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Does body size influence mating success? A morphometric study of two Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae) fruit fly species

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Mayren Sánchez-Rosario Open the ORCID record for Mayren Sánchez-Rosario [Opens in a new window] ,
Diana Pérez-Staples Open the ORCID record for Diana Pérez-Staples [Opens in a new window] ,
Javier Valle-Mora Open the ORCID record for Javier Valle-Mora [Opens in a new window] ,
Daniel Sánchez-Guillén ,
Lorena Ruiz-Montoya Open the ORCID record for Lorena Ruiz-Montoya [Opens in a new window]  and
Pablo Liedo Open the ORCID record for Pablo Liedo [Opens in a new window]
Mayren Sánchez-Rosario*
Affiliation:
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Carretera Antiguo Aeropuerto, C.P. 30700, Tapachula, Chiapas, México
Diana Pérez-Staples
Affiliation:
INBIOTECA, Universidad Veracruzana, Av. de las Culturas Veracruzanas, No.101, Col. E. Zapata, C.P. 91090, Xalapa, Veracruz, México
Javier Valle-Mora
Affiliation:
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Carretera Antiguo Aeropuerto, C.P. 30700, Tapachula, Chiapas, México
Daniel Sánchez-Guillén
Affiliation:
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Carretera Antiguo Aeropuerto, C.P. 30700, Tapachula, Chiapas, México
Lorena Ruiz-Montoya
Affiliation:
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur, Barrio María Auxiliadora, C.P. 29290, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México
Pablo Liedo
Affiliation:
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Carretera Antiguo Aeropuerto, C.P. 30700, Tapachula, Chiapas, México
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Author for correspondence: Mayren Sánchez Rosario, Email: masanchez@ecosur.edu.mx
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Abstract

Male mating success depends on various traits and factors, and correctly identifying these traits can be key in the context of pest management. For tephritid pests, controlled through the sterile insect technique (SIT) traits, such as male size, can be manipulated through mass-rearing procedures. Thus, it is particularly important to understand whether male size can favor mating success. Here, we evaluated mating success of males of different sizes in Anastrepha ludens and Anastrepha obliqua, two species controlled through SIT. For both species, a morphometric analysis was performed of mated and unmated mass-reared and wild males in field cages. In both A. ludens and A. obliqua, wild females did not discriminate their mates based on male size and mated more frequently with wild males regardless of size. For mass-reared males, we found no evidence of an advantage of the large males compared to small males in mating success. However, we did find differences between the morphometric traits of mass-reared and wild males. In A. ludens, traits associated to mating success were Face Width (FW), Head Width (HW), Thorax Length (TL) and Wing Length (WL), and for A. obliqua were FW, HW, WL and WW (Wing Width). Overall, FW and TL were more consistent predictors of mating success. In conclusion, female choice seems to suggest multivariate selection, confirming that overall body size (expressed as pupal diameter, which is highly correlated with weight) is not a decisive factor in male mating success in these two species. However, morphological traits such as FW, HW, TL, WL and WW may be relevant in mating preference of wild female.

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Anastrepha ludensAnastrepha obliquafemale choicemorphometric traitssexual behaviorsterile insect technique
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 112 , Issue 3 , June 2022 , pp. 298 - 310
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