Copula "inter mares" in Pirascca sagaris satnius (Dalman) (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae, Riodininae)

Duarte, Marcelo; Mielke, Olaf H.H; Casagrande, Mirna M

doi:10.1590/S0101-81752000000200026

Abstract

The poorly known phenomenon of copula "inter mares" (a male insect copulating with another male) is reported in Pirascca sagaris satnius (Dalman, 1823) (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae, Riodininae).

Riodinidae; Pirascca; copula "inter mares"; pairing behavior; sexual recognition

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Copula "inter mares" in Pirascca sagaris satnius (Dalman) (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae, Riodininae)¹ 1 Contribution number 1213 of the Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná.

Marcelo Duarte^* * Corresponding author. E-mail: mduarte@bio.ufpr.br ; Olaf H.H. Mielke; Mirna M. Casagrande

Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Caixa Postal 19020, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil. CNPq fellowship

ABSTRACT

The poorly known phenomenon of copula "inter mares" (a male insect copulating with another male) is reported in Pirascca sagaris satnius (Dalman, 1823) (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae, Riodininae).

Key words: Riodinidae, Pirascca, copula "inter mares", pairing behavior, sexual recognition

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Recebido em 12.VI.1999; aceito em 15.V.2000.

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Araújo, D.S.D. & R.R. Oliveira. 1988. Reserva biológica Estadual da Praia do sul (Ilha Grande, Estado do Rio de Janeiro): lista preliminar da flora. Acta bot. bras, São Paulo, 1 (2): 83-94.
Chapman, R.F. 1969. The insects: structure and function The English Universities Press Ltd, England, 819p.
Ehrlich, P.R. & A.N. Ehrlich. 1961. How to know the butterflies Dubuque, Iowa, 262p.
Gorb, S.N. 1998. Visual cues in mate recognition of the damselfly, Coenagrion puella (L.) (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Jour. Insect Behav, Minnesota, 11(1): 73-92.
Osten-Sacken, C.R. 1879. Ueber einige Fälle von copula inter mares bei Insecten. Stett. ent. Ztg. 40: 116-118.
Scherer, E. 1912. Ein Fall von copula inter mares bei Gonepleryx rhamni L. Ztschr. wiss. Insektenbiol., Berlin, 9: 357-358.
Vicidomini, S. 1997. Biology of Xylocopa (Xylocopa) violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera, Apidae). I. Male sexual behaviours. Gior. Ital. Entomol. 8 (46): 309-313

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Corresponding author. E-mail:

mduarte@bio.ufpr.br

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Contribution number 1213 of the Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná.

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12 May 2009
Date of issue
June 2000

History

Accepted
15 May 2000
Received
12 June 1999

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[1] ¹
Araújo, D.S.D. & R.R. Oliveira. 1988. Reserva biológica Estadual da Praia do sul (Ilha Grande, Estado do Rio de Janeiro): lista preliminar da flora. Acta bot. bras, São Paulo, 1 (2): 83-94.

[2] Chapman, R.F. 1969. The insects: structure and function The English Universities Press Ltd, England, 819p.

[3] Ehrlich, P.R. & A.N. Ehrlich. 1961. How to know the butterflies Dubuque, Iowa, 262p.

[4] Gorb, S.N. 1998. Visual cues in mate recognition of the damselfly, Coenagrion puella (L.) (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). Jour. Insect Behav, Minnesota, 11(1): 73-92.

[5] Osten-Sacken, C.R. 1879. Ueber einige Fälle von copula inter mares bei Insecten. Stett. ent. Ztg. 40: 116-118.

[6] Scherer, E. 1912. Ein Fall von copula inter mares bei Gonepleryx rhamni L. Ztschr. wiss. Insektenbiol., Berlin, 9: 357-358.

[7] Vicidomini, S. 1997. Biology of Xylocopa (Xylocopa) violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera, Apidae). I. Male sexual behaviours. Gior. Ital. Entomol. 8 (46): 309-313