Counterattack success of a social spider mite against two predominant phytoseiid predator species

2011 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 249-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yutaka Saito ◽  
Anthony R. Chittenden ◽  
Miki Kanazawa
Keyword(s):  
Spider Mite ◽  
Social Spider ◽  
Predator Species ◽  
Phytoseiid Predator

scholarly journals Variation in counterattack effect against a phytoseiid predator between two forms of the social spider mite, Stigmaeopsis miscanthi

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junya Yano ◽  
Yutaka Saito ◽  
Anthony R. Chittenden ◽  
Yukie Sato
Keyword(s):  
Spider Mite ◽  
Social Spider ◽  
The Social ◽  
Phytoseiid Predator

scholarly journals Patterns of reproductive isolation in a haplodiploid - strong post-mating, prezygotic barriers among three forms of a social spider mite

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 866-881 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukie Sato ◽  
Hironori Sakamoto ◽  
Tetsuo Gotoh ◽  
Yutaka Saito ◽  
Jung-Tai Chao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Isolation ◽  
Spider Mite ◽  
Social Spider ◽  
Prezygotic Barriers

scholarly journals Silk threads function as an ‘adhesive cleaner’ for nest space in a social spider mite

2010 ◽  
Vol 278 (1712) ◽  
pp. 1653-1660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miki Kanazawa ◽  
Ken Sahara ◽  
Yutaka Saito
Keyword(s):  
Spider Mite ◽  
Natural Habitat ◽  
Nest Building ◽  
Social Spider ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
Cleaning Behaviour ◽  
Living Space ◽  
The Social ◽  
Nest Sanitation

Individuals of the social spider mite Stigmaeopsis longus live communally in narrow, humid nests made from silk threads and display nest sanitation behaviour through the coordinated deposition of faeces. We used artificial dust to experimentally determine that females of this species use silk threads to perform regular cleaning of the nest space and eggs. We first learned that silk-weaving behaviour is not a by-product of nest building (nest reinforcement); rather, it is actively performed as a function of cleaning the living space and eggs. Furthermore, we determined the effectiveness of the attending females by artificially manipulating their natural habitat, which is clearly connected to the cleaning behaviour by parental females. As such, we have uncovered an extraordinary new role of silk threads as devices for cleaning the nest space and/or eggs. These results strongly indicate that special adaptations for maintaining clean habitats are essential for animals to evolve aggregative social lives.

scholarly journals Incomplete premating and postmating reproductive barriers between two parapatric populations of a social spider mite

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukie Sato ◽  
Johannes A. J. Breeuwer ◽  
Martijn Egas ◽  
Maurice W. Sabelis
Keyword(s):  
Spider Mite ◽  
Reproductive Barriers ◽  
Social Spider
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