Patterns of variation in the acoustic calling signals of Chloriona planthoppers (Homoptera: Delphacidae) coexisting on the common reed Phragmites australis

Gillham, Malcolm C.; Vrijer, P.W.F. de

doi:10.1016/0024-4066(95)90020-9

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“…In leafhoppers and planthoppers, female signals usually consist of a series of single pulses (clicks) that are easily distinguished from male vibrational signals (e.g. Claridge, 1985a,b; de Vrijer, 1986; Heady et al , 1986; Gillham & de Vrijer, 1995; Nuhardiyati & Bailey, 2005). In S. titanus , the female signal has no sex-specific characteristics and, in the absence of any time pattern, on its own probably also carries only minimal species-specific information.…”

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Reproductive strategy of the Nearctic leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus Ball (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

Mazzoni

Prešern

Lucchi

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Bull. Entomol. Res.

116

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Mating behaviour of Scaphoideus titanus Ball, the vector of the grapevine disease Flavescence dorée, was investigated in order to determine the role of substrate-borne vibrational signals in intra-specific communication and pair formation. Vibrational signals were recorded from grapevine leaves with a laser vibrometer. Signalling activity of single males changed throughout the day and the peak in activity was associated with twilight and early night when 'call and fly' behaviour was observed. Pair formation began with the spontaneous emission of male signals. The male calling signal consisted of a single series of pulses, partially accompanied with a 'rumble'. The male courtship phrase consisted of four consecutive sections characterized by two sound elements, pulse and 'buzz'. Female vibrational signals were emitted only in response to male signals. The female response was a single pulse that closely resembled male pulses and was inserted between pulses within the male signals. All recorded vibrational signals of S. titanus have a dominant frequency below 900 Hz. A unique feature of vibrational communication in S. titanus is well-developed intrasexual competition; males may use alternative tactics, in the form of disturbance signals, or silently approach duetting females (satellite behaviour). While the male-female duet appears to be essential for successful localization of females and copulation, it is also vulnerable to, and easily disrupted by, alternative tactics like masking.

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Reproductive strategy of the Nearctic leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus Ball (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

Mazzoni

Prešern

Lucchi

et al. 2008

Bull. Entomol. Res.

116

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“…Acoustic mate recognition systems in insects are typically species and gender specific (Gillham and de Vrijer 1995;Stumpner and Meyer 2001;Bailey 2003) and selection on these signals may differ at different levels of inter-and intraspecific interaction due to variability in songs and preferences (Shaw and Herlihy 2000). In addition, behavioural characters are often considered fast evolving and therefore likely to play a role in the early divergence of taxa (Henry 1985;Irwin 2000;Shaw and Parsons 2002;Martins et al 2004), and a growing number of morphologically cryptic animal taxa identified by their acoustic signals supports a role for acoustics in incipient and early speciation processes (Jones and van Parijs 1993;Henry 1994;Otte 1992; Kingston and Rossiter 2004).…”

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Psyllid communication: acoustic diversity, mate recognition and phylogenetic signal

Percy

Taylor

Kennedy

2006

Invert. Systematics

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Acoustic signals play an important role in mate selection and speciation in diverse groups of insects. We report reciprocal acoustic mate signalling, often as highly synchronised duetting, for several species of psyllid (Hemiptera : Psylloidea). We reveal that considerable acoustic diversity is present in Australian psyllids belonging to the family Triozidae. The acoustic signals are species and gender specific. Our acoustic analysis and observations suggest that acoustic signals are important in both species recognition and mate selection in psyllids. We found a significant level of phylogenetic signal in the acoustic data when we compared divergence in genetic data (obtained from mitochondrial DNA sequences of the small subunit rRNA) with divergence in acoustic signals in two groups of Australian psyllids. Phylogenetic reconstruction based on DNA sequence data supports the monophyly of the Eucalyptus-feeding genus Schedotrioza Tuthill & Taylor, 1955, whereas a diverse but little known group on Casuarinaceae hosts appears to be paraphyletic. These two psyllid groups also differ in amounts of geographical and ecological sympatry. We found a significant positive correlation between acoustic distance and genetic distance using pairwise comparisons for all taxa, but the trends within the two groups differ due to a negative association between acoustic and genetic divergence among the sympatric taxa. Phylogenetic information in acoustic data may be greatest in recently speciating and allopatric groups because of increased acoustic divergence in sympatric taxa and greater acoustic convergence in more distantly related species.

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“…Hence, speciation might have resulted from a shift to a new host plant, after which further acoustic differentiation took place. However, in some groups of planthoppers like Nilaparvata , Prokelisia (Heady and Denno 1991) and Chloriona (Gillham and De Vrijer 1995) acoustic differentiation and speciation have apparently taken place without a previous host plant shift. The process of speciation in planthoppers is therefore viewed as an undirected change of the acoustic mate recognition system in small isolated populations, up to the point where signals of other populations are no longer recognized.…”

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Genetic control and evolution of acoustic signals in planthoppers (Homoptera: Delphacidae)

Winter

1995

Population Ecology

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Acoustic signals are part of the specific mate recognition system of planthoppers. The genetic control of acoustic signal characters was studied in the planthopper Ribautodelphax imitans.Artificial selection for interpulse interval in the female call revealed a large additive genetic component for this polygenic character. Other female call characters showed a correlated response. Some male call characters also appeared to be genetically correlated with the female character selected for, despite the rather different structure of male and female calls. Parent-offspring regression provided significant heritability estimates for those male call characters that also responded to artificial selection in the female call, one of which appeared to be influenced by sex-linked genes. It is argued that the differentiation of this mate recognition system in planthopper populations and species could be the result of founder effects, enabled by the genetic plasticity of the call characters and the existence of a wing length dimorphism in these animals.

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Patterns of variation in the acoustic calling signals of Chloriona planthoppers (Homoptera: Delphacidae) coexisting on the common reed Phragmites australis

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Reproductive strategy of the Nearctic leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus Ball (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

Reproductive strategy of the Nearctic leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus Ball (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

Psyllid communication: acoustic diversity, mate recognition and phylogenetic signal

Genetic control and evolution of acoustic signals in planthoppers (Homoptera: Delphacidae)

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