This README.txt was created by Keshi Zhang (University of Auckland) and was updated on 13 Oct 2026

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Ye S.-S, Zhang K, Zhang Z.-Q. 2026. Mating behaviour, mate choice, and reproduction in Tyrophagus curvipenis (Acari: Acaridae).

2. Originators

Keshi Zhang

3. Contact information

School of Biological Sciences, 3A Symonds Street, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand.

kzha776@aucklanduni.ac.nz

4. Date of data collection

2014

5. Geographic location(s) of data collection

New Zealand


ACCESS INFORMATION

1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data

CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Attribution-NonCommercial)


DATA FILES AND VARIABLES

1. part1

Mating behaviour.

 • id: subject ID
 • pre: pre-copulatory latency (min)
 • cop: copulatory duration (min)

2. part2

Kin discrimination in mate choice.

 • no: replicate number
 • id: subject ID
 • sex: sex of the focal subject
 • kin: relatedness of the mating partner (Y = sibling; N = unrelated)
 • pre: pre-copulatory latency (min)
 • cop: copulatory duration (min)

3. part3a

Mate choice for virgin or mated partner.

 • no: replicate number
 • id: subject ID
 • sex: sex of the focal subject
 • virgin: status of the mating partner (Y = virgin; N = mated)
 • pre: pre-copulatory latency (min)
 • cop: copulatory duration (min)

4. part3b

Mating frequency and reproductive performance.

 • id: subject ID
 • treat: mating status (Once, Twice, Unlimited)
 • pre: pre-oviposition period (day)
 • fec: fecundity (number of eggs)
 • ovi: oviposition duration (day)
 • daily: daily oviposition (eggs/day)
 • coptimes: number of observed copulation events
 • cop: copulatory duration (min)

5. RCode

The R codes used in this study.