. The bionomics of blister beetles of the genus Meloe and a classification of the New World species. Meloe; Insects. BIONOMICS 39 M. impressus varied in length from a few seconds to more than an hour. Considering all data, there is no indication of interspecific differ- ences in the length of bouts of courtship. The few observations of courtship in M. campanicollis indicate that the patterning of its behavior is similar to that of M. angusticollis. Information obtained for M. americanus is too limited for considera- tion in this context. Courtship in the Subgenus Treiodous Data for two species
. The bionomics of blister beetles of the genus Meloe and a classification of the New World species. Meloe; Insects. BIONOMICS 39 M. impressus varied in length from a few seconds to more than an hour. Considering all data, there is no indication of interspecific differ- ences in the length of bouts of courtship. The few observations of courtship in M. campanicollis indicate that the patterning of its behavior is similar to that of M. angusticollis. Information obtained for M. americanus is too limited for considera- tion in this context. Courtship in the Subgenus Treiodous Data for two species of Treiodous suggest that courtship is consider- ably more varied interspecifically in this subgenus than in the sub- genus Meloe. Meloe laevis. The pattern of male courtship in this species is one of the simplest known in Meloidae. It differs from that of species of the subgenus Meloe in that the dorsal and genital phases are not well demarcated from each other, the male spends relatively little time in stimulatory display before making the genital insertion attempt, and the antennae of the female are not manipulated by those of the male. Associated with the absence of antennal grasping in M. laevis is a near lack of sexual dimorphism of the antennae. When mounting a female the male touches her dorsum lightly with the ends of his antennae and at the same time touches or rubs her with the maxillary palpi (palpation) (Fig. 6). The antennal tapping. Fig. 6. Courtship in Meloe laevis. Male in dorsal position on Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Pinto, John D; Selander, Richard Brent, 1927-. Urbana, University of Illinois Press
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