The mating system of the true fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni and its sister species, Bactrocera neohumeralis

作     者：Wasala M. T. D. Ekanayake Mudalige S. H. Jayasundara Thelma Peek Anthony R. Clarke Mark K. Schutze 

作者机构：School of Earth Environmental and Biological Sciences Science and Engineering Faculty Queensland University of Technology (QUT)Bdsbane Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Ecosciences Precinct Dutton Park Queensland Plant Biosecudty Cooperative Research Centre Bruce ACT Australia 

出 版 物：《Insect Science》 (昆虫科学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第24卷第3期

页      面：478-490页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 09[农学] 0904[农学-植物保护] 0901[农学-作物学] 090401[农学-植物病理学] 090402[农学-农业昆虫与害虫防治] 090102[农学-作物遗传育种] 0713[理学-生态学] 

基　　金：QUTPRA scholarship Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre [PBCRC3066, PBCRC4127] Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centres programme y 

主　　题：aggregation Bactrocera tryoni Dacinae leks nonresourced mating system Tephritidae 

摘      要：The frugivorous ＂true＂ fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni （Queensland fruit fly）, is presumed to have a nonresourced-based lek mating system. This is largely untested, and contrary data exists to suggest Bactrocera tryoni may have a resource-based mating system focused on fruiting host plants. We tested the mating system ofBactrocera tryoni, and its close sibling Bactrocera neohumeralis, in large field cages using laboratory reared flies. We used observational experiments that allowed us to determine if： （i） mating pairs were aggregated or nonaggregated; （ii） mating system was resource or nonresource based; （iii） flies utilized possible landmarks （tall trees over short） as mate-rendezvous sites; and （iv） males called females from male-dominated leks. We recorded nearly 250 Bactrocera tryoni mating pairs across all experiments, revealing that： （i） mating pairs were aggregated; （ii） mating nearly always occurred in tall trees over short; （iii） mating was nonresource based; and （iv） that males and females arrived at the mate-rendezvous site together with no evidence that males preceded females. Bactrocera neohumeralis copulations were much more infrequent （only 30 mating pairs in total）, but for those pairs there was a similar preference for tall trees and no evidence of a resource-based mating system. Some aspects of Bactrocera tryoni mating behavior align with theoretical expectations of a lekking system, but others do not. Until evidence for unequivocal female choice can be provided （as predicted under a true lek）, the mating system ofBactrocera tryoni is best described as a nonresource based, aggregation system for which we also have evidence that land-marking may be involved.