Pollinia as "pseudopalpi" on Archisepsis in Costa Rica: accidental or opportunistic?

 

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Xehetasun bibliografikoak
Egileak: Marshall, Stephen A., Pupulin, Franco
Formatua: revista divulgativa
Argitaratze data:2022
Deskribapena:Male sepsids carrying pollinia as pseudopalpi were observed at three separate bait stations (small dung baits set out to attract other flies) about 500m apart along a side trail in the Peninsula Sector of Parque Nacional Volcan Arenal. Several pollinia-laden males were seen engaged in agonistic interactions and some pollinia-bearing males were seen alone; one individual was seen bubbling (egesting a bubble of fluid) with the paired pollinia flanking the bubble. No flies were seen with pollinia adhering to any structure other than the mouthparts and the bubbling individual was the only apparent female observed with pollinial "pseudopalpi".
Herria:Kérwá
Erakundea:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Kérwá
Hizkuntza:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/89369
Sarrera elektronikoa:http://www.nadsdiptera.org/News/FlyTimes/issue69.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/10669/89369
Gako-hitza:INSECTO
ORQUIDEAS
Sepsidae
Archisepsis
orchid pollinaria
pseudopalpi
fly