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Sperm Number, Spermatophore Weight and Remating in the Bushcricket Poecilimon veluchianus
Author(s) -
Reinhold Klaus,
Helversen Dagmar
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
ethology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1439-0310
pISSN - 0179-1613
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00002.x
Subject(s) - spermatophore , biology , zoology , orthoptera , sperm , anatomy , mating , botany
The influence of the intermating interval on sperm number and spermatophore mass was examined in the bushcricket Poecilimon veluchianus. Males that remated after 1 d transferred about 50% of the sperm, but significantly more than 50% of the weight of spermatophores than males that remated after 2 d. Assuming a constant rate of replenishment of sperm and spermatophore material we concluded that available spermatophore material but not available sperm number influences remating interval in P. veluchianus males.