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Visual and olfactory cues for mate orientation behaviour in male white-spotted longicorn beetle, Anoplophora malasiaca.

Authors :
Fukaya, Midori
Akino, Toshihaw
Yasuda, Tetsuya
Yasui, Hiroe
Wakamura, Sadao
Source :
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. May2004, Vol. 111 Issue 2, p111-115. 5p.
Publication Year :
2004

Abstract

Olfactory and visual cues were shown to mediate short-distance orientation in Anoplophora malasiaca (Thomson) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). In a laboratory test, more than 80% (n = 42) of males walked straight upward when presented with an untreated surface with a 75° slope. When a freshly killed female was fixed at a short distance (10 cm ahead and 5 cm to left/right) from the starting point, 50% of males (n = 30) were oriented toward the female before direct contact. Similar behavioural responses were observed when female extract was directly applied to the slope or to a glass rod model fixed on the slope. When black, white, and transparent coloured rods with the extract were presented, the orientation response was significantly greater for black than to white and transparent rods, to which only a negligible response was observed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00138703
Volume :
111
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
12930113
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0013-8703.2004.00147.x