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Short- and long-term benefits of promiscuity in the seven-spotted ladybird Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2012

Shefali Srivastava  and
Omkar
Shefali Srivastava
Affiliation:
Ladybird Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, 226007, India
Omkar*
Affiliation:
Ladybird Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, 226007, India
*
*Email: omkaar55@hotmail.com
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Abstract

The effects on the reproductive responses and the offspring fitness in monogamous and promiscuous females of the seven-spotted ladybird Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus were studied. Reproductive responses were higher in monogamous and promiscuous females with unlimited mating than those subjected to limited mating. Monogamous females with unlimited mating recorded longer oviposition period and higher fecundity than those subjected to limited mating. Promiscuous females with multiple mating recorded the longest oviposition period, the highest fecundity and percentage egg viability (short-term benefits), and the shortest developmental period, maximum larval survival and adult emergence (long-term benefits).

Keywords

Coccinella septempunctataladybirdmatingmonogamypromiscuity
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Research Article
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , September 2005 , pp. 176 - 181
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Copyright © ICIPE 2005

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