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Field studies were carried out on male swarms of Mystacides azurea L. and Athripsodes cinereus Curtis (Leptoceridae) at Lake Erken in south Sweden. It was found that: (1) A dummy conducted in the swarm attracted the swarming males, which flew up to it for a short investigation. (2) The males were more attracted to a dummy pendulating over or in the swarm (resembling an approaching receptive female) than to any other type of movement. (3) A dummy infused with female extract (dichloromethane) placed just above the swarm did not attract the males more than the control. These experiments support the hypothesis that the male mate recognition in leptocerids mainly is visual. A sexual dimorphism in eye proportions was also found, which significance is briefly discussed
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Petersson, E., Solem, J.O. (1987). Male Mate Recognition in Leptoceridae. In: Bournaud, M., Tachet, H. (eds) Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Trichoptera. Series Entomologica, vol 39. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4043-7_28
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