Briceño R D, Eberhard W G
Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Costa Rica, Cuidad Universitaria, Costa Rica.
Oecologia. 1987 Dec;74(2):253-255. doi: 10.1007/BF00379367.
The tropical earwigs Paralabella dorsalis and Pseudomarava prominensis are polymorphic for wings in both sexes. An individual's chances of being winged are influenced by whether its parents were winged, by its own sex, and by its nymphal nutrition (at least in P. dorsalis). Wingless females of P. dorsalis lived longer, started ovipositing ealier, and laid slightly larger clutches.
热带蠼螋Paralabella dorsalis和Pseudomarava prominensis的两性都具有翅膀多态性。个体长翅的几率受其父母是否长翅、自身性别以及若虫期营养状况(至少在Paralabella dorsalis中如此)的影响。Paralabella dorsalis的无翅雌虫寿命更长,更早开始产卵,且产卵量略大。