Drumming of Four North American Euholognathan Stonefly Species, and a New Complex Signal Pattern in Nemoura spiniloba Jewett (Plecoptera: Nemouridae)

Stewart, Kenneth W.; Bottorff, Richard L.; Knight, Allen W.; Moring, J. Bruce

doi:10.1093/aesa/84.2.201

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“…Stewart et al . () reported on two Californian species of Capniidae that occur sympatrically in one stream and have overlapping adult emergence periods but do have similar Call signals. The authors propose that there must be another isolation mechanism such as different microhabitat preferences or communication by pheromones.…”

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Species-specific communication bars interspecific mating between syntopic species ofZwickniastoneflies (Plecoptera: Capniidae)

Boumans

Johnsen

2014

Biol J Linn Soc Lond

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Most Northern Hemisphere stoneflies have species-specific mating signals that are generally thought to constitute a barrier against interspecific mating. We tested this hypothesis in two species of the genus Zwicknia that have only very recently been recognised as distinct species, and that were found to occur together in a stream in Lower Saxony, Germany. Analyses of molecular markers COI and 28S in combination with wing length (distinguishing males of both species) and mating signals revealed no instance of hybridisation among 23 studied specimens. In addition, eleven further males identified on the basis of morphology alone all produced the expected species-specific signal. Females and males of both species were presented with played back conspecific and heterospecific signals and duetting sequences, and responded only to conspecific stimuli. This lends support to the hypothesis that the intersexual communication system functions as an important pre-mating barrier against gene flow, although post-mating isolation cannot be excluded. Interspecific mating did occur when a mixed pair was confined together in a small container. Males of both species were found to call in response to played back duetting sequences with stereotypic latencies that are clearly longer than the latencies in male-female duets. We interpret this as an indication of eavesdropping behaviour coupled with attempts to take over the perceived duet.

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Species-specific communication bars interspecific mating between syntopic species ofZwickniastoneflies (Plecoptera: Capniidae)

Boumans

Johnsen

2014

Biol J Linn Soc Lond

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“…The mating signals of only five species of Nemouridae, belonging to four genera ( Amphinemura Ris, 1902; Nemoura Latreille, 1796; Nemurella Kempny, 1898; and Soyedina Ricker, 1952) had been described until now (Gnatzy & Rupprecht ; Rupprecht , Stewart et al . , ; Luzón‐Ortega & Tierno de Figueroa ). In the present paper, the signals of some Protonemura species are described for the first time.…”

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“…The drumming calls of some European and North‐American species belonging to six genera of Capniidae have been studied: Allocapnia Claassen, 1928, Bolshecapnia Ricker, 1965, Capnia Pictet, 1841, Capnioneura Ris, 1905, Isocapnia Banks, 1938 and Mesocapnia Raušer, 1968 (Rupprecht , ; Stewart & Zeigler ; Stewart et al . ; Stewart & Maketon ; Abbott & Stewart ; Tierno de Figueroa et al . , ).…”

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“…Nevertheless the drumming signals of only five species have been described: Nemurella pictetii Klapálek, 1900 (Gnatzy & Rupprecht ), Amphinemura sulcicollis (Stephens, 1836) (Rupprecht ), Nemoura spiniloba Jewett, 1954 (Stewart et al . ), Soyedina carolinensis Claaassen, 1923 (Stewart et al . ) and Nemoura fulviceps Klapálek, 1902 (Luzón‐Ortega & Tierno de Figueroa ).…”

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“…Of the five species, the first three have derived signal characteristics and the last two have retained a near‐ancestral pattern, but are considerably different between them (Stewart et al . , ; Luzón‐Ortega & Tierno de Figueroa ), which suggests that Nemouridae drumming signals have higher signal‐type diversity than other Nemouroidea (Stewart et al . ; Luzón‐Ortega & Tierno de Figueroa ).…”

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First record of the drumming signals of stoneflies Capnopsis Morton, 1896 and Protonemura Kempny, 1898 genera (Plecoptera, Capniidae and Nemouridae)

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Luzón-Ortega²,

López‐Rodríguez

2013

Entomological Science

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The male drumming signal of Capnopsis schilleri is studied for the first time. It is a monophasic call composed of 4–8 beats with a decreasing frequency. In the present paper, the drumming signals of some Protonemura species are also recorded and described for the first time both in males (Protonemura alcazaba, Protonemura meyeri and Protonemura navacerrada) and females (P. meyeri, P. navacerrada and Protonemura pyrenaica). The male call is very homogeneous in all the studied species and they consist of a repetition of 2–11 sequences of 6–31 beats, with an inter‐beat interval ranging from 0.034 to 0.088 s. The females have monophasic long signals consisting of a repetition of 5 to 109 beats with an inter‐beat interval of 0.061 to 0.159 s. It is extraordinary that females produced signals when males were absent, and so the female signal can be also considered as a call and not only an answer, as usually pointed out in stoneflies.

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Stonefly duets: vibrational sexual mimicry can explain complex patterns

Boumans

Johnsen

2015

J Ethol

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Drumming of Four North American Euholognathan Stonefly Species, and a New Complex Signal Pattern in Nemoura spiniloba Jewett (Plecoptera: Nemouridae)

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Species-specific communication bars interspecific mating between syntopic species ofZwickniastoneflies (Plecoptera: Capniidae)

Species-specific communication bars interspecific mating between syntopic species ofZwickniastoneflies (Plecoptera: Capniidae)

First record of the drumming signals of stoneflies Capnopsis Morton, 1896 and Protonemura Kempny, 1898 genera (Plecoptera, Capniidae and Nemouridae)

Stonefly duets: vibrational sexual mimicry can explain complex patterns

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