Talk:Teleopsis dalmanni

The article has been created using information from academic sources that have either studied the organism in their research or discussed the organism in their publications Agandhi7 (talk) 15:22, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

Behavioral Ecology Peer Review
Nice job on the article. This is a very interesting and unique fly! The information is very relevant and can be further improved by adding more citations so readers know where the information came from. I made minor grammatical changes in sentence structure and word choice and also changed the spelling of "helomotabolous" into "holometabolous." I also changed "eye-stalk" into "eyestalk" for consistency, since this way of spelling seems to be used more often in the online literature I came across for this fly species. The sections on the female preference for males with larger eye spans is solid and well-detailed. If there is enough literature on the physiology and genetics that results in the change in the length of the eyestalks, I would recommend adding that to this article. --Mmhua (talk) 02:10, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Great job with this article-you added a lot of information to a totally empty page on a really cool fly! All my grammar edits were minor. In life history if you could find more sources and add information on the size and nutrient relationship of adults, and nutrient relationship to sexual maturation that would be really cool! Also if you could cite information/experiments on how sexually mature flies can be identified that would be a good addition. Could you also include a short explanation of what a roost thread is? In mating you say multiple matings don't reduce female receptivity, and this supports other observations. I think it'd be beneficial to better explain the phenomenon together and have sources that prove multiple matings don't reduce female receptivity. Lastly if you could expand the eyestalk section to explain how eyestalks are a form of sexual selection this would be super beneficial! A general audience won't know what sexual selection is potentially, or what makes an eyestalk an example. In addition to expanding current sections I think adding a description of these flies, and information their physiology would be especially interesting because of their eyestalks!Montana.sievert (talk) 21:07, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

This is a really interesting fly species and a well written article. I wish there was a little more about the sexual selection as it relates to eyestalk length as it is greatly studied in this fly as an example of a handicap signal. There are also a few sentences that require citations. I added a sentence about the importance of the eyestalks in mate selection in the introduction. I also added the second picture of the fly. I would focus first and foremost on making sure every fact that requires a citation has one. Other than that this is a good article that reads in a nutral tone like an encyclopedia article should. Great job! OstapKukhar (talk) 02:33, 24 November 2019 (UTC)