Table 1 Courtship and copulation duration
species | courtship duration [min] (mean ± SD) | range [min] | n | copulation duration [min] (mean ± SD) | range [min] | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D. acanthoptera | – | – | – | 88.49 ± 35.18 | 38.85–144.32 | 12 |
D. pachea | 4.67 ± 3.91 | 0.17–12.37 | 18 | 29.58 ± 7.86 | 7.33–42.63 | 21 |
D. nannoptera | 1.89 ± 3.25 | 0.05–12.67 | 15 | 11.9 ± 4.2 | 4.03–20.1 | 21 |
D. machalilla | 1.97 ± 3.44 | 0.08–11.85 | 13 | 2.28 ± 0.53 | 1.07–3.55 | 18 |
D. bromeliae | 2.07 ± 2.4 | 0.23–8.37 | 10 | 0.92 ± 0.28 | 0.65–1.73 | 12 |
D. mojavensis | 1.56 ± 2.71 | 0.13–5.63 | 4 | 2.3 ± 0.35 | 1.83–2.57 | 4 |
D. buzzatii | 2.87 ± 5.26 | 0.08–18.87 | 15 | 1.79 ± 0.65 | 1.13–3.42 | 17 |
D. tripunctata | 5.17 ± 5.98 | 0.68–13.82 | 4 | 33.34 ± 9.54 | 20.47–42.15 | 4 |
D. willistoni | 5.72 ± 5.39 | 0.53–14.65 | 5 | 16.88 ± 2.58 | 13.9–21.55 | 6 |
D. melanogaster | 13.48 ± 8.9 | 2.55–40.23 | 27 | 13.83 ± 4.33 | 7.57–24.55 | 31 |