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EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL PRE-MATING REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION IN TIGER BEETLES (CARABIDAE: CICINDELINAE)
… lack, of hybridization. In co-occurring tiger beetles (Carabidae: Cicindelinae), these between-species barriers are not readily apparent. To understand the characteristics potentially responsible for this isolation, we conducted behavioral and morphological experiments with two pairs of …
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Habitat Selection, Dispersal and Detectability of Cobblestone Tiger Beetles (Cicindela marginipennis Dejean) along the Genesee River, New York
… the dispersal dynamics of the adult cobblestone tiger beetles (Cicindela marginipennis); (2) identify environmental variables associated with suitable habitat; (3) model habitat selection; (4) describe important features of their natural history; and (5) determine their detectability in the …
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An Assessment of the Effects of Sexual Selection and the Social Environment on Mating Behaviors in Two Tiger Beetle Species (Coleoptera: cicindelidae)
… the factors influencing mating behaviors in two tiger beetle species that exhibit mate guarding behavior in central Texas, Cicindela belfragei and C.formosa. Mate guarding and copulation durations were affected by female size, indicating that males may be capable of assessing female size once in …