Sensory exploitation and the evolution of male mating behaviour: a cladistic test using water mites (Acari: Parasitengona)

The sensory exploitation hypothesis for male courtship trembling was tested by constructing a cladogram of N. Papillator plus nine confamilial ingroup species and three outgroup species using 28 morphological and behavioural characters. Courtship and predatory behaviour were mapped onto the resultant tree.