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1. Aquaporin water channel in the salivary glands of the Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus is predominant in workers and absent in soldiers

Author:
Kohei Kambara; Tomone Nagae; Wakako Ohmura; Masaaki Azuma
Source:
Physiological entomology 2014 v.39 no.2 pp. 94-102
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
Bombyx mori; Coptotermes formosanus; Drosophila; aquaporins; enzymes; immunocytochemistry; ingestion; molecular weight; nests; plasma membrane; salivary glands; salivation; secretion; silkworms; social structure; subterranean termites
Abstract:
... Termite society is unique because the worker caste fetches and carries free water, utilizing it as a solvent for nest construction and gallery building and to maintain wetness for their nestmates. Such water management in a social organization relies largely upon the function of the workers in the colony, as well as on the individuals controlling the location and movement of water inside their bod ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12052

2. Auditory pattern recognition and steering in the cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus

Author:
EMILIE CROS; BERTHOLD HEDWIG
Source:
Physiological entomology 2014 v.39 no.1 pp. 19-27
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
Teleogryllus oceanicus; acoustics; females; habitats; males; phonotaxis; walking
Abstract:
... Male crickets Teleogryllus oceanicus (Le Guillou) produce a complex species‐specific calling song with phrases combining groups of single pulses (chirps) and groups of double‐pulses (trills) to attract females, which fly or walk towards singing males. In open‐loop trackball experiments, phonotactic steering responses to normal calling song phrases consisting of chirps and trills are strongest, sug ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12043

3. Chemical aspects of host‐acceptance behaviour in the bird cherry‐oat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi: host‐acceptance signals used by different morphs with the same genotype

Author:
Ki Jung Nam; Jim Hardie
Source:
Physiological entomology 2014 v.39 no.2 pp. 143-152
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
Prunus padus; Prunus virginiana; Rhopalosiphum padi; adults; artificial diets; barley; beans; genotype; grasses; growing season; host plants; leaves; morphs; nymphs; parturition; plant extracts; progeny; seedlings
Abstract:
... Host acceptance by gynoparae and winged virginoparae of the bird cherry‐oat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi (L.) is investigated utilizing leaves and aqueous extracts of the primary and secondary hosts, as well as nonhost plants. Gynoparae are specialized to reproduce on bird cherry Prunus padus L., whereas virginoparae reproduce and feed on various grasses. Host acceptance is assessed using levels of re ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12058

4. Close encounters: contributions of carbon dioxide and human skin odour to finding and landing on a host in Aedes aegypti

Author:
EMERSON S. LACEY; ANANDASANKAR RAY; RING T. CARDÉ
Source:
Physiological entomology 2014 v.39 no.1 pp. 60-68
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
Aedes aegypti; carbon dioxide; feet; females; flight; humans; odors
Abstract:
... In a wind‐tunnel study, the upwind flight and source location of female Aedes aegypti to plumes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) gas and odour from human feet is tested. Both odour sources are presented singly and in combination. Flight upwind along the plumes is evident for both CO₂ and odour from human feet when the odours are presented alone. Similarly, both odour sources are located by more than 70% of ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12048
PubMed:
24839345
PubMed Central:
PMC4019456

5. Cold tolerance in flour beetle species differing in body size and selection temperature

Author:
INON SCHARF; SONJA H. SBILORDO; OLIVER Y. MARTIN
Source:
Physiological entomology 2014 v.39 no.1 pp. 80-87
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
Palorus ratzeburgii; Tribolium castaneum; Tribolium freemani; acclimation; body size; cold; cold tolerance; coma; correlation; females; foods; heat; males; mutants; temperature
Abstract:
... Cold tolerance is an important trait directly related to survival and hence fitness. In the present study, the link is addressed between cold tolerance and body size, which is associated with many key fitness traits, at both the intra‐ and interspecific levels. Specifically, chill coma recovery time, as a metric of cold tolerance, is examined in five related flour beetle species (four of them belo ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12050

6. Diel behaviour and time budget of the adult pine weevil Hylobius abietis

Author:
Frauke Fedderwitz; Niklas Björklund; Velemir Ninkovic; Göran Nordlander
Source:
Physiological entomology 2014 v.39 no.2 pp. 103-110
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
Hylobius abietis; Picea abies; adults; egg production; females; forest regeneration; girdling; locomotion; males; plant response; seedlings; Europe
Abstract:
... The pine weevil [Hylobius abietis (L.); Coleoptera: Curculionidae] has a high economic impact on forest regeneration in Europe. The general biology of the pine weevil has received considerable attention, although there is insufficient knowledge about its diel behaviour and time budget. Therefore, in the present study, the feeding and locomotion behaviour of individual adult weevils on Norway spruc ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12053

7. Disparity in sexual behaviour between wild and mass‐reared Mexican fruit flies

Author:
José S. Meza; José Arredondo; Dina Orozco; Diana Pérez‐Staples
Source:
Physiological entomology 2014 v.39 no.3 pp. 263-270
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
Anastrepha ludens; copulation; fecundity; females; fruit flies; males; probability; sterile insect technique
Abstract:
... The sterile insect technique (SIT) is currently used to control Mexican fruit fly Anastrepha ludens Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae). However, mass‐rearing can alter the quality of released males. If males that are mass‐reared have behaviours different from those of their wild counterparts, then this may diminish the effectiveness of SIT. Questions remain as to whether wild females may be able to detec ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12071

8. Dynamic changes in volatile emissions of breeding burying beetles

Author:
Wolf Haberer; Sandra Steiger; Josef K. Müller
Source:
Physiological entomology 2014 v.39 no.2 pp. 153-164
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
Nematoda; Nicrophorus vespilloides; alcohols; aldehydes; arthropods; bacteria; breeding; brood rearing; emissions; esters; females; fungi; gas chromatography; headspace analysis; ketones; males; mass spectrometry; molecular weight; parasites; phenolic compounds; surveys; terpenoids; vertebrates; volatile compounds
Abstract:
... Burying beetles reproduce on small vertebrate carcasses by exhibiting elaborate biparental brood care. Partner recognition in breeding Nicrophorus species (Coleoptera: Silphidae) relies substantially on information encoded in cuticular hydrocarbon profiles. Until recently, it was unknown whether breeding burying beetles also produce volatile low molecular weight substances and, if so, which functi ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12059

9. Effect of jasmonic acid and salicylic acid induced resistance in groundnut on Helicoverpa armigera

Author:
Abdul R. War; Hari C. Sharma
Source:
Physiological entomology 2014 v.39 no.2 pp. 136-142
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
Helicoverpa armigera; adverse effects; correlation; crops; genotype; induced resistance; insect control; insect growth; insect pests; jasmonic acid; larvae; midgut; peanuts; proteins; salicylic acid; secondary metabolites; trypsin
Abstract:
... Induced resistance in plants affects insect growth and development as a result of the up‐regulation of defence‐related secondary metabolites or enzyme‐binding proteins. In the present study, the effects of jasmonic acid (JA) and salicylic acid (SA) induced resistance in groundnut on Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) are examined. Larval survival, larval weights and the activities of digestive enzymes ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12057

10. Effects of group size on aggregation against desiccation in woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea)

Author:
Pierre Broly; Laëtitia Devigne; Jean‐Louis Deneubourg; Cédric Devigne
Source:
Physiological entomology 2014 v.39 no.2 pp. 165-171
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
Porcellio scaber; aggregation behavior; air; group size; surface area
Abstract:
... Aggregation in terrestrial isopods, a behaviour that results in the formation of dense clusters, is readily accepted as a mechanism of resistance to desiccation. Thus, aggregation is considered to be an adaptation to terrestrial life in this fully terrestrial suborder of crustaceans. In the present study of Porcellio scaber Latreille, a cosmopolitan species, individual water loss is investigated e ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12060

11. Effects of multiple mating on the fecundity of an invasive pest (Octodonta nipae): the existence of an intermediate optimal female mating rate

Author:
Jinlei Li; Xiang Zhang; Youming Hou; Baozhen Tang
Source:
Physiological entomology 2014 v.39 no.4 pp. 348-354
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
Chrysomelidae; copulation; egg production; eggs; fecundity; females; hatching; insects; longevity; males; mating frequency; oviposition; paternity; pests; population growth; reproductive efficiency; resource allocation
Abstract:
... Multiple mating is found in many insect taxa where both of the sexes can mate more than once. For males, this leads to the advantage of increasing their paternity by fertilizing more females. However, there is a trade‐off of resource allocation between reproduction and other life‐history characters. In the present study, the impact of increased mating rate on reproductive fitness of the invasive n ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12081

12. Effects of temperature on nutrient self‐selection in the silverfish Lepisma saccharina

Author:
Zachary C. DeVries; Arthur G. Appel
Source:
Physiological entomology 2014 v.39 no.3 pp. 217-221
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
animals; sucrose; environmental factors; casein; lard; temperature; insects; Lepisma saccharina
Abstract:
... Nutrient self‐selection represents an important behaviour that has been measured across many taxa. Despite the amount of research on this phenomenon, few studies report the evaluation of the effects of environmental variables such as temperature on nutrient selection by animals. In the present study, the nutrient selections of the silverfish Lepisma saccharina L. are measured across a range of tem ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12064

13. Emergence of sexual size dimorphism and stage‐specific effects of elevated temperature on growth rate and development rate in Harmonia axyridis

Author:
Michal Knapp
Source:
Physiological entomology 2014 v.39 no.4 pp. 341-347
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
Harmonia axyridis; adults; chemical reactions; dimorphism; instars; males; metabolism; ontogeny; rearing; temperature
Abstract:
... Temperature is considered to be the most important environmental factor influencing the performance of ectotherms because it determines the rate of most biochemical reactions and thus the efficiency of metabolism and its function. Unfortunately, most studies investigate the effects of temperature on individuals exposed to a particular temperature regime during their whole pre‐imaginal development ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12079

14. Evidence of temperature‐independent metabolic rates in diurnal Namib Desert tenebrionid beetles

Author:
Hilary M. Lease; Kathleen Goelst; Mary K. Seely; Duncan Mitchell
Source:
Physiological entomology 2014 v.39 no.3 pp. 254-262
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
Tenebrionidae; ambient temperature; body temperature; niches; oxygen
Abstract:
... To investigate whether the sensitivity to environmental temperature varies between nocturnal and diurnal species of tenebrionid beetle, the metabolic rates of three diurnal species (Onymacris plana Peringuey, Onymacris rugatipennis Haag and Physadesmia globosa Haag) and three nocturnal species (Epiphysa arenicola Penrith, Gonopus sp. and Stips sp.) of beetles from the Namib Desert are measured ove ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12070

15. Heat shock proteins mediate trade‐offs between early‐life reproduction and late survival in Drosophila melanogaster

Author:
Yasukazu Okada; Kohei Teramura; Kazuo H. Takahashi
Source:
Physiological entomology 2014 v.39 no.4 pp. 304-312
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
Drosophila melanogaster; RNA interference; evolution; fecundity; females; genes; heat shock proteins; homeostasis; locomotion; longevity; mortality; reproductive performance
Abstract:
... Ageing and the resulting increased likelihood mortality are the inescapable fate of organisms because selection pressures on genes that exert their function late in life is weak, promoting the evolution of genes that enhance early‐life reproductive performance at the same time as sacrificing late survival. Heat shock proteins (HSP) are known to buffer various environmental stresses and are also in ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12076

16. Indirect cues in selecting a hunting site in a sit‐and‐wait predator

Author:
JĆRĆMY DEFRIZE; ANA L. LLANDRES; JĆRÔME CASAS
Source:
Physiological entomology 2014 v.39 no.1 pp. 53-59
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
foods; Thomisidae; animals; learning; flowers; Apoidea; predators; food availability; color
Abstract:
... Sit‐and‐wait predators use relatively simple rules for their decisions to choose and leave a patch, such as using the direct presence of prey to select a hunting site. However, the direct presence of prey can only be used when there is a highly visited patch in the proximity of the predator. Therefore, it is plausible that sit‐and‐wait predators also exploit indirect cues of prey presence and, con ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12047

17. Inhibition of female mating by male accessory gland substances in the ground beetle Leptocarabus procerulus

Author:
NAO HAYASHI; YASUOKI TAKAMI
Source:
Physiological entomology 2014 v.39 no.1 pp. 12-18
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
Carabidae; eggs; evolution; females; mating behavior; testes; toxicity
Abstract:
... The ground beetle Leptocarabus procerulus (Chaudoir) possesses seminal substances that have a physical function to form mating plugs and a physiological function to induce female refractory behaviour, which act together to hinder female remating. Little is known about the physiological properties of the substances inducing female refractory behaviour, especially with respect to their secretory org ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12042

18. Integumental buffering in an alpine grasshopper

Author:
Timothy C. Hawes
Source:
Physiological entomology 2014 v.39 no.4 pp. 280-284
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
body fluids; crystallization; grasshoppers; ice; ice nucleation; sclerotization; supercooling; surface temperature; New Zealand
Abstract:
... In most freeze tolerant insects, the tolerance of the formation of internal body ice is arrived at by a two‐step process: (S‐1) a period of supercooling of the body fluids that is followed by (S‐2) the freezing event. To date, the necessity of S‐1 remains to be questioned seriously. The present study reports evidence that S‐1 may be almost completely substituted or superseded in large‐bodied insec ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12073

19. Interactive effects of acclimation temperature and short‐term stress exposure on resistance traits in the butterfly Bicyclus anynana

Author:
Isabell Karl; Marlen Becker; Tjorven Hinzke; Melanie Mielke; Maria Schiffler; Klaus Fischer
Source:
Physiological entomology 2014 v.39 no.3 pp. 222-228
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
Bicyclus anynana; acclimation; animals; butterflies; cold; heat; starvation; stress tolerance; temperature
Abstract:
... The ability to buffer detrimental effects of environmental stress on fitness is of great ecological importance because, in nature, pronounced environmental variation may regularly induce stress. Furthermore, several stressors may interact in a synergistic manner. In the present study, plastic responses in cold, heat and starvation resistance are investigated in the tropical butterfly Bicyclus anyn ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12065

20. Intraspecific acoustic communication and mechanical sensitivity of the tympanal ear of the gypsy moth Lymantria dispar

Author:
Eloise Rowland; Peter Belton; Paul W. Schaefer; Gerhard Gries
Source:
Physiological entomology 2014 v.39 no.4 pp. 331-340
ISSN:
0307-6962
Subject:
Lymantria dispar; acoustics; ears; females; flight; males; moths; sex pheromones; walking
Abstract:
... Tympanal ears of female gypsy moths Lymantria dispar dispar (L.) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Lymantriinae) are reportedly more sensitive than ears of conspecific males to sounds below 20 kHz. The hypothesis is tested that this differential sensitivity is a result of sex‐specific functional roles of sound during sexual communication, with males sending and females receiving acoustic signals. Analyses o ...
DOI:
10.1111/phen.12080