title: Behavioral Analysis and Ethogram of Mating in the Wasp Sphex latreillei (Lepeletier) (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae).
abstract: The present study reevaluates mating in Sphex latreillei (Lepeletier) based on the analysis of 69 filmed reproductive interactions from a population in central Chile. Behaviors recorded before, during, and after copulation were analyzed through Markov chains, identifying statistically significant behavioral transitions that are summarized in a mating ethogram. The results suggest that females exercise choice either during copulation by the means of an internal courtship, or via a post-copulation selection. Both types of inter-sexual selection proposed would explain, in both female and male, the dynamics of a sexual behavior crucial for a reproductive success.
authors.affiliation: Fac de Ciencias, Univ de Playa Ancha, Avda. Leopoldo Carvallo 270, Valparaiso, Chile. vmandujanobaeza@gmail.com.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mandujano
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Entomología, Univ Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Flores-Prado
authors.affiliation: Fac de Ciencias, Univ de Playa Ancha, Avda. Leopoldo Carvallo 270, Valparaiso, Chile.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chiappa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002677:Chile; D003307:Copulation; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012098:Reproduction; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D014863:Wasps
keywords: Cryptic female choice; mating behavior; sexual selection