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. 2011 May 27;41(5):754–767. doi: 10.1007/s10519-011-9470-5

Table 1.

Known effects of mating on movement for a sample of arthropods

Order Species (common name) Male Female Behavior Reference
Acari Tetranychus urticae (Twospotted spider mite) n.r. = Dispersal Suiter and Gould (1992)
Coleoptera Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Colorado potato beetle) + Flight Alyokhin and Ferro (1999)
Diptera Aedes aegypti (Mosquito) n.r. Flight Jones (1981)
Diptera Aedes aegypti (Mosquito) n.r. 0 Post blood meal/ pre oviposition activity Jones (1981)
Diptera Anopheles balabacensis (Mosquito) n.r. + Flight to blood source; biting Iwanaga-Sawabe and Kanda (1990)
Diptera Anopheles gambiae (Mosquito) n.r. Flight (dusk) Jones and Gubbins (1978)
Diptera Anopheles gambiae (Mosquito) n.r. + Flight (night) Jones and Gubbins (1978)
Diptera Anopheles gambiae (Mosquito) n.r. Post blood meal/pre oviposition activity Jones and Gubbins (1978)
Diptera Anopheles stephensi (Mosquito) n.r. + Flight (dusk and evening) Rowland (1989)
Diptera Anopheles stephensi (Mosquito) n.r. 0 Post blood meal/ pre oviposition activity flight Rowland (1989)
Diptera Glossina morsitans (Tsetse fly) n.r. + Post reproductive activity Rowcliffe and Finlayson (1982)
Diptera Glossina morsitans (Tsetse fly) n.r. Pre larvaposition activity Brady and Gibson (1983)
Diptera Toxotrypana curvicauda (Papaya fruit fly) n.r. = Flight (plume tracking, hovering) Landolt and Heath (1988)
Hemiptera Oncopeltus fasciatus (Milkweed bug) ? Flight Dingle (1966)
Hemiptera Lygus lineolaris (Tarnished plant bug) = = Flight Stewart and Gaylor (1994)
Hymenoptera Eretmocerus eremicus (Wasp) Dispersal Bellamy and Byrne (2001)
Hymenoptera Nasonia vitripennis (Wasp) n.r. + Walking, hopping, and flight King (1993), King et al. (2000)
Hymenoptera Trichogramma brassiae (Wasp) + Flight Pompanon et al. (1999)
Lepidoptera Agrotis ipsioln (Black cutworm, adult moth) = Flight Sappington and Showers (1992)
Lepidoptera Helicoverpa armigera (Bollworm, adult moth) n.r. Flight Armes and Cooter (1991)
Lepidoptera Rhyacionia buoliana (European pine shoot moth) n.r. + Flight initiation Green (1962)

+ Increase, − Decrease, = No change, 0 No movement, ? Inconclusive, n.r. Not reported