The costs of copulating in the dung fly Sepsis cynipsea

By W. Blanckenhorn, D. Hosken, O. Martin, C. Reim, Y. Teuschl, P. Ward. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science

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Sexual selection and genital evolution (2014, background): “For example, the intromittent genitalia of sepsid flies and seed beetles can rupture the internal reproductive tract of the female, leading to a reduction in female lifespan (Crudgington & Siva-Jothy 2000; Blanckenhorn et al. 2002).”
Potential sexual transmission of environmental microbes in a traumatically inseminating insect (2005, background): “Moreover, the mode of microbial transfer in this study is related to sexual wounding, a process that has been documented in other insect species (Carayon, 1952; Crudgington & Siva-Jothy, 2000; Blanckenhorn et al., 2002) and therefore potentially provides invasion opportunities for opportunistic path”
Why do male Callosobruchus maculatus harm their mates (2005, background): “Males of both these species have spines on their intromittent organs that harm the female reproductive tract during mating and leave scars (Blanckenhorn et al., 2002; Crudgington and Siva-Jothy, 2000).”
The evolution of mate choice and mating biases (2003, background): “'Resistance' or 'reluctance' is favoured, however, if females suffer direct fitness costs from mating too frequently (e.g. Parker 1979; Thornhill 1980; Blanckenhorn et al. 2002).”
Sexual harassment in live-bearing fishes (Poeciliidae): comparing courting and noncourting species (2007, background): “In many animals, male mating behavior can injure the female or even cause early death of the female (Rowe et al. 1994; Reale et al. 1996; Crudgington and SivaJothy 2000; Stutt and Siva-Jothy 2001; Blanckenhorn et al. 2002; Hosken et al. 2003; Morrow et al. 2003).”
Adaptation versus pleiotropy: why do males harm their mates? (2003, background): “First, although the ablations and punctures used in our experiments were subjectively different from the harm males actually inflict on their mates, they should generate exactly the same kind of immune response as those induced by genital wounds from spiny or barbed genitalia (Blanckenhorn et al., 2”
Female Callosobruchus maculatus mate when they are thirsty: resource-rich ejaculates as mating effort in a beetle (2007, background): “Although usually less obvious than in species such as C. maculatus (Crudgington & Siva-Jothy 2000) and the dung fly Sepsis cynipsea ( Blanckenhorn et al. 2002 ), where males harm females physically during mating, some costs of mating appear to be ubiquitous (e.g.”
The costs of mating and egg production in Callosobruchus seed beetles (2006, background): “Mating costs can also arise as a result of infliction of direct physical injuries, as in the dung fly, Sepsis cynipsea, where males are equipped with armoured genitalia that cause injuries to the female’s internal genital tract (Blanckenhorn et al. 2002).”
Female aggregation and male competition reduce costs of sexual harassment in the mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki (2003, background): “…fitness, including fecundity, energy expenditure, probability of disease transmission, foraging efficiency, vigilance and conspicuousness to predators (Daly 1978; Martens & Rehfeld 1989; Magnhagen 1991; Magurran & Seghers 1994a; Watson et al. 1998; Blanckenhorn et al. 2002; McLain & Pratt 2002).”