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Table 1 Values of frequency interval (ΔF), time interval (Δt) and the rate of frequency increase (ΔF/Δt) during mating attempts

From: Precopulatory acoustic interactions of the New World malaria vector Anopheles albimanus (Diptera: Culicidae)

 

Copulation

(n = 12)

Mating rejection

(n = 21)

ΔF (Hz)

♂: 91.2 ± 6.3

♂: 90.9 ± 4.9

♀: 81.1 ± 10.3

♀: 111.6 ± 5.3

Δt (s)

♂: 0.325 ± 0.034

♂: 0.364 ± 0.025

♀: 0.393 ± 0.048

♀: 0.220 ± 0.029

ΔF/Δt (Hz s−1)

♂: 314.68 ± 36.60

♂: 282.69 ± 27.35

♀: 218.32 ± 29.59

♀: 655.52 ± 67.71