Waterworth, R.A., Wright, I.M., & Millar, J.G. 2011 Reproductive Biology of Three Cosmopolitan Mealybug (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) Species, Pseudococcus longispinus, Pseudococcus viburni, and Planococcus ficus. Annals of the Entomological Society of America https://doi.org/10.1603/AN10139

Keywords:

  • biology
  • reproduction

    • Notes: Our specific objectives were as follows:

    1. To describe the sequence of reproductive behaviors of males and females that culminate in copulation;
    2. To confirm that females of all three species only reproduce sexually;
    3. To quantify parameters of their reproductive behaviors, including the number of possible copulations for each sex, the periods of time that males and females were receptive to copulation, duration of copulations, and intervals between copulations;
    4. To determine whether reproductive output of females was influenced by the number of times that they mated; and
    5. To determine the possible effects of exposure to pheromone on male activity and longevity.