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December 5, 2014Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Biology EcologyOpen Access

Contrasting patterns of macroptery in Roesel’s bush cricket Metrioptera roeselii (Orthoptera, Ensifera); pp. 299–311

Szabolcs Szanyi Antal Nagy I Rácz Zoltán Varga

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We studied the wing dimorphism in Roesel’s bush cricket populations. A total of 410 individuals (77 macropterous and 333 brachypterous) were sampled in seven sites. We found a high frequency (£ 53%) of macropterous individuals in some meadows surrounded by forests. We measured the body weight, thorax weight, and abdomen weight in connection with macroptery vs brachyptery. We could find a positive correlation between macroptery and thorax weight. The abdomen weight of females showed high individual variation; thus the supposed trade-off between macroptery and lower fertility of females was not supported.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9ff066ea7eeb5cbeec7920 https://doi.org/10.3176/eco.2014.4.07

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