Mating Behaviour and Vibratory Signals in Whiteflies (Hemiptera

Phylogenetic Biology of the Bemisia tabaci Sibling Species Group

“…(Fig. 2.6) Delatte et al 2005;Sserwuwagi et al 2005), (9) insecticide resistance (Abdullah et al 2006;Anthony et al 1995;Dittrich et al 1990;Morin et al 2002;see Castle et al Chapter 16), and (10) discontinuous gene flow Byrne et al 1995;Caballero 2007;Caballero and Brown 2008;Caballero et al 2001;Costa et al 1993;De Barro and Hart 2000;Hadjistylli 2003;Kanmiya 2006;Liu et al 2007;Perring et al 1993;Perring and Symmes 2006;Pascual and Callèjas 2004;Ronda et al 2000).…”

Systematics of Bemisia and Bemisia Relatives: Can Molecular Techniques Solve the Bemisia tabaci Complex Conundrum – A Taxonomist’s Viewpoint

“…Secondly, virus transmissions by these two populations seem to be different since the B biotype apparently does not transmit closteroviruses as well as the A biotype, probably for the same reasons (see Gill 1992). Thirdly, Kanmiya (2006) has found significant differences in the acoustic male mating sounds between local populations of tabaci and the introduced B populations in Japan. Whatever the situation is, the mtCO1 work by Brown ( Fig.…”

Life History, Functional Anatomy, Feeding and Mating Behavior

“…The functionality of many of these behaviors is unknown. However, Kanmiya (2006) presented evidence of distinct courtship vibratory signals that differ among whitefly species and among B. tabaci biotypes. He noted that these signals were clearly linked to abdominal undulations in T. vaporariorum and suggested that other behaviors like antennal drumming, body pushing, and wing flicks also may be involved in auditory communication between males and females.…”

“…However, it is clear that whiteflies participate in a series of complex and elaborate behaviors in selecting, courting, and copulating with the opposite sex of their own species or biotype. Our present knowledge comes primarily from studies on the greenhouse whitefly, T. vaporariorum (Las 1979;Ahman and Ekbom 1981;Li and Maschwitz 1985;Kanmiya 1996Kanmiya , 2006 and research conducted on B. tabaci, biotype A, (Li et al 1989), biotype B (= Bemisia argentifolii) (Perring and Symmes 2006), a biotype native to China referred as ZHJ1 and interactions between biotypes B and ZHJ1 ). Perring and Symmes (2006) observed that duration of antennal drumming, synchronous abdominal undulations, and body angle between males and females during copulation of biotype B were similar to biotype A and to T. vaporariorum.…”