Specificity of Male Responses to Female Vibratory Signals in two Chinavia Species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) is Based on Signal Structure and Narrow Temporal Parameters

Silveira, Samantha da; Dias, Aline Moreira; Lagôa, Ana Carolina Gomes; Blassioli‐Moraes, Maria Carolina; Borges, Miguel; Čokl, Andrej; Laumann, R. A.

doi:10.26451/abc.06.01.01.2019

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“…Serial processing of multi-modal signals could still occur, however, if there is temporal separation between modalities. For example male Chinavia stinkbugs initiate pair formation via release of species-specific pheromones which attract receptive conspecific females to the male's plant; females then emit species-specific vibratory signals via the plant substrate to which males respond with species-specific substrate-borne vibrations and mate searching [87]; once the pair meets, antennation and physical courtship may proceed to mating [88]. Thus, in these stinkbugs, mating involves (at least) three sensory modalities with serial progression from species-specific chemical, to species-specific vibrational, to non-species-specific tactile assessment.…”

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Sexual selection and ‘species recognition’ revisited: serial processing and order-of-operations in mate choice

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2022

Proc. R. Soc. B.

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Following the modern synthesis, mating signals were thought of principally as species recognition traits, a view later challenged by a burgeoning interest in sexual selection—specifically mate choice. In the 1990s, these different signal functions were proposed to represent a single process driven by the shape of female preference functions across both intra- and interspecific signal space. However, the properties of reliable ‘recognition’ signals (stereotyped; low intraspecific variation) and informative ‘quality’ signals (condition dependent; high intraspecific variation) seem at odds, perhaps favouring different signal components for different functions. Surprisingly, the idea that different components of mating signals are evaluated in series, first to recognize generally compatible mates and then to select for quality, has never been explicitly tested. Here I evaluate patterns of (i) intraspecific signal variation, (ii) female preference function shape and (iii) phylogenetic signal for male cricket call components known to be processed in series. The results show that signal components processed first tend to have low variation, closed preference functions and low phylogenetic signal, whereas signal components processed later show the opposite, suggesting that mating signal evaluation follows an ‘order-of-operations'. Applicability of this finding to diverse groups of organisms and sensory modalities is discussed.

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Sexual selection and ‘species recognition’ revisited: serial processing and order-of-operations in mate choice

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2022

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“…Laumann et al [33] demonstrated that insects responding to heterospecific signals terminate mating behavior at its early stage, suggesting that species isolation occurs in both Chinavia species during the calling phase. Recognition is based on different temporal patterns of female signals [114].…”

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Stink Bug Communication with Multimodal Signals Transmitted through Air and Substrate

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This review represents complex mechanisms and processes of multimodal communication in stink bugs. During reproductive behavior the airborne and substrate-borne signals enable mate recognition, mediate directionality of movement, eliminate rivals and motivate partners for copulation. Species specific characteristics prevent hybridization at various levels of mating behavior. Male sex and/or aggregation pheromones as uni-or multicomponent signals attract mates to land on the same plant and there, trigger females to call males by vibratory signals, transmitted through the plant. Communication during courtship runs at short distance with visual, airborne, substrate-borne and contact chemical and mechanical signals. Abdomen vibrations produce the main repertoire of female and male calling, courtship and rival vibratory signals. To increase their informational value, stink bugs tune signal frequency, amplitude and temporal characteristics with mechanical properties of plants. The airborne component of species non-specific and high amplitude signals, produced by body tremulation and wing buzzing enables communication contact between mates standing on mechanically isolated plants. Female vibratory signals increase the amount of male emitted pheromone and the latter keeps female calling. Interaction, synergy and characteristics of visual, contact chemical and vibratory signals, exchanged during courtship remain under-investigated. Female and male competition for access to copulation in imbalanced sex conditions is characterized by duetting with rival song vibratory signals. Different receptors in and on different parts of the body are able to detect with high sensitivity multimodal airborne and substrate-borne communication signals. The relevance of the multimodal communication for the reproductive success of stink bugs is discussed. -IntroductionMillions of insect species inhabit air, water and land. Population success depends crucially on efficient communication, which enables solitary species to meet in the field and holds insect societies together. To preserve above-threshold signal-to-noise ratio at the necessary distance, solitary insects developed, through evolution, efficient mechanisms to communicate by unimodal, multimodal and multicomponent signals [1] transmitted through different media. Investigation of insect communication demands a holistic approach to understand the role, synergy and interaction of specific processes underlying different phases of behavior. The study on the wandering spider Cuppienius salei (Keyserlink, 1877) represents a nice example of such an approach, showing the complex system of communication through different channels in various environmental conditions [2]. Comparable studies are rare in insects and, despite numerous solutions and a variety of mechanisms, there are very few common and general conclusions.plant-dwelling phytophagous insects with several pest species that inspired numerous studies of their biology, ecology, feeding habits and conditions of their plant environment [3...

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Potential of Biotremology for Monitoring and Control of Stink Bugs

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Biotremology: Physiology, Ecology, and Evolution

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Specificity of Male Responses to Female Vibratory Signals in two Chinavia Species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) is Based on Signal Structure and Narrow Temporal Parameters

Cited by 5 publications

References 30 publications

Sexual selection and ‘species recognition’ revisited: serial processing and order-of-operations in mate choice

Sexual selection and ‘species recognition’ revisited: serial processing and order-of-operations in mate choice

Stink Bug Communication with Multimodal Signals Transmitted through Air and Substrate

Potential of Biotremology for Monitoring and Control of Stink Bugs

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