Territorial mating aggregation in the bamboo bug,Notobitus meleagris, Fabricius (Heteroptera: Coreidae)

1995 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takahisa Miyatake
Keyword(s):  
Mating Aggregation

A Mating Aggregation of the Turtle Clemmys guttata

Copeia ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 1967 (2) ◽  
pp. 473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl H. Ernst
Keyword(s):  
Clemmys Guttata ◽  
Mating Aggregation

scholarly journals Attraction of Bucephalogonia xanthophis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) to volatiles of its natural host Vernonia condensata (Asteraceae)

2008 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 634-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Maurício Simões Bento ◽  
Alberto Arab ◽  
Giuliano Grici Zacarin ◽  
André Gustavo Corrêa Signoretti ◽  
José Wilson Pereira da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Pest Management ◽  
Larval Development ◽  
Plant Volatiles ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Natural Host ◽  
Herbivorous Insects ◽  
Citrus Variegated Chlorosis ◽  
Mating Aggregation

Plant volatiles are important cues for the orientation of herbivorous insects. It is possible that these compounds indicate whether the plant is suitable for feeding and larval development, or for mating aggregation. Vernonia condensata (Asteraceae) is known to attract species of leafhoppers, most of them important vectors of the citrus variegated chlorosis (CVC). In this study, we evaluated the role of volatiles of V. condensata on the orientation of Bucephalogonia xanthophis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Four-arm olfactometer bioassays showed that only males were attracted to the volatiles of the host-plants Citrus sp. and V. condensata. Furthermore, fresh leaves of V. condensata induced a stronger response than volatiles from hexane-extracted leaves. This study opens the possibility to utilize V. condensata volatiles for pest management programs of B. xanthopis.

scholarly journals Mating aggregation and copulatory success by males of the stink bug, Megacopta punctatissima (Heteroptera: Plataspidae).

2000 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takahiro Hosokawa ◽  
Nobuhiko Suzuki
Keyword(s):  
Stink Bug ◽  
Mating Aggregation ◽  
Copulatory Success

Morphometry and Maturity of Paired Tanner Crabs, Chionoecetes bairdi, from Shallow- and Deepwater Environments

1993 ◽  
Vol 50 (7) ◽  
pp. 1504-1516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley G. Stevens ◽  
William E. Donaldson ◽  
Jan. A. Haaga ◽  
J. Eric Munk
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Shallow Water ◽  
Size Range ◽  
Carapace Width ◽  
Wild Populations ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female Partners ◽  
Paired Male ◽  
Chionoecetes Bairdi ◽  
Mating Aggregation

Paired male and female Tanner crabs, Chionoecetes bairdi, in a premating embrace were collected from shallow-(< 13 m) and deepwater (> 150 m) benthic environments by scuba and submersible, respectively. Pubescent females were restricted to shallow water; males grasping them were significantly smaller than those grasping oldshell multiparous females with eyed embryos in a large, deepwater mating aggregation. Males appeared to select for large sizes among pubescent females, but not among multiparous females, which were limited in size range. Grasping males were 82.6–166.2 mm carapace width (CW) [Formula: see text] and represented at least three different width frequency modes; all were larger than their female partners. Paired females represented two modes with mean CW ≈ 77 mm for pubescent and 99 mm for multiparous individuals. Only one to three of 176 male graspers were small-clawed (morphometrically immature), a statistically nonsignificant proportion; several others had partially regenerated claws but were otherwise morphometrically mature, as evidenced by the second right merus. These data support the hypothesis that the attainment of morphometric maturity, evidenced by a relatively large chela to body size ratio, is a prerequisite for functional maturity, the ability to mate competitively in wild populations.

Characterization of the F plasmid mating aggregation gene traN and of a new F transfer region locus trbE

1992 ◽  
Vol 225 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumit Maneewannakul ◽  
Pushpa Kathir ◽  
Karin Ippen-Ihler
Keyword(s):  
F Plasmid ◽  
Transfer Region ◽  
Mating Aggregation

Mating aggregation of a stink bug,Megacopta punctissimum (Montandon) (Heteroptera: Plataspidae)

1983 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 180-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshinori Hibino ◽  
Yosiaki Itô
Keyword(s):  
Stink Bug ◽  
Mating Aggregation

scholarly journals A Mating Aggregation of the Spider Crab (Libinia emarginata)

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 77-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
R E Degoursey ◽  
P J Auster
Keyword(s):  
Spider Crab ◽  
Mating Aggregation
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