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Behavior of the Amazonian damselfly Chalcopteryx scintillans McLachlan (Zygoptera: Polythoridae) and comments on its morphological distinction from C. rutilans (Rambur)

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Autor(es):
Guillermo-Ferreira, Rhainer [1, 2] ; Neiss, Ulisses Gaspar [3] ; Hamada, Neusa [4] ; Bispo, Pitagoras C. [2]
Número total de Autores: 4
Afiliação do(s) autor(es):
[1] UFGD, Fac Ciencias Biol & Ambientais, Dourados, MS - Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Paulista UNESP, Fac Ciencias & Letras Assis, Dept Ciencias Biol, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Univ Fed Amazonas UFAM, Inst Nat & Cultura INC BC, Benjamin Constant, Amazonas - Brazil
[4] INPA, Coordenacao Biodiversidade CBio, Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil
Número total de Afiliações: 4
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ODONATOLOGY; v. 17, n. 4, p. 251-258, OCT 2 2014.
Citações Web of Science: 4
Resumo

Polythorid damselflies are Neotropical stream dwellers, whose behavior has rarely been recorded. Here we describe the territorial and courtship behavior of Chalcopteryx scintillans McLachlan, an Amazonian damselfly with shiny copper-colored hind wings. Territorial behavior consists of aerial contests, when males engage in threat displays and mutual pursuits in ascending and rocking flights. During courtship, males hold their coppery hind wings still while hovering with their forewings, showing the hind wings to females, which hover in front of the male in response. After copulation, the male exhibits the courtship flight again by hovering over the oviposition resource (i.e. fallen tree trunk) on the stream. The females oviposit on the trunk while the males guard them by perching near and hovering around them constantly. We also present behavioral notes on reproductive and oviposition behavior, and comments on the differentiation between C. scintillans and C. rutilans (Rambur). (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 13/00406-7 - Evolução da interação entre caracteres morfológicos e comportamentais em Odonata da região neotropical
Beneficiário:Rhainer Guillermo Nascimento Ferreira
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado
Processo FAPESP: 12/21196-8 - Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera e Trichoptera (Insecta): reduzindo os déficits Linneano, Wallaceano e Henningueano
Beneficiário:Pitágoras da Conceição Bispo
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular