Review Article

Homosexual Pairing within a Swarm-Based Mating System: The Case of the Chironomid Midge

Table 1

Number of pairs, in various categories, captured from mating swarms of the midge Chironomus plumosus, on twenty evenings during 1994 and 1995. The first column assigns code numbers to the occasions. a, male/male pairs. b, female/female pairs. c, male/empid pairs. d, male/female pairs. From primary data of McLachlan [19].

Date a
♂/♂
b
♀/♀
c
♂/empid
d
♂/♀

(1) 11/5/19948100
(2) 25/5/19942000
(3) 02/6/199411010
(4) 06/6/19942003
(5) 13/6/199410112
(6) 14/6/19942002
(7) 22/5/199550017
(8) 23/05/19957005
(9) 24/5/199570312
(10) 25/5/19951050
(11) 30/5/19953011
(12) 31/5/19952020
(13) 05/6/19951030
(14) 8/6/19951030
(15) 12/6/19950001
(16) 13/6/19952009
(17) 15/6/199510010
(18) 16/6/19950045
(19) 20/6/19950002
(20) 21/6/19950001

Total5612380