Manrique G, Lazzari C R
Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 1995 Sep-Oct;90(5):645-8. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02761995000500021.
Assembling behaviour associated with mating was investigated in Triatoma infestans. The spatial distribution of both sexes was observed by video films, in the presence or absence of a copulating pair. Males aggregated around copulating pairs. Females did not exhibit this behaviour and their mean spatial density remained unaffected. Spontaneous aggregation tendency was observed in males in the absence of a copulating pair, but the temporal course significantly differed from that observed in the presence of a mating pair. Results support the existence of an aggregation signal that is released during mating, affecting the behaviour of males.
对骚扰锥猎蝽与交配相关的聚集行为进行了研究。通过视频影片观察了在有或没有正在交配的一对个体的情况下，雌雄两性的空间分布。雄性聚集在正在交配的一对个体周围。雌性没有表现出这种行为，其平均空间密度也没有受到影响。在没有正在交配的一对个体时，观察到雄性有自发聚集倾向，但时间进程与有交配个体时观察到的显著不同。结果支持存在一种在交配过程中释放的聚集信号，它会影响雄性的行为。
