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EFFECT OF VARIED COPULATORY PERIODS OF MELANOPLUS SANGUINIPES (ORTHOPTERA: ACRIDIDAE) FEMALES ON EGG HATCHABILITY AND HATCHLING SEX RATIOS1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

R. Pickford  and
C. Gillott
R. Pickford
Affiliation:
Research Station, Agriculture Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
C. Gillott
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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Abstract

Mating studies with M. sanguinipes (Fabr.) indicated that egg hatchability and percentage of males among the hatchlings decreased as copulatory period decreased; this was probably caused by depletion of viable sperm in the female resulting from inadequate sexual contact with the male.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 108 , Issue 3 , March 1976 , pp. 331 - 335
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1976

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