancock, Woodbridge Foster, Wee Yee] Unlike any other mosquito reported, Sabethes cyaneus(Fabricius) displays an elaborate courtship before and during copulation. A male approaches a female suspended from a horizontal stick, suspends himself in front of her as he grasps her folded wings, and proceeds with a series of discrete stereotyped behaviors that involve proboscis vibration and movement of iridescent blue paddles on his midlegs. The sequence of these behaviors is as follows: freeleg waving, swinging, copulation attempt, superficial coupling, waving, genital shift, waggling, and release. Insemination occurs after genital shift. The only overt reciprocation by the female is abdomen lowering during the male's swinging. Courtship is often unsuccessful, and males are usually rejected during freeleg waving. The relation between male performance and mating success remains obscure. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1990 mosquitoes nationallicence Sabethes cyaneus nationallicence courtship nationallicence mating behavior nationallicence copulation nationallicence Hancock Robert Department of Entomology, Ohio State University, 43210, Columbus, Ohio aut Foster Woodbridge Department of Entomology, Ohio State University, 43210, Columbus, Ohio aut Yee Wee Department of Entomology, Ohio State University, 43210, Columbus, Ohio aut Journal of Insect Behavior Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 3/3(1990-05-01), 401-416 0892-7553 3:3<401 1990 3 10905 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01052117 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01052117 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hancock Robert Department of Entomology, Ohio State University, 43210, Columbus, Ohio aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Foster Woodbridge Department of Entomology, Ohio State University, 43210, Columbus, Ohio aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yee Wee Department of Entomology, Ohio State University, 43210, Columbus, Ohio aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Insect Behavior Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 3/3(1990-05-01), 401-416 0892-7553 3:3<401 1990 3 10905 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer