Paradoxical Post-Coupling Courtship in Himantigera Nigrifemorata (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)

If the function of male courtship behavior is to inform the female of a male's species identity, or to otherwise induce her to allow mating to occur, then continuation of courtship after copulation has begun would seem to be non-functional.Such post-coupling court- ship does occur in some species, however (see summary in

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