Open AccessEVIDENCE THAT DROSOPHILA MYCETOPHAGA MALLOCH (DIPTERA: DROSOPHILIDAE) IS NOT A TRUE “LEKKING” SPECIES
Author(s) -
Hoffmann A. A.,
Blows M. W.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1992.tb00490.x
Subject(s) - biology , lek mating , drosophilidae , exudate , drosophila (subgenus) , bracket , zoology , white (mutation) , ecology , botany , mating , drosophila melanogaster , genetics , gene , mate choice , engineering , mechanical engineering
Drosophila mycetophaga has previously been reported to form male aggregations, constituting leks, on the underside of bracket fungi. Collections of flies from bracket fungi confirm male aggregations on white areas of bracket fungi but also show female aggregations around exudates from the fungi. Immature D. mycetophaga have been identified in these exudates. Because the exudate on some fungi is used as a breeding resource by females, male aggregations on these specimens are, by definition, not leks.