Manrique G, Lazzari C R
Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Argentina.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 1994 Oct-Dec;89(4):629-33. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02761994000400021.
Factors affecting mating behaviour in the bug Triatoma infestans were quantitatively studied in the laboratory. Experimental conditions were established so that the probability of copulation increased with the time elapsed since the first adult meal. Copulatory attempts by males did not vary as a function of time, but rejections by females became significantly less frequent with the post feeding time. Non-receptive females displayed four types of rejection behaviour, i.e. flattening, stridulation, evasion and abdominal movements. The occurrence of stridulation performed by females in a sexual context was observed in a regular fashion and was quantified for the first time in this species.
在实验室中对影响骚扰锥蝽交配行为的因素进行了定量研究。建立了实验条件，使交配概率随着自首次成虫进食后经过的时间而增加。雄性的交配尝试并未随时间变化，但雌性的拒绝行为随着进食后的时间显著减少。未接受交配的雌性表现出四种拒绝行为，即 flattening、摩擦发声、逃避和腹部动作。在有性情境下雌性摩擦发声的出现被定期观察到，并首次在该物种中进行了量化。 （注：“flattening”此处不太明确具体准确意思，可能是某种特定行为表现，暂按原样保留。）
