Protandry and female size-fecundity variation in the tropical butterfly Brassolis sophorae

Carvalho, Martinho C.; Queiroz, Paula C. D.; Ruszczyk, Alexandre

doi:10.1007/s004420050567

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“…Carvalho et al 1998, Šmits et al 2001, Jervis et al 2005. Indeed, also within Geometridae we can find synovigenic, while largely capital breeding species ).…”

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An ordination of life histories using morphological proxies: capital vs. income breeding in insects

Davis

Javoiš

Kaasik

et al. 2016

Ecology

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Predictive classifications of life histories are essential for evolutionary ecology. While attempts to apply a single approach to all organisms may be overambitious, recent advances suggest that more narrow ordination schemes can be useful. However, these schemes mostly lack easily observable proxies of the position of a species on respective axes. It has been proposed that, in insects, the degree of capital (vs. income) breeding, reflecting the importance of adult feeding for reproduction, correlates with various ecological traits at the level of among-species comparison. We sought to prove these ideas via rigorous phylogenetic comparative analyses. We used experimentally derived life-history data for 57 species of European Geometridae (Lepidoptera), and an original phylogenetic reconstruction. The degree of capital breeding was estimated based on morphological proxies, including relative abdomen size of females. Applying Brownian-motion-based comparative analyses (with an original update to include error estimates), we demonstrated the associations between the degree of capital breeding and larval diet breadth, sexual size dimorphism, and reproductive season. Ornstein-Uhlenbeck model based phylogenetic analysis suggested a causal relationship between the degree of capital breeding and diet breadth. Our study indicates that the gradation from capital to income breeding is an informative axis to ordinate life-history strategies in flying insects which are affected by the fecundity vs. mobility trade off, with the availability of easy to record proxies contributing to its predictive power in practical contexts.

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“…Carvalho et al 1998, Šmits et al 2001, Jervis et al 2005. Indeed, also within Geometridae we can find synovigenic, while largely capital breeding species ).…”

Section: Accepted Articlementioning

confidence: 93%

An ordination of life histories using morphological proxies: capital vs. income breeding in insects

Davis

Javoiš

Kaasik

et al. 2016

Ecology

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“…However, for any given male, the emergence time that maximizes his contribution to the next generation may depend on the timing and pattern of emergence of other males in the population (Iwasa et al, 1983;Parker and Courtney 1983;Thornhill and Alcock 1983;Zonneveld 1996). Because evaluating the lifetime number of offspring sired by males is time consuming or diffi cult, empirical studies use correlates of male reproductive success such as access to females or opportunities to mate (Botterweg 1982;Michener 1983;Parker and Courtney 1983;Elgar and Pierce 1988;Hastings 1989;Wang et al, 1990;Zonneveld 1992;Wiklund et al, 1996;Carvalho et al, 1998), mating success (Wiklund and Fagerstrom 1977). Diel periodicities of adult emergence for three species of Chironomidae and one Caenidae from a Perth wetland were recorded during spring and summer.…”

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Emergence periodicity of Phlebotomus argentipes annandale and brunetti (Diptera: psychodidae): A laboratory study

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Phlebotomus argentipes Annandale and Brunetti (Diptera : Psychodidae) is the vector for visceral leishmaniasis in India. The aspects of its biology such as feeding and man vector contact are associated with emergence periodicity of the adult. Hence, the present study was made to fi nd out the actual emergence period of P. argentipes. Wild caught P. argentipes were confi ned in the rearing pots inside laboratory. The newly emerged adults were collected at hourly intervals and released in to separate polythene bags and were held at 4°C till death. Sand fl ies were segregated sex-wise after the death under a microscope. The emergence of adult was observed throughout the day. However, the male preferred dawn emergence and the female the dusk. Two peaks of emergence were found in a day; fi rst one in the morning (0900h) and the second one in the evening (1800h). The ratio of both sexes was found to be about equal. The emergence of adult was found to be 77% out of total eggs laid, which was completed within 7-10 days from the 1st day of emergence under laboratory conditions (25°C to 31°C and 70% to 75% relative humidity). This study has important bearings to fi nd out the actual time for personal protection against biting of sand fl ies to prevent the transmission of Kala-azar.

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“…males appear earlier than females), as most insects with discrete generations (e.g. Carvalho et al, 1998). Flight periods of T. griseata and T. comae differ, but partly overlap in southern Finland (Kaila & Albrecht, 1994).…”

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Phylogenetic evaluation of the taxonomic status of Timandra griseata and T. comae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Sterrhinae)

Viidalepp¹,

Saarma²

2005

Eur. J. Entomol.

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Abstract. The sterrhine loopers Timandra griseata and T. comae have been treated as distinct species since 1994. However, morphological differences between the taxa are minor and therefore their status has often been disputed. Here, we present a molecular phylogenetic study, which separates T. griseata and T. comae into different clades. Altogether, 43 Timandra specimens from eight European countries were studied. The phylogeny is based on a comparative sequence analysis of mitochondrial genes coding for the cytochrome C oxidase subunit I (COI) and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 (ND1). Nevertheless, a single individual of both species was assigned to the "wrong" clade. The symplesiomorphy of T. griseata and T. comae is considered to be a result of introgressive hybridization. Conditions that could lead to the hybridization of T. griseata and T. comae are discussed, as well as the likely distribution history of these taxa in Northern Europe. Results of the current analysis are in favour of retaining the species status of T. griseata and T. comae.

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Protandry and female size-fecundity variation in the tropical butterfly Brassolis sophorae

Cited by 36 publications

References 21 publications

An ordination of life histories using morphological proxies: capital vs. income breeding in insects

An ordination of life histories using morphological proxies: capital vs. income breeding in insects

Emergence periodicity of Phlebotomus argentipes annandale and brunetti (Diptera: psychodidae): A laboratory study

Phylogenetic evaluation of the taxonomic status of Timandra griseata and T. comae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Sterrhinae)

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