Observations of female and mixed sex swarming behaviour in Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Carsten Kirkeby

doi:10.2478/pjen-2018-0014

Observations of female and mixed sex swarming behaviour in Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

Carsten Kirkeby^*

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Abstract

Female swarming behaviour has rarely been described in Culicoides. Previous records of female swarms have only been described for females swarming in mixed swarms together with males. Two new observations of Culicoides swarms in Sweden are described here: A mixed swarm with females of Culicoides obsoletus/gornostaevae and males of C. gornostaevae, and a purely female swarm of C. impunctatus. Swarming behaviour can facilitate predator confusion. Swarming behaviour is therefore an evolutionary advantage that can explain mixed species swarms and purely female swarms.

Original language	English
Journal	Polish Journal of Entomology
Volume	87
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	191-197
Number of pages	7
ISSN	2299-9884
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2478/pjen-2018-0014
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

biting midges
Culicoides gornostaevae
Culicoides impunctatus
Culicoides obsoletus
female swarming
mixed swarming

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Observations of female and mixed sex swarming behaviour in Culicoides Latreille, 1809 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

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