MODEL FOR MATING PROTOCOL OF SYNCHRONOUSLY FLASHING FIREFLIES
MODEL FOR MATING PROTOCOL OF SYNCHRONOUSLY FLASHING FIREFLIES
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DOI：
10.1038/245268a0
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发表时间：
1973-01-01
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影响因子：
64.8
通讯作者：
LLOYD, JE
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作者：
LLOYD, JE
亚洲萤火虫的同步闪光行为已经引起了西方博物学家的注意超过100年，甚至更早就被报道了。最近的研究和兴趣一直致力于同步和群体展示现象的生理机制，而忽略了考虑群体中的个体萤火虫，它们的交配行为以及同步对个体的意义。在这篇文章中，我处理这些萤火虫生物学的这些方面。我在墨兰岛观察到8种狐蝠属（Pteroptyx），一种同步萤火虫，还有15种Luciola，一种近似的属。根据这些观察，其他人发表的有关Pteroptyx和其他萤火虫属96个物种的观察记录，可以构建这些令人困惑的萤火虫基本交配协议的模型。
THE synchronous flashing behaviour of Asian fireflies has drawn the attention of Western naturalists for more than 100 yr, and was reported even earlier1. Recent research and interest have been devoted to the physiological mechanisms of synchrony and the group display phenomenon, and have neglected consideration of individual fireflies within the swarms, their mating behaviour, and the significance of synchronizing to the individual. In this article I deal with these aspects of the biology of these fireflies. In Melanesia I observed eight species ofPteroptyx, the synchronizing fireflies, and fifteen species ofLuciola, an allied genus. From these observations, published notes of others concerningPteroptyxand observations of ninety-six species in other firefly genera, a model for the basic mating protocol of these confusing fireflies can be constructed.