Browsing Pacific Science by Author "Kaneshiro, Kenneth Y"

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Body Size and Differential Mating Success between Males of Two Populations of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly

Arita, Lorna H; Kaneshiro, Kenneth Y (University of Hawaii Press, 1988)

Mate preference experiments were conducted between males from two populations of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata, to investigate the effect of body size on mating success. The results of the experiment indicate ...
Description of a New Allopatric Sibling Species of Hawaiian Picture-Winged Drosophila

Kaneshiro, Kenneth Y; Kambysellis, Michael P (University of Hawai'i Press, 1999-04)

A new picture-winged Hawaiian Drosophila species from the islands of Kaua'i and O'ahu that is morphologically indistinguishable from Drosophila grimshawi Oldenberg from the Maui Nui islands is described, based on ...
R. C. L. Perkins' Legacy to Evolutionary Research on Hawaiian Drosophilidae (Diptera)

Kaneshiro, Kenneth Y (University of Hawaii Press, 1997-10)

R. C. L. Perkins' influence on evolutionary research on the Hawaiian Drosophilidae is presented. His observations of the bizarre secondary sexual structures in this group led evolutionary biologists to focus research on ...
Sequential Differentiation of Sexual Behavior in Populations of Drosophila silvestris

Kaneshiro, Kenneth Y; Sato Kurihara, Joyce (University of Hawai'i Press, 1981-07)

Laboratory strains from six widely distributed populations of Drosophila silvestris from the island of Hawaii were established. Mate preference experiments were conducted to determine whether behavioral differences ...
Sexual Selection and Lek Behavior in the Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Arita, Lorna H; Kaneshiro, Kenneth Y (University of Hawaii Press, 1989-04)

Field and laboratory studies were conducted to describe the complex lek mating system of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann). Results of these studies indicate that there are two phases in the mating ...