Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1992 |
著者: | Robert, Amoroso, Hoy |
Journal: | Science |
Volume: | 258 |
Issue: | 5085 |
Pagination: | 1135 - 1137 |
Date Published: | Jan-11-1993 |
ISSN: | 0036-8075 |
要約: | Parasitism is a widespread and diverse life strategy that connects species throughout the animal kingdom. Female parasitoid flies of the genus Ormia must find a specific cricket host on which to deposit their parasitic maggots. To reproduce, female flies must perform the same task as female crickets: find a singing male cricket. These flies have evolved a unique hearing organ that allows them to detect and locate singing male crickets. Through evolutionary convergence, these flies possess a hearing organ that much more resembles a cricket's ear than a typical fly's ear, allowing these parasitoids to take advantage of the sensory ecological niche of their host. |
URL: | http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/doi/10.1126/science.1439820https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1126/science.1439820 |
DOI: | 10.1126/science.1439820 |
Short Title: | Science |
BioAcoustica ID:
52759
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