More eggs are not more sires: long-term monogamy reduces fertility in a predatory ladybird.

• Tác giả: Wendel José Teles Pontes, Gabriela Streppel Steindorff
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 305.568 +Alienated and excluded classes
• Thông tin xuất bản: England : Bulletin of entomological research , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 190060

Tóm tắt

Multiple mating is a behaviour observed across various polyandrous insect species. It is suggested that, in ladybirds, this strategy of multiple copulations is used to enhance fecundity and fertility through sperm replenishment. Studies on sperm depletion need to correlate fertility with the presence of spermatozoa in the spermatheca. This study investigates the role of sperm replenishment in the ladybird