Australian Museum Journal Observations on sexual behaviour in some Australian Platystomatidae (Diptera, Schizophora)
- Shortform:
- McAlpine, 1973, Rec. Aust. Mus. 29(1): 1–10
- Author(s):
- McAlpine, David K.
- Year published:
- 1973
- Title:
- Observations on sexual behaviour in some Australian Platystomatidae (Diptera, Schizophora)
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 29
- Issue:
- 1
- Start page:
- 1
- End page:
- 10
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.29.1973.235
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 17 December 1973
- Cover date:
- 17 December 1973
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- INSECTA: DIPTERA; BEHAVIOUR; EVOLUTION
- Digitized:
- 18 November 2008
- Available online:
- 27 February 2009
- Reference number:
- 235
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (67kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (3127kb PDF)
Abstract
Sexual behaviour is described in four species of platystomatid flies, viz. Euprosopia subula, E. tenuicornis, E. anostigma, and Pogonortalis doclea. The role of specific recognition marks is discussed, especially in relation to certain structural modifications.