Flight Performance of the Orange Wheat Blossom Midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

Hao, Yulan; Jin, Miao; Wu, Yuqing; Jiang, Yi; Duan, Yun; Li, Tong; Cheng, Weining; Cui, Jianxin

doi:10.1603/ec13218

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“…2013 ). At 16°C, 1-d-old adult female S. mosellana Gehin (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) flew an average of 0.74 km within 24 h with an average speed of 0.16 m/s; while at 24°C they flew on average only 0.28 km within 24 h with an average speed of 0.13 m/s ( Hao et al . 2013 ).…”

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Flight Capacity ofBactrocera dorsalis(Diptera: Tephritidae) Adult Females Based on Flight Mill Studies and Flight Muscle Ultrastructure

Chen

et al. 2015

J Insect Sci

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The oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is considered a major economic threat in many regions worldwide. To better comprehend flight capacity of B. dorsalis and its physiological basis, a computer-monitored flight mill was used to study flight capacity of B. dorsalis adult females of various ages, and the changes of its flight muscle ultrastructures were studied by transmission electron microscopy. The flight capacity (both speed and distance) changed significantly with age of B. dorsalis female adults, peaking at about 15 d; the myofibril diameter of the flight muscle of test insects at 15-d old was the longest, up to 1.56 µm, the sarcomere length at 15-d old was the shortest, averaging at 1.37 µm, volume content of mitochondria of flight muscle at 15-d old reached the peak, it was 32.64%. This study provides the important scientific data for better revealing long-distance movement mechanism of B. dorsalis.

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“…To better understand the flight capacity of B. dorsalis , we tested average flight speed and flight distance of B. dorsalis adult females of various ages on a computer-monitored flight mill, which can provide useful information on the flight capacity of insects ( Cui et al . 2013 , Hao et al . 2013 ).…”

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Flight Capacity ofBactrocera dorsalis(Diptera: Tephritidae) Adult Females Based on Flight Mill Studies and Flight Muscle Ultrastructure

Chen

et al. 2015

J Insect Sci

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“…It is expected that some traits such as body size and high resource specialisation are the key factors, which result in a more pronounced negative response to spatial scale (Tscharntke & Brandl, 2004). Therefore, it is possible that small host-plant specialist gall midges (Carneiro et al, 2009), with relatively short active dispersal ranges from 1-7 m for Rhopalomyia californica to 500 m for Sitodiplosis mosellana (Briggs & Latto, 2000;Hao et al, 2013), could be negatively affected by increasing habitat fragmentation. A study on vertical zonation in North western Switzerland indicated that females of M. fagi were capable of fl ying up to the canopy (> 30 m) for oviposition (Kampichler & Teschner, 2002), but greater fl ight distances have not been recorded for this species.…”

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Urbanisation and forest size affect the infestation rates of plant-galling arthropods and damage by herbivorous insects

Meyer¹,

Rusterholz²,

Baur³

2020

Eur. J. Entomol.

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http://www.eje.cz in butterfl ies (Di Mauro et al., 2007). Martinson & Raupp (2013) reported a decrease in species richness in carabid beetles, particularly in large, predatory and poor dispersing species and those that have strict habitat requirements. However, in the same meta-analysis, Martinson & Raupp (2013) reported an overall neutral effect of urbanisation on coleopteran herbivores, but a negative effect on the tiny herbivores in this insect order. In contrast, several studies showed that urbanisation increased the abundances and infestation rates of herbivorous arthropods (Christie & Hochuli, 2005; Raupp et al., 2010). A major aspect of urbanisation is the fragmentation of natural and semi-natural habitats (Marzluff et al., 2008; Raupp et al., 2010). Some meta-analyses reveal an overall lower level of damage by herbivorous insects in fragments (Martinson & Fagan, 2014), whereas others reported a neutral effect on overall herbivory (Rossetti et al. 2017). Fragmented forests also seem to be subjected to more pronounced edge effects than other semi-natural habitats (Marzluff et al., 2008; Dale & Frank 2014). This assumption was confi rmed by several studies, which reported both a higher abundance and species richness of herbivorous arthropods and thus a higher extent of leaf damage in forest edges than in the forest interior (Christie & Hochuli, 2005; Guimarães et al., 2014).

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“…A silica capillary builds the arm where individuals of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) are attached. Magnetic floating or magnetic sustenance is commonly used to build flight mills [ 14 , 19 , 20 ].…”

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Design of a Computerised Flight Mill Device to Measure the Flight Potential of Different Insects

Campoy

Avalos

Soto

et al. 2016

Sensors

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Several insect species pose a serious threat to different plant species, sometimes becoming a pest that produces significant damage to the landscape, biodiversity, and/or the economy. This is the case of Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae), Semanotus laurasii Lucas (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), and Monochamus galloprovincialis Olivier (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), which have become serious threats to ornamental and productive trees all over the world such as palm trees, cypresses, and pines. Knowledge about their flight potential is very important for designing and applying measures targeted to reduce the negative effects from these pests. Studying the flight capability and behaviour of some insects is difficult due to their small size and the large area wherein they can fly, so we wondered how we could obtain information about their flight capabilities in a controlled environment. The answer came with the design of flight mills. Relevant data about the flight potential of these insects may be recorded and analysed by means of a flight mill. Once an insect is attached to the flight mill, it is able to fly in a circular direction without hitting walls or objects. By adding sensors to the flight mill, it is possible to record the number of revolutions and flight time. This paper presents a full description of a computer monitored flight mill. The description covers both the mechanical and the electronic parts in detail. The mill was designed to easily adapt to the anatomy of different insects and was successfully tested with individuals from three species R. ferrugineus, S. laurasii, and M. galloprovincialis.

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Flight Performance of the Orange Wheat Blossom Midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)

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Flight Capacity ofBactrocera dorsalis(Diptera: Tephritidae) Adult Females Based on Flight Mill Studies and Flight Muscle Ultrastructure

Flight Capacity ofBactrocera dorsalis(Diptera: Tephritidae) Adult Females Based on Flight Mill Studies and Flight Muscle Ultrastructure

Urbanisation and forest size affect the infestation rates of plant-galling arthropods and damage by herbivorous insects

Design of a Computerised Flight Mill Device to Measure the Flight Potential of Different Insects

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