Bioluminescence and Communication in Insects

Lloyd, James E.

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“…Fengodídeos se alimentam de diplópodes (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) (Viviani & Bechara, 1997), encontrados principalmente no folhiço e em troncos em decomposição que ocorrem predominantemente em matas onde há abundância de madeira em decomposição, mas também em campos. Larvas de lampirídeos, por outro lado, são predadores de uma variada gama de espécies de gastrópodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) (Viviani 2001) Entre os fatores mais influentes, a iluminação artificial tem papel de destaque, pois é sabido que vagalumes dependem de sua bioluminescência para reprodução (Lloyd 1983), e sua atividade é afetada pelos níveis de iluminação ambiental (Lloyd 2006, Lall et al 2009). Embora neste trabalho não tenham sido realizados estudos estatísticos mais detalhados, percebe-se claramente que locais mais iluminados são mais pobres em espécies bioluminescentes.…”

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“…A bioluminescência nestas espécies é emitida por diferentes partes do corpo, na forma de diferentes padrões de sinalização e cores, para finalidades principalmente de reprodução e defesa (Lloyd 1983). Em vagalumes lampirídeos, machos e fêmeas se comunicam por padrões de sinalização característicos de cada espécie (Lloyd 1983). Elaterídeos e fengodídeos também podem utilizar a luminescência para reprodução embora os detalhes de sua comunicação ainda sejam pouco conhecidos (Bechara 1988, Lall et al 2009), podendo utilizar a luminescência para fins de defesa.…”

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Fauna de besouros bioluminescentes (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Lampyridae; Phengodidae, Elateridae) nos municípios de Campinas, Sorocaba-Votorantim e Rio Claro-Limeira (SP, Brasil): biodiversidade e influência da urbanização

2010

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beetles (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Lampyridae, Phengodidae, Elateridae) in the municipalities of Campinas, Sorocaba-Votorantim and Rio Claro-Limeira (SP, Brazil): biodiversity and influence of urban sprawl. Biota Neotrop. 10(2): http://www.biotaneotropica. org.br/v10n2/en/abstract?article+bn03010022010.Abstract: Brazil hosts the richest biodiversity of bioluminescent beetles in the world. However, no surveys on the regional biodiversity have been made. Furthermore, studies on the effect of urbanization on bioluminescent beetle's biodiversity are still missing. Such kind of studies could be especially helpful to select new night environment bioindicators. Bioluminescent species of the Elateroidea superfamily occurring in three large and expanding urban areas in São Paulo State: Campinas, Sorocaba-Votorantim and Rio Claro-Limeira municipalities, were catalogued. In Campinas, the occurrence of bioluminescent beetles in different sites has been monitored during the past 20 years. There were 26 species in Campinas, 21 in Sorocaba-Votorantim and 19 in Rio Claro-Limeira, occurring mainly in conserved remnants of Atlantic Rain-forest, secondary growths, marshes and open fields. Whereas fireflies (Lampyridae) are found in almost all habitats, click beetles (Elateridae) and railroadworms (Phengodidae) occur predominantly in woody environments. Urban sprawl has an evident impact on the biodiversity of this selected group of beetles, and special attention should be given to the effect of artificial night lighting in the occurrence of these beetles. The lampyrids Aspisoma lineatum Gyllenhal, 1817 (Lampyrinae: Cratomorphini) and Bicellonychia lividipennis Motschulsky 1854 (Photurinae) are the most common species in urbanized areas, whereas many other species of lampyrids, elaterids and phengodids are rarely found in such environments. These studies offer insights on the potential use of a selected group of luminescent beetles found in this region as nocturnal environment bioindicators. Resumo: O Brasil abriga a maior biodiversidade de besouros bioluminescentes do mundo. Apesar disto, levantamentos faunísticos regionais e estudos sobre o efeito da urbanização na biodiversidade de vaga-lumes são inexistentes. Este tipo de estudo pode ser especialmente importante para selecionar novos bioindicadores de ambientes noturnos. A biodiversidade de espécies bioluminescentes de Elateroidea em três grandes áreas urbanas no Estado de São Paulo: os municípios de Campinas, Sorocaba-Votorantim e Rio Claro-Limeira foi catalogada. Em Campinas, a ocorrência de espécies tem sido monitorada durante os últimos 20 anos. Foi registrada a ocorrência de 26 espécies em Campinas, 21 em Sorocaba e 19 em Rio Claro, sendo estas encontradas principalmente em áreas de Mata Atlântica, crescimentos secundários, brejos e campos. Apesar de vaga-lumes lampirídeos serem encontrados em todos os habitats, elaterídeos e fengodídeos ocorreram encontrados preferencialmente em áreas florestadas. A expansão urbana, em especial a iluminação artificial tem impacto evidente ...

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Fauna de besouros bioluminescentes (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Lampyridae; Phengodidae, Elateridae) nos municípios de Campinas, Sorocaba-Votorantim e Rio Claro-Limeira (SP, Brasil): biodiversidade e influência da urbanização

2010

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“…On the other hand, bioluminescent beetles are not used for such purposes yet, despite their unique capacity to produce light which may render them convenient bioindicators at night. Fireflies and other bioluminescent beetles, because depend on their bioluminescence for reproduction (Lloyd 1983, Lewis 2010) and other biological functions (De Cock 2009), may constitute sensitive indicators for investigating the impact of artificial illumination in the environment at night (Lloyd 2006, Viviani et al 2010.…”

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Bioluminescent Coleoptera of Biological Station of Boracéia (Salesópolis, SP, Brazil): diversity, bioluminescence and habitat distribution

Viviani

Santos

2012

Biota Neotrop.

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Brazil hosts the richest biodiversity of bioluminescent beetles in the world. Several species are found in the Atlantic rain forest, one of the richest and most threatened tropical forests in the world. We have catalogued the biodiversity of bioluminescent species mainly of Elateroidea superfamily occurring in one of the last largest and most preserved remnants of Atlantic rain forest, located at the Biological Station of Boracéia of São Paulo University (Salesopolis, SP, Brazil). This site accounted with the largest diversity ever found for a single place in São Paulo State, with 39 species: Lampyridae (30), Phengodidae (5), Elateridae (3) and Staphylinidae (1). This fauna has unique species that were not found in any other places of Atlantic forest in São Paulo state, especially fireflies from the Lampyrinae tribes (Cratomorphini, Lamprocerini, Lucidotini), the subfamilies Amydetinae and Photurinae, and the phengodids Pseudophengodes and Brasilocerus sp.2. Most species are found in dense Ombrophyl forest or at their border, and a few ones are found dwelling in the few open fields around the forest. There is a predominance of glowing patterns in the green region among forest inhabiting species when compared with open field fireflies.

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“…Two modes of acquisition of social information are usually distinguished: cues providing incident information, frequently as by-products of individual activities (Lloyd, 1983;Seeley, 1995), and signals that have been shaped specifically by natural selection to convey information. Whereas trails can be formed with pheromones originating from specialized exocrine glands devoted to communication (Billen and Morgan, 1998;Bradbury and Vehrencamp, 1998), trail formation can also result from the passive deposition of various materials on the substrate.…”

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Path selection in cockroaches

Jeanson

Deneubourg

2006

Journal of Experimental Biology

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SUMMARY In gregarious insects, the exploration and the use of the home range can involve both individual navigational abilities and/or chemical trails. Trail formation can result from an active laying of pheromones but can also derive from the incidental deposition of chemical cues. In this study, we investigated whether scent trails can influence path selection in the cockroach Blattella germanica (L.). Experiments were designed to separate the role of prior experience based on the orientation of the path and the presence of trails. In a first phase, cockroaches were able to access freely one or two branches of a platform during a 48 h period. In a second phase, cockroaches were offered a binary choice between one marked and one clean branch, or between two clean branches. In the absence of trails,cockroaches prefer the novel orientation but in the presence of a trail previously laid by the same group of individuals, they prefer the path with the trail, irrespective of orientation. However, cockroaches tended to avoid trails laid by a different group of cockroaches. Overall, our results indicate that both scent cues and response to novelty influence, weakly but significantly, path selection in cockroaches. The plausible nature of scent marks used by cockroaches is discussed. Our study suggests that the influence of incident trailing cues can be modulated by learning to support a flexible orientation strategy depending on individual experience.

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Bioluminescence and Communication in Insects

Cited by 141 publications

References 33 publications

Fauna de besouros bioluminescentes (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Lampyridae; Phengodidae, Elateridae) nos municípios de Campinas, Sorocaba-Votorantim e Rio Claro-Limeira (SP, Brasil): biodiversidade e influência da urbanização

Fauna de besouros bioluminescentes (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Lampyridae; Phengodidae, Elateridae) nos municípios de Campinas, Sorocaba-Votorantim e Rio Claro-Limeira (SP, Brasil): biodiversidade e influência da urbanização

Bioluminescent Coleoptera of Biological Station of Boracéia (Salesópolis, SP, Brazil): diversity, bioluminescence and habitat distribution

Path selection in cockroaches

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