Oosorption and migratory strategy of the milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus

Attisano, Alfredo; Tregenza, Tom; Moore, Allen J.; Moore, Patricia J.

doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.07.013

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“…A number of species in temperate areas, including Lygaeus equestris (L.) and L. simulans Deckert, show reproductive diapause and migratory capabilities affected by temperature and photoperiod (Solbreck 1979 ;Dingle et al 1980 ). These adaptations allow them to avoid or survive low temperatures during the winter months, as well as to migrate by following seasonal patterns and host plant abundance (Dingle et al 1980 ;Attisano et al 2013 ).…”

Section: Life History Ecology and Economic Importancementioning

confidence: 99%

The Big-Eyed Bugs, Chinch Bugs, and Seed Bugs (Lygaeoidea)

Henry

Dellapé

Paula

2015

Entomology in Focus

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The Lygaeoidea, representing the second largest superfamily in the infraorder Pentatomomorpha, are one of the most diverse groups of Heteroptera with about 700 genera and more than 4,200 species in the world. In the Neotropics, about 184 genera and 836 species are included in 12 of the world's 16 families. For each family, we provide a diagnosis; an overview of the classifi cation; information on the general life history, ecology, and economic importance; and comprehensive keys to subfamilies, tribes, and genera for the Neotropical Region, including Mexico, Central and South America, and the West Indies.

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Section: Life History Ecology and Economic Importancementioning

confidence: 99%

The Big-Eyed Bugs, Chinch Bugs, and Seed Bugs (Lygaeoidea)

Henry

Dellapé

Paula

2015

Entomology in Focus

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“…; see also Attisano et al. ). Migration in L. equestris involves moving to overwintering sites, such as buildings or natural rock formations, rather than south to warmer climates (Solbreck ; Solbreck et al.…”

Section: Phylogenetic Status and Basic Biologymentioning

confidence: 85%

“…A number of species in temperate areas, including Lygaeus equestris and the closely related species L. simulans, show reproductive diapause (i.e., diapause as adults) and migratory capabilities triggered by temperature and photoperiod (Solbreck 1979;Dingle et al 1980a;Solbreck and Sillen-Tullberg 1981). These are thought to be adaptations to allow them to avoid or survive low temperatures during the winter months, as well as to migrate to follow seasonal patterns in host plant abundance (Dingle et al 1980a; see also Attisano et al 2013). Migration in L. equestris involves moving to overwintering sites, such as buildings or natural rock formations, rather than south to warmer climates (Solbreck 1976;Sillen-Tullberg and Solbreck 1990).…”

Section: Diapausementioning

confidence: 99%

The evolutionary ecology of the Lygaeidae

Burdfield‐Steel

Shuker

2014

Ecology and Evolution

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The Lygaeidae (sensu lato) are a highly successful family of true bugs found worldwide, yet many aspects of their ecology and evolution remain obscure or unknown. While a few species have attracted considerable attention as model species for the study of insect physiology, it is only relatively recently that biologists have begun to explore aspects of their behavior, life history evolution, and patterns of intra- and interspecific ecological interactions across more species. As a result though, a range of new phenotypes and opportunities for addressing current questions in evolutionary ecology has been uncovered. For example, researchers have revealed hitherto unexpectedly rich patterns of bacterial symbiosis, begun to explore the evolutionary function of the family's complex genitalia, and also found evidence of parthenogenesis. Here we review our current understanding of the biology and ecology of the group as a whole, focusing on several of the best-studied characteristics of the group, including aposematism (i.e., the evolution of warning coloration), chemical communication, sexual selection (especially, postcopulatory sexual selection), sexual conflict, and patterns of host-endosymbiont coevolution. Importantly, many of these aspects of lygaeid biology are likely to interact, offering new avenues for research, for instance into how the evolution of aposematism influences sexual selection. With the growing availability of genomic tools for previously “non-model” organisms, combined with the relative ease of keeping many of the polyphagous species in the laboratory, we argue that these bugs offer many opportunities for behavioral and evolutionary ecologists.

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“…Both body mass and wing length have been shown to predict flight activity in several flight mill studies (e.g. Gunn & Gatehouse, 1993;Attisano et al, 2013;Lopez et al, 2014). In a less obvious relationship between flight and a morphological characteristic, wing colour is associated with flight performance in monarch butterflies, with individuals presenting darker orange wings (approaching red) flying longer than those with a lighter orange pigment (Davis et al, 2012).…”

Section: Insect Morphology and Migratory Flightmentioning

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The tethered flight technique as a tool for studying life‐history strategies associated with migration in insects

Minter

Pearson

Lim

et al. 2018

Ecological Entomology

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1. Every year billions of insects engage in long‐distance, seasonal mass migrations which have major consequences for agriculture, ecosystem services and insect‐vectored diseases. Tracking this movement in the field is difficult, with mass migrations often occurring at high altitudes and over large spatial scales.2. As such, tethered flight provides a valuable tool for studying the flight behaviour of insects, giving insights into flight propensity (e.g. distance, duration and velocity) and orientation under controlled laboratory settings. By experimentally manipulating a variety of environmental and physiological traits, numerous studies have used this technology to study the flight behaviour of migratory insects ranging in size from aphids to butterflies. Advances in functional genomics promise to extend this to the identification of genetic factors associated with flight. Tethered flight techniques have been used to study migratory flight characteristics in insects for more than 50 years, but have never been reviewed.3. This study summarises the key findings of this technology, which has been employed in studies of species from six Orders. By providing detailed descriptions of the tethered flight systems, the present study also aims to further the understanding of how tethered flight studies support field observations, the situations under which the technology is useful and how it might be used in future studies.4. The aim is to contextualise the available tethered flight studies within the broader knowledge of insect migration and to describe the significant contribution these systems have made to the literature.

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Oosorption and migratory strategy of the milkweed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus

Cited by 25 publications

References 60 publications

The Big-Eyed Bugs, Chinch Bugs, and Seed Bugs (Lygaeoidea)

The Big-Eyed Bugs, Chinch Bugs, and Seed Bugs (Lygaeoidea)

The evolutionary ecology of the Lygaeidae

The tethered flight technique as a tool for studying life‐history strategies associated with migration in insects

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