Chemically defended animals often display conspicuous color patterns that predators learn
to associate with their unprofitability and subsequently avoid. Such animals (ie, aposematic) …

The Lygaeidae (sensu lato) are a highly successful family of true bugs found worldwide, yet
many aspects of their ecology and evolution remain obscure or unknown. While a few …

Highlights•We investigated sexual selection on male and female morphology in a lygaeid
bug.•We varied the level of choice available to males and females during mating trials.•We …

Reproductive interference arises when individuals of one species engage in reproductive
activities with individuals of another, leading to fitness costs in one or both species …

Mating strategy is often informed by social context. However, information on social
environment may be sensitive to interference by nearby heterospecifics, a process known as …

Sexual selection has been shown to be the driving force behind the evolution of the
sometimes extreme and elaborate genitalia of many species. Sexual selection may arise …

Mating failure, characterized by the lack of production of offspring following copulation, is
relatively common across taxa yet is little understood. It is unclear whether mating failures …

There have been many potential explanations put forward as to why polyandry often persists
despite the multiple costs it can inflict on females. One such explanation is avoidance of …

The male intromittent organ of the seed bug Lygaeus simulans ends in a long, sclerotized
structure which is used to transfer sperm during mating. Observations suggest that this …

Although the theory about the evolution and maintenance of aposematism predicts distinct
and uniform warning signals, variation in both signal and defence is common across many …