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A field study of mating between two species of bedbug in northern KwaZulu, South Africa
Author(s) -
WALPOLE DEBRA E.,
NEWBERRY K.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
medical and veterinary entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2915
pISSN - 0269-283X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1988.tb00198.x
Subject(s) - cimex lectularius , biology , mating , zoology , sympatric speciation , ecology , interspecific competition , hemiptera
. The interspecific cross‐mating of female Cimex lectularius Linnaeus with male Cimex hemipterus (Fabricius) results in a visible mark developing in the female ectospermalege. This mark has been used to record the frequency of mating between female C. lectularius and male C. hemipterus in sympatric wild populations in a DDT‐sprayed area of northern KwaZulu, South Africa. A high percentage (11/16=69%) of C. lectularius females were marked, showing that these two species mate in nature.