Evolution der Paarungssysteme der Panorpoidea (= Panorpodidae + Panorpidae = Skorpionsfliegen s. l.: Mecoptera)

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Klaus-Peter Sauer
• Subject Area: Sensory and Behavioural Biology
• Term: from 2002 to 2010
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5392912

• Final Report Year: 2010

Final Report Abstract

Unsere Untersuchungen haben klar gezeigt, dass das Paarungssystem der Panorpen keine Ressourcen-Verteidigungsstrategie ist, wie in den prominenten Lehrbüchern der Verhaltensökologie zu lesen. Die wesentlichen Merkmale dieses Paarungssystems müssen in der Stammeslinie der Panorpidae entstanden sein. Das Paarungssystem der Panorpidae ist grundsätzlich verschieden von dem der Panorpodidae.

Publications

• (2005) Life histories and mating system aspects of two Caucasian scorpionfly species: Panorpa similis Esben-Petersen and Panorpa connexa Mac Lachlan. Zoologischer Anzeiger 244, 1-9
  H. Kullmann, K.P. Sauer
  
• (2006) Love for sale and its fitness benefits: nuptial gifts in the scorpionfly Panorpa vulgaris represent paternal investment. Behaviour 143,825-837
  S. Engels, K.P. Sauer
  
• (2006) Patterns of sperm use in the scorpionfly Panorpa germanica L. (Mecoptera:Panorpidae). Behavioral Ecology And Sociobiology 60, 528-535
  D. Kock, C. Hardt, Jt Epplen, et al.
  
• (2006) Resource-dependend nuptial feeding in Panorpa vulgaris: an honest signal for male quality. Behavioral Ecology 17, 628-632
  S. Engels, K.P. Sauer
  
• (2007) A male sex pheromone in a scorpionfly. Journal of Chemical Ecology 33, 1249- 1256
  D. Kock, J. Ruther, K.P. Sauer
  
• (2007) Energy beyond the pupal stage: Larval nutrition and its long-time consequences for male mating performance in a scorpionfly. Journal of Insect Physiology 53, 633-638
  S. Engels, K. P. Sauer
  
• (2007) Foraging ability in the scorpionfly Panorpa vulgaris: individual differences and heritability. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61, 487-492
  M. Missoweit, S. Engels, K.P. Sauer
  
• (2007) High variation in sperm precedence and last male advantage in the scorpionfly Panorpa germanica L. (Mecoptera, Panorpidae):possible causes and consequences. Journal of Insect Physiology 53, 1145-1150
  D. Kock, K.P. Sauer
  
• (2007) Not all Panorpa (Mecoptera : Panorpidae) scorpionfly mating system are characterized by resource defence poligyny. Animal Behaviour 74, 1207-1213
  M. Missoweit, K.P. Sauer
  
• (2008) A secondary sex trait under construction: age- and nutrition-related salivary gland development in a scorpionfly (Insecta : Mecoptera). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 46, 233-136
  S. Engels, K.P. Sauer
  
• (2008) Female mating frequency in a wild population of scorpionflies (Panorpa germanica, Panorpidae, Mecoptera). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 46, 137-142
  D. Kock, K.P. Sauer
  
• (2008) Maintenance of variance in sperm transfer rates in a scorpionfly: food availability, genetic basis and heritability. Behavioral Ecology And Sociobiology 63, 77-83
  A. Vermeulen, S. Engels, K.P. Sauer
  
• (2008) Mating Effort and Cryptic Sperm Choice in Scorpionflies: Male Investment Strategy vs. Female Control. Ethology 114, 1166-1172
  A. Vermeulen, S. Engels, K.P. Sauer
  
• (2008) Molecular phylogeny of panorpodid scorpionflies: An enigmatic, species-poor family of Mecoptera (Insecta). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 8, 77-83
  C. Pollmann, B. Misof, K.P. Sauer
  
• (2008) Nuptial feeding in the scorpionfly Panorpa vulgaris: maintenance of genetic variance in sexual advertisement through dependence on condition influencing traits. Evolutionary Ecology 22, 689-699
  M. Missoweit, L. Engqvist, T. Lubjuhn et al.
  
• (2009) Mating tactic dependent sperm transfer rates in Panorpa similis (Mecoptera;Panorpidae): a case of female control? Ecological Entomology 34, 153-157
  H. Kullmann, K.P. Sauer
  
• (2009) Phenotypic plasticity in sperm traits in scorpionflies (Mecoptera: Panorpidae): Consequences of larval history and seasonality on sperm length and sperm transfer. European Journal of Entomology 106, 347-352
  A. Vermeulen, S. Engels, K. P. Sauer
  
• (2009) Sexual coercion in Panorpa scorpionflies?-The function of the notal organ reconsidered. Behavioral Ecology 20, 639-643
  D. Kock, C. Fritsche, S. Engels and K. P. Sauer