Teleogryllus commodus
Teleogryllus commodus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Orthoptera |
Suborder: | Ensifera |
Superfamily: | Grylloidea |
Family: | Gryllidae |
Subfamily: | Gryllinae |
Genus: | Teleogryllus |
Species: | T. commodus |
Binomial name | |
Teleogryllus commodus (Walker, 1869) | |
Synonyms | |
Gryllus commodus Walker [1] |
Teleogryllus commodus, commonly known as the black field cricket is a cricket species native to Australia.
Inbreeding avoidance
Male T. commodus use advertisement calling to attract mates. Inbred males call less often than out-bred males. Female T. commodus prefer males with a more frequent calling effort, so that inbred males suffer reductions in mating success.[2] Male calling rate likely serves as an indicator to females of genome-wide heterozygosity and/or male condition.
References
- ↑ iphylo.org
- ↑ Drayton JM, Milner RN, Hunt J, Jennions MD (2010). "Inbreeding and advertisement calling in the cricket Teleogryllus commodus: laboratory and field experiments". Evolution. 64 (10): 3069–83. PMID 20662924. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2010.01053.x.
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