The size assortative mating of a forest species of millipede belonging to the Order Spirobolida found along the eastern coast of southern Africa was investigated. The goals are to test for size benefits in mating by controlling for SSD in multiple mating. The duration of the first mating was positively related to male length (rs=0.30, n=46, P=0.04), but inversely connected to the duration of the second mating (rs=-0.35, n=46, P=0.02). When female width (z=-0.59, n=46, 46, p=0.60) and SSD (z=-1.08, n=46, 46, p=0.28) were adjusted, male length and copulation duration were different in first and second matings (z=3.13, n=46, 46, p0.01). Female choice based on male lengths explained a mating order effect from positive to negative size advantage in mating.
Author(s) Details:
Mark Cooper,
School of Animal, Plant & Environmental Sciences University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa.
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