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The darkened wings of females are used in epigamic display. Such female secondary sexual characters are common in the subfamily Empidinae and are indicative of role reversed mate selection (the females display in swarms and male make their choice from the displaying females).
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Last update: 27.10.08 13:40
Added by: Adrian
Dimensions: 1359 x 1023 pixels
Filesize: 40.99Kb
Comments: 0
Rating: None
Number of views: 3109