Spectral responses of the tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans morsitans

Green, C.H.; Cosens, Derek

doi:10.1016/0022-1910(83)90009-4

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“…Thus there are broad similarities to other Diptera such as Musca domestica Linnaeus (Muscidae) (Goldsmith & Fernandez, 1968), Glossina morsitans morsitans Westwood (Glossinidae) (Green & Cosens, 1983), Drosophila melanogaster Meigen (Drosophilidae) (Harris et al, 1976), Tabanus nigrovittatus Macquart (Tabanidae) (Allan et al, 1991) and a few other phytophagous pest species which have been studied, such as Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) (Matteson et al, 1992) and Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westwood (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) (Mellor, 1994), which also show peaks of sensitivity in these regions. The shoulder in the dark adaptation curve ( fig.…”

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Spectral sensitivity of the compound eye of the cabbage root fly,Delia radicum(Diptera: Anthomyiidae)

Brown

Anderson

1996

Bull. Entomol. Res.

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The spectral sensitivity of the compound eye of the cabbage root fly, Delia radicum (Linnaeus), was measured using the electroretinogram (ERG) technique, at fifteen selected wavelengths between 340 nm and 670 nm. The form of the ERG was found to be diphasic in nature. A primary peak of spectral sensitivity in the UV (340-350 nm), and a smaller secondary peak in the blue-green region (460-546 nm) were found, together with a shoulder of sensitivity, representing a 'pseudo-peak' as reported for other Diptera, in the red region (630 nm). No significant differences were found between the dorsal and ventral regions of the eye. The peak response in the green region (546 nm) agrees well with existing behavioural data on colour attraction and visual discrimination of host plants by the cabbage root fly.

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Spectral sensitivity of the compound eye of the cabbage root fly,Delia radicum(Diptera: Anthomyiidae)

Brown

Anderson

1996

Bull. Entomol. Res.

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“…2009). Behavioural experiments have shown red light sensitivity in Ephemeroptera (Heise 1992), Diptera (Green and Cosens 1983; Gibson 1995), Plecoptera (Turnbull and Barmuta 2006), Lepidoptera (Zaccardi et al. 2006) and Hymenoptera (Reisenman and Giurfa 2008).…”

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Effect of light quality on movement of Pterostichus melanarius (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Allema

Rossing

Werf

et al. 2012

J Applied Entomology

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Behaviour of nocturnal insects is routinely observed under red light, but it is unclear how the behaviour under red light compares to behaviour in complete darkness, or under a source of white light. Here, we measure movement behaviour of the nocturnal carabid beetle Pterostichus melanarius Illiger (Coleoptera: Carabidae) using camera recording under a near‐infrared (nir), red or white radiation source. Red light significantly reduced movement speed in females similar to the effect of white light and different from nir. Also movement activity and pause length were affected by radiation source, with a significant difference between nir and white light, and with intermediate values in red light. The results presented here indicate that P. melanarius has different movement behaviour under the three radiation sources and suggest that nir rather than red radiation is most appropriate for measuring behaviour in total darkness. However, in the field total darkness is rare both because of natural light sources such as the moon and stars but increasingly also because of ecological light pollution, and therefore red light may still be of use for observing ecologically and practically relevant natural night‐time behaviour.

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“…It may also be hypothesised that the shine imparted on the targets by the oils may have also contributed to the reduced landing response observed, by shifting the light spectrum reflected by the targets from peak tsetse response ranges (Davis and Gooding, 1983;Green and Cosens, 1983) to lower spectral response ranges, which are less attractive to the flies (Green, 1986;Torr et al 1989). It is known that shiny objects generally repel tsetse flies (Vale, 1982).…”

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Field Responses of Tsetse Flies (Glossinidae) and Other Diptera to Oils in Formulations of Deltamethrin

Mireji

Mabveni

Dube

et al. 2003

Int. J. Trop. Insect Sci.

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Investigations were conducted to establish field responses of Glossina pallidipes, G. m. morsitans, muscoids and tabanids to castor, raw linseed, paraffin and chlorinated paraffin oils in deltamethrin suspension concentrate (sc) formulation, through randomised Latin square experiments. Tsetse landing responses on targets treated with 400 ml/m 2 of any of the oils in 2 g/ m 2 deltamethrin formulation were significantly lower than on non-oil-containing deltamethrin formulations, for both G. pallidipes (F (4 , 32) = 4.855, P = 0.00357) and G. m. morsitans (F (4/32 )=2.421, P = 0.06862).The landing response indices, relative to the control formulation without oil, were 0.60, 0.70, 0.61 and 0.41 in G. pallidipes and 0.92,0.82,0.75 and 0.42 in G. m. morsitans and for paraffin, chlorinated paraffin, castor and raw linseed oils respectively. Glossina pallidipes and G. m. morsitans landing responses were inversely proportional to raw linseed oil concentrations. None of the oils significantly affected muscoid (F (4/32) = 1.6959, P = 0.1753) or tabanid (F (4<32) = 1.7546, P = 0.1624) landing response, or tsetse fly resting persistence (F( 4 32 ) = 0.9641, P = 0.4406) on the targets.The reduced tsetse fly response to targets treated with any of the oils can be attributed to adverse effect of the oil treatments on the tsetse fly olfactory responses to the targets. Since the oil formulations reduce target efficiency by reducing tsetse responses to the targets, application of the oil formulations on targets deployed in G. pallidipes and G. m. morsitans control programmes is not recommended. 317 318 P. O. MIREJI et al. 1.7546, P = 0.1624), ou le temps de repos des mouches tse-tse (F (432 )= 0.9641, P = 0.4406) sur les pieges.La diminution de la reponse des mouches tse-tse sur les pieges traites avec n'importe quelle huile peut etre attribute a un effet negatif de l'huile sur la reponse olfactive des mouches tse-tse sur les pieges. Puisque les formulations a base d'huile reduisent l'efficacite des pieges en reduisant la reponse des mouches tse-tse aux pieges, I'application de formulations a base d'huile sur les pieges utilises dans les programmes de lutte contre G. pallidipes et G. m. morsitans est deconseillee.

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Spectral responses of the tsetse fly, Glossina morsitans morsitans

Cited by 55 publications

References 26 publications

Spectral sensitivity of the compound eye of the cabbage root fly,Delia radicum(Diptera: Anthomyiidae)

Spectral sensitivity of the compound eye of the cabbage root fly,Delia radicum(Diptera: Anthomyiidae)

Effect of light quality on movement of Pterostichus melanarius (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

Field Responses of Tsetse Flies (Glossinidae) and Other Diptera to Oils in Formulations of Deltamethrin

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