Host Larval Body Odours AID Host Location Of Apanteles Machaeralis, A Braconid Larval Endoparasitoid of Cucumber Moth Diaphania Indica

2021 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-320
Author(s):  
U Venugopal ◽  
P D Kamala Jayanthi ◽  
P Saravan Kumar ◽  
K S Jagadeesh ◽  
K Murali Mohan
Keyword(s):  
Host Location ◽  
Larval Body ◽  
Diaphania Indica

Physiology of Larval Feeding

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Growth And Development ◽  
Marine Invertebrate ◽  
Larval Growth ◽  
Circulatory System ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Larval Feeding ◽  
Digestive Physiology ◽  
Larval Body ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Invertebrate Larvae

The functional properties of marine invertebrate larvae represent the sum of the physiological activities of the individual, the interdependence among cells making up the whole, and the correct positioning of cells within the larval body. This chapter examines physiological aspects of nutrient acquisition, digestion, assimilation, and distribution within invertebrate larvae from an organismic and comparative perspective. Growth and development of larvae obviously require the acquisition of “food.” Yet the mechanisms where particulate or dissolved organic materials are converted into biomass and promote development of larvae differ and are variably known among groups. Differences in the physiology of the digestive system (secreted enzymes, gut transit time, and assimilation) within and among feeding larvae suggest the possibility of an underappreciated plasticity of digestive physiology. How the ingestion of seawater by and the existence of a circulatory system within larvae contribute to larval growth and development represent important topics for future research.

Larval morphology predicts geographical dispersal range of Eastern Pacific eels

2019 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine E Dale ◽  
M Timothy Tinker ◽  
Rita S Mehta
Keyword(s):  
Body Shape ◽  
Phylogenetic Signal ◽  
Morphological Diversity ◽  
Marine Species ◽  
Eastern Pacific ◽  
Geographical Range ◽  
Larval Body ◽  
Adult Morphology ◽  
Adult Habitat ◽  
Eggs And Larvae

Abstract The geographical range of many marine species is strongly influenced by the dispersal potential of propagules such as eggs and larvae. Here, we investigate morphological diversity and the effect of body shape on geographical range of leptocephali, the unique, laterally compressed larvae of eels (order Anguilliformes). We used phylogenetically informed analyses to examine the morphological variation of larvae for 17 Eastern Pacific eel species from three adult habitats. We also investigated whether morphological traits of leptocephali could predict larval latitudinal range, hypothesizing that body shape may influence passive dispersal via currents. We found that no two species shared the same multivariate growth trajectories, with the size and scaling of pectoral fin length and snout-to-anus length being particularly variable. Larvae with longer relative predorsal and snout-to-anus lengths at median sizes exhibited wider larval geographical ranges. Body aspect ratio and maximum body length at metamorphosis, two traits we hypothesized to be important for passive transport, were not significant predictors of maximal larval range. We discovered an increase in phylogenetic signal over larval development as eels approach metamorphosis, potentially due to similar selective pressures between related species (such as juvenile habitat or adult morphology). Lastly, we conclude that larval body shape is probably influenced by adult habitat and adult morphology.

Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles Can Serve as Host Location Cues for a Generalist and a Specialist Egg Parasitoid

2011 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 1304-1313 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. F. G. V. Peñaflor ◽  
M. Erb ◽  
L. A. Miranda ◽  
A. G. Werneburg ◽  
J. M. S. Bento
Keyword(s):  
Plant Volatiles ◽  
Host Location ◽  
Egg Parasitoid ◽  
Induced Plant Volatiles ◽  
Herbivore Induced Plant Volatiles

scholarly journals Influence of temperature on the larval development of the edible crab, Cancer pagurus

2009 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 753-759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Weiss ◽  
Sven Thatje ◽  
Olaf Heilmayer ◽  
Klaus Anger ◽  
Thomas Brey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Larval Development ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Citrate Synthase ◽  
C:N Ratio ◽  
Intraspecific Variability ◽  
Larval Body ◽  
Influence Of Temperature ◽  
Cancer Pagurus ◽  
Influence Of Temperature On

The influence of temperature on larval survival and development was studied in the edible crab, Cancer pagurus, from a population off the island of Helgoland, North Sea. In rearing experiments conducted at six different temperatures (6°, 10°, 14°, 15°, 18° and 24°C), zoeal development was only completed at 14° and 15°C. Instar duration of the Zoea I was negatively correlated with temperature. A model relating larval body mass to temperature and developmental time suggests that successful larval development is possible within a narrow temperature range (14° ± 3°C) only. This temperature optimum coincides with the highest citrate synthase activity found at 14°C. A comparison for intraspecific variability among freshly hatched zoeae from different females (CW 13–17 cm, N = 8) revealed that both body mass and elemental composition varied significantly. Initial larval dry weight ranged from 12.1 to 17.9 μg/individual, the carbon content from 4.6 to 5.8 μg/individual, nitrogen from 1.1 to 1.3 μg/individual, and the C:N ratio from 4.1 to 4.4. A narrow larval temperature tolerance range of C. pagurus as well as the indication of intraspecific variability in female energy allocation into eggs may indicate a potential vulnerability of this species to climate change. Large-scale studies on the ecological and physiological resilience potential of this commercially fished predator are needed.

scholarly journals Oviposition‐induced plant cues: do they arrest Trichogramma wasps during host location?

2005 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina E. Fatouros ◽  
Gabriella Bukovinszkine’Kiss ◽  
Lucas A. Kalkers ◽  
Roxina Soler Gamborena ◽  
Marcel Dicke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Host Location

scholarly journals Multiple actins in drosophila melanogaster

1979 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
SJ Horovitch ◽  
RV Storti ◽  
A Rich ◽  
ML Pardue
Keyword(s):  
Body Wall ◽  
Flight Muscle ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Major Product ◽  
The Other ◽  
Stable Form ◽  
Larval Body ◽  
Drosophila Cell ◽  
Muscle Tissues ◽  
Adult Abdomen

The tissue and developmental specificities of the three Drosophila isoactins, originally identified in primary myogenic cultures and in the permanent Schneider L-2 cell line, have been investigated. Of these three isoactins (I, II, and III), actins I and II are stable and actin III is unstable. Two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic analyses of total cellular extracts after 1-h [(35)S]methionine pulses were performed on a large variety of embryonic, larval, and adult muscle and nonmuscle tissues. The results suggest that isoactins II and III are generalized cellular actins found in all drosophila cell types. Actin I, on the other hand, is muscle-associated and is found exclusively in supercontractile muscle (such as larval body wall and larval and adult viscera) including primary myogenic cell cultures. Although actin I synthesis is not detectable during very early embryogenesis, it is detectable by 25 h and actin I is a major stable actin in all larval muscle tissues. Actin I is synthesized in reduced amounts relative to the other actins in late third instar larvae but is again a major product of actin synthesis in the adult abdomen. A stable actin species with the same pI as actin III has been identified in the adult thorax and appears to be unique to flight muscle tissue. This new stable form of thoracic actin may be the result of a stabilization of the actin III found in other tissues or may be an entirely separate gene product.

Hydrodynamics and behaviour of Simuliidae larvae (Diptera)

1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (6) ◽  
pp. 1295-1309 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. M. Chance ◽  
D. A. Craig
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Lower Boundary ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Other ◽  
Avoidance Reaction ◽  
Larval Body ◽  
Video Recordings ◽  
Von Karman ◽  
Von Kármán ◽  
Lower Boundary Layer

Detailed water flow around larvae of Simulium vittatum Zett. (sibling IS-7) was investigated using flow tanks, aluminium flakes, pigment, still photography, cinematography, and video recordings. Angle of deflection of a larva from the vertical has a hyperbolic relationship to water velocity. Velocity profiles around larvae show that the body is in the boundary layer. Frontal area of the body decreases as velocity increases. Disturbed larvae exhibit "avoidance reaction" and pull the body into the lower boundary layer. Longitudinal twisting and yawing of the larval body places one labral fan closer to the substrate, the other near the top of the boundary layer. Models and live larvae were used to demonstrate the basic hydrodynamic phenomenon of downstream paired vortices. Body shape and feeding stance result in one of the vortices remaining in the lower boundary layer. The other rises up the downstream side of the body, passes through the lower fan, then forms a von Karman trail of detaching vortices. This vortex entrains particulate matter from the substrate, which larvae then filter. Discharge of water into this upper vortex remains constant at various velocities and only water between the substrate and top of the posterior abdomen is incorporated into it. The upper fan filters water only from the top of the boundary layer. Formation of vortices probably influences larval microdistribution and filter feeding. Larvae positioned side by side across the flow mutually influence flow between them, thus enhancing feeding. Larvae downstream of one another may use information from the von Karman trail of vortices to position themselves advantageously.

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