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Calvet ÉC, de La Pava N, Oliveira RKB, Favaris AP, Bento JMS, Gondim MGC. Exudate droplets incorporated on eggs by Raoiella indica Hirst female during oviposition may avoid the predation of Amblyseius largoensis (Muma). EXPERIMENTAL & APPLIED ACAROLOGY 2024:10.1007/s10493-024-00964-x. [PMID: 39320533 DOI: 10.1007/s10493-024-00964-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2024] [Accepted: 09/11/2024] [Indexed: 09/26/2024]
Abstract
Raoiella indica Hirst has rapidly and widely spread throughout the New World since 2004, primarily infesting coconut palms and interacting with the predator Amblyseius largoensis (Muma). Although A. largoensis feeds on R. indica at all stages of development, it cannot naturally reduce its population to levels that do not impact the host plant. Raoiella indica possesses dorsal setae that secrete exudates during all post-embryonic developmental stages, and females have a behavior that deliberately deposits droplets on the freshly laid egg, possibly as a defense strategy against predation in vulnerable stages. In this context, we analyzed whether the presence or absence of droplets in R. indica eggs affects predation using A. largoensis as a biological model. Thus, we evaluated whether some biological and behavioral characteristics of A. largoensis could be affected by the consumption of R. indica egg masses washed or unwashed with water. Also, we performed a chemical analysis of the droplets exuded by R. indica and provided a description of the oviposition behavior of R. indica. The predator showed a higher consumption rate and preference for washed eggs. The results suggest that the exudate droplets have defensive functions, which are incorporated by the female onto the egg during oviposition and subsequently during a patrolling behavior, as they lose their effect after being washed with water. Although the droplets do not prevent the predator from feeding, they reduce the number of R. indica eggs consumed without affecting the growth of A. largoensis.
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- Érica C Calvet
- Department of Phytotechnics, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
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- Faculty of Engineering, Agronomic Engineering program, University of Magdalena, Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia
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- Department of Phytotechnics, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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- Department of Entomology and Acarology, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Entomology and Acarology, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, University of São Paulo, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Agronomy - Entomology, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Wong THH, Chow LH, Tsang LM. Agonistic behaviors of boxer shrimps (Stenopus Species): Insights into the importance of antennae, antennules and tactile contact. Behav Processes 2024; 221:105094. [PMID: 39222720 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2024.105094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2024] [Revised: 08/21/2024] [Accepted: 08/22/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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Agonistic behaviors are crucial and ubiquitous among animals for the competition of limited resources. Although the study of aggression has been a popular topic, plenty of studies focused on model organisms, and typically on crayfish and lobsters for crustaceans. Variations of the agonistic behaviors and the underpinning eliciting cues of other crustaceans therefore have not been fully explored. In the present study, we targeted Stenopus, a genus of shrimp-like crustaceans that displays prominent agonistic behaviors when encountering conspecifics of the same sex owing to their monogamous social structure. Using S. hispidus (Olivier, 1811) and S. cyanoscelis (Goy, 1984) as representatives, we characterized their agonistic behaviors and fighting pattern, conducted experiments to investigate the contribution of visual, olfactory and tactile cues to inducing aggression, and examined the effects of antennal and antennular ablation on their agonistic interactions. A total of seven agonistic behaviors were documented, where antennal entwining and tactile contact is the major driver and seemingly important cue, respectively, in inducing agonistic behaviors in Stenopus. Although ablation of antennae and antennules did not inhibit fighting, behavioral changes, such as the prolonged agonistic interactions and the delayed establishment of dominance were observed, suggesting a reduction of aggressiveness. A comparison of agonistic behaviors with other crustaceans showed that certain features appeared to be unique or distinct in Stenopus, including the potential functional overlap of antennae and antennules, a higher aggressiveness of the fighting behaviors, and the exhibition of crouching behavior by submissive individuals. The present study provides a crucial background understanding for subsequent research on Stenopus and paves the way for its establishment as another crustacean model for studying aggression.
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- Terance Ho Him Wong
- Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China.
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- Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China.
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- Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China.
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Park J, Son M, Park J, Bang SY, Ha J, Moon H, Lee YN, Lee SI, Jablonski PG. Escape behaviors in prey and the evolution of pennaceous plumage in dinosaurs. Sci Rep 2024; 14:549. [PMID: 38272887 PMCID: PMC10811223 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-50225-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 12/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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Numerous non-avian dinosaurs possessed pennaceous feathers on their forelimbs (proto-wings) and tail. Their functions remain unclear. We propose that these pennaceous feathers were used in displays to flush hiding prey through stimulation of sensory-neural escape pathways in prey, allowing the dinosaurs to pursue the flushed prey. We evaluated the escape behavior of grasshoppers to hypothetical visual flush-displays by a robotic dinosaur, and we recorded neurophysiological responses of grasshoppers' escape pathway to computer animations of the hypothetical flush-displays by dinosaurs. We show that the prey of dinosaurs would have fled more often when proto-wings were present, especially distally and with contrasting patterns, and when caudal plumage, especially of a large area, was used during the hypothetical flush-displays. The reinforcing loop between flush and pursue functions could have contributed to the evolution of larger and stiffer feathers for faster running, maneuverability, and stronger flush-displays, promoting foraging based on the flush-pursue strategy. The flush-pursue hypothesis can explain the presence and distribution of the pennaceous feathers, plumage color contrasts, as well as a number of other features observed in early pennaraptorans. This scenario highlights that sensory-neural processes underlying prey's antipredatory reactions may contribute to the origin of major evolutionary innovations in predators.
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- Jinseok Park
- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea.
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
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- Department of New Biology, DGIST, Taegu, South Korea.
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- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
- Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
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Saha K, Prakash H, Mohapatra PP, Balakrishnan R. Is flying riskier for female katydids than for males? Behav Ecol Sociobiol 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s00265-023-03298-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
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Lima ALDC, Manhães MA, Melo C. Selective predation by the White-browed Warbler (Myiothlypis leucoblephara), a Neotropical understorey insectivorous bird. STUDIES ON NEOTROPICAL FAUNA AND ENVIRONMENT 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/01650521.2020.1776954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Ana Luísa de Carvalho Lima
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação de Recursos Naturais, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação de Recursos Naturais, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil
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Kuriwada T. Escape behaviour of female field crickets is not affected by male attractiveness, but shows consistent patterns within individuals. ETHOL ECOL EVOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2019.1682057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Takashi Kuriwada
- Faculty of Education, Laboratory of Zoology, Kagoshima University, Korimoto 1-20-6, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan
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Merienne H, Latil G, Moretto P, Fourcassié V. Walking kinematics in the polymorphic seed harvester ant Messor barbarus: influence of body size and load carriage. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 223:jeb.205690. [PMID: 31836653 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.205690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Ants are famous in the animal kingdom for their amazing load-carrying performance. Yet, the mechanisms that allow these insects to maintain their stability when carrying heavy loads have been poorly investigated. Here, we present a study of the kinematics of unloaded and loaded locomotion in the polymorphic seed-harvesting ant Messor barbarus In this species, large ants have larger heads relative to their size than small ants. Hence, their center of mass is shifted forward, and even more so when they are carrying a load in their mandibles. We tested the hypothesis that this could lead to large ants being less statically stable than small ants, thus explaining their lower load-carrying ability. We found that large ants were indeed less statically stable than small ants when walking unloaded, but they were nonetheless able to adjust their stepping pattern to partly compensate for this instability. When ants were walking loaded on the other hand, there was no evidence of different locomotor behaviors in individuals of different sizes. Loaded ants, whatever their size, move too slowly to maintain their balance through dynamic stability. Rather, they seem to do so by clinging to the ground with their hind legs during part of a stride. We show through a straightforward model that allometric relationships have a minor role in explaining the differences in load-carrying ability between large ants and small ants, and that a simple scale effect is sufficient to explain these differences.
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- Hugo Merienne
- Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 09, France
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- Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 09, France
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- Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 09, France
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- Centre de Recherches sur la Cognition Animale, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 09, France
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Maeno KO, Ould Ely S, Ould Mohamed S, Jaavar MEH, Nakamura S, Ould Babah Ebbe MA. Defence tactics cycle with diel microhabitat choice and body temperature in the desert locust,Schistocerca gregaria. Ethology 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/eth.12845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Koutaro Ould Maeno
- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS); Tsukuba Japan
- The Mauritanian Desert Locust Centre: Centre National de Lutte Antiacridienne (CNLA); Nouakchott Mauritania
- Hakubi Center for Advanced Research & Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture; Kyoto University Kitashirakawa-Oiwake-cho; Kyoto Japan
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- The Mauritanian Desert Locust Centre: Centre National de Lutte Antiacridienne (CNLA); Nouakchott Mauritania
- Direction of Agriculture; Ministry of Rural Development; Nouakchott Mauritania
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- The Mauritanian Desert Locust Centre: Centre National de Lutte Antiacridienne (CNLA); Nouakchott Mauritania
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- The Mauritanian Desert Locust Centre: Centre National de Lutte Antiacridienne (CNLA); Nouakchott Mauritania
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- Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS); Tsukuba Japan
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- The Mauritanian Desert Locust Centre: Centre National de Lutte Antiacridienne (CNLA); Nouakchott Mauritania
- Institut du Sahel (INSAH)/CILSS; Bamako Mali
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Cross AT, Bateman PW. How dangerous is a
Drosera
? Limb autotomy increases passive predation risk in crickets. J Zool (1987) 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- A. T. Cross
- ARC Centre for Mine Site Restoration School of Molecular and Life Sciences Curtin University Perth WA Australia
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- School of Molecular and Life Sciences Curtin University Perth WA Australia
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