Male competition in pollinating and parasitizing fig wasps in Ficus sycomorus synconia.

Some pollinating fig wasp males fight each other for access to females and there is a
suite of morphological characters that can be used to predict whether a male fig wasp
will fight or not. This experiment tested out the validity of using morphological
characters to predict fighting behavior by examining the morphology and observing
the behavior of male fig wasps in Ficus sycomorus synconia. Males of each species
present in the sycamore figs were examined and their fighting behavior was predicted
and then observed. The presence or absence of fighting behavior was correctly
predicted for three out of the four species found in the figs, suggesting that fighting
syndrome morphology is a good indicator of wasp fighting behavior.
Samevatting: Party betstuiwingde vy-perdeby mannetjies baklei met mekaar vir toegang aan vyperdeby
wyfies en daar is ʼn reeks morfologiese karakters wat verbriuk kan word om
te voorspel as ʼn mannetjie sal baklei of nie. Hierdie eksperiment toets die geldigheid
van die verbruik vanaf morfologiese karakters om geveg gedrag te voorspel deur die
ondersoek van morfologie en waarneeming van die gedrag van die mannetjie vyperdeby
in Ficus sycomorus synconia. Mannetjies van elke spesies wat in die vye
gevind is, was geondersoek, hul geveg gedrag was gevoorspel en waargeneem. Die
afwesigheid of teenwoordigheid van die geveg gedrag was korrek voorgespel vir drie
van die vier spesies van vy-perdebye species wat deel van die eksperiment was. Dit
suggereer dat geveg morfologie ʼn goeie aanwyser van perdeby geveg gedrag is.

传粉榕小蜂的雄性个体间会为争夺雌性配偶而发生争斗，且存在一套形态学特征可用于预测雄性榕小蜂是否会发起争斗。
本实验通过对Ficus sycomorus隐头花序内的雄性榕小蜂进行形态学检测与行为观察，验证了利用形态学特征预测争斗行为的有效性。
研究人员对该无花果隐头花序中发现的所有物种的雄性个体进行了检测，先预测其争斗行为，再开展行为观察。
在所发现的4个榕小蜂物种中，有3个物种的争斗行为得到了正确预测，这表明争斗综合征形态学特征可作为榕小蜂争斗行为的良好预测指标。

摘要：传粉榕小蜂雄性个体间会为争夺雌性配偶而争斗，且存在一系列形态学特征可用于预测雄性个体是否会发生争斗行为。
本实验通过对Ficus sycomorus隐头花序内的雄性榕小蜂进行形态学检测与行为观察，验证了利用形态学特征预测争斗行为的有效性。
研究人员对该隐头花序中发现的所有物种的雄性个体进行了检测，先预测其争斗行为，再开展行为观察。
在所参与本实验的4个榕小蜂物种中，有3个物种的争斗行为得到了正确预测，这表明争斗综合征形态学特征可作为榕小蜂争斗行为的良好预测指标。