Search behaviour of two hemipteran species using vibrational communication

Groot, Maarten de; Čokl, Andrej; Virant-Doberlet, Meta

doi:10.2478/s11535-011-0056-2

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“…In A. makarovi there may be a selection pressure to reduce the duration of the call after an initial contact with the female has been established to reduce risks imposed by predators and sexual competitors. In contrast, a longer duration of female reply seems to provide better information for localization (de Groot et al 2011). If costs to increase the duration of female reply by emitting longer calls are too high, then the tendency in males may be to reduce the duration of their vibrational signals in order to achieve an increase in the duration of non-overlaping part of the reply.…”

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“…It has been shown in E. binotata that female preference is the strongest source of selection shaping male vibrational signals (Sullivan-Beckers and Cocroft 2010). In communication systems in which the duration of the female reply may be crucial for quick localization of the female, variation in duration may indicate female preference and choice and it has been shown in playback experiments that A. makarovi males located the source of longer female replies faster than the short female call (de Groot et al 2011). The fact that A. makarovi females often did not respond to the first male call suggests that they may evaluate the male before choosing to reply (Jennions and Petrie 1997).…”

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Duetting Behaviour in the Leafhopper Aphrodes makarovi (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

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Mate recognition and location in Cicadellidae is mediated exclusively via substrate-borne vibrational signals. In the present study we investigated vibrational signals and mate searching behaviour of the leafhopper Aphrodes makarovi. We studied mating behaviour and exchange of vibrational signals between live insects and in playback experiments. Males emitted long and complex calling signals composed of several sections. Female reply was long and always overlapped the end of the male call. The exchange of male and female vibrational signals was a complex and dynamic interaction during which both partners modified their signals according to partner's reply. The duration of female reply was influenced by the duration of the male call to which she was responding, while the duration of male call was influenced by the duration of the previous female reply. Such relationship suggests the role of sexual selection in the evolution of male vibrational signals.

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Duetting Behaviour in the Leafhopper Aphrodes makarovi (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

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“…The latter explanation seems more suitable to discuss our results. It has been demonstrated in leafhoppers that longer female replies provide better information for localization, thus ensuring shorter location time (de Groot et al ., ; Kuhelj et al ., ). Our results suggest that a higher number of FR perceived by the male while duetting with the female (e.g., female reply rate) facilitates mating success, at least in the 15 min of trials.…”

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The reproductive strategy and the vibrational duet of the leafhopper Empoasca vitis

Nieri

Mazzoni

2017

Insect Science

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The recent description of a new vibrational mating disruption method to control the leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus Ball opened questions about its possible application to other leafhopper pests. Since the prerequisite for the method's successful application is a deep knowledge of the species mating behavior and the exact role of associated signals, we conducted behavioral assays on the green leafhopper Empoasca vitis Göthe, a pest of grapevine and other crops in Europe and Asia. Laser vibrometer recordings of single and paired individuals (male and female) during a 24-h period enabled us to detect and describe 2 male and 1 female signal. The pair formation starts when the female replies to a male call and a duet is established, then it continues through 2 different behavioral stages: Location and Courtship. The proper courtship begins only when the male locates the female. The latter is characterized by a significant change in temporal parameters that regards both the signals and the duet structure. Although the male calling activity and the female replying rate were the same during the 24 h, a lower number of matings was recorded during the night. We discuss the possible role of vision and of the species ecology as factors of reproductive success and mating strategy. Our conclusion is that the mechanical mating disruption technique seems feasible for future application to this species.

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“…Bending waves propagate dispersively along plants, meaning that propagation speed is frequencydependent [26]. Thus, fewer frequency components would mean smaller degradation of the signal's envelope during propagation, preserving information stored in the signal's time domain which is important for mate recognition [27,28].…”

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Resonance in herbaceous plant stems as a factor in vibrational communication of pentatomid bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

Polajnar

Svenšek

Čokl

2012

J. R. Soc. Interface.

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Pentatomid bugs communicate using substrate-borne vibrational signals that are transmitted along herbaceous plant stems in the form of bending waves with a regular pattern of minimal and maximal amplitude values with distance. We tested the prediction that amplitude variation is caused by resonance, by measuring amplitude profiles of different vibrational pulses transmitted along the stem of a Cyperus alternifolius plant, and comparing their patterns with calculated spatial profiles of corresponding eigenfrequencies of a model system. The measured distance between nodes of the amplitude pattern for pulses with different frequencies matches the calculated values, confirming the prediction that resonance is indeed the cause of amplitude variation in the studied system. This confirmation is supported by the resonance profile obtained by a frequency sweep, which matches theoretical predictions of the eigenfrequencies of the studied system. Signal bandwidth influences the amount of amplitude variation. The effect of both parameters on signal propagation is discussed in the context of insect vibrational communication.

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Search behaviour of two hemipteran species using vibrational communication

Cited by 19 publications

References 55 publications

Duetting Behaviour in the Leafhopper Aphrodes makarovi (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

Duetting Behaviour in the Leafhopper Aphrodes makarovi (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

The reproductive strategy and the vibrational duet of the leafhopper Empoasca vitis

Resonance in herbaceous plant stems as a factor in vibrational communication of pentatomid bugs (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

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