Substrate-borne vibrations of male psyllids vary with body size and age but females are indifferent

Lubanga, Umar K.; Peters, Richard; Steinbauer, Martin J.

doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.07.033

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“…Recordings were carried out using a procedure described by Lubanga et al . (2016a). Each individual was recorded for up to 15 min, and once an individual called, the call was logged onto a computer using the Polytec Vibration Software Analyzer version 4.8.…”

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Developmental biology and seasonal phenology of Aacanthocnema dobsoni (Hemiptera: Triozidae) and the influence of climate‐mediated changes in body size on vibrational signals

2021

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The biology and seasonal phenology of Aacanthocnema dobsoni (Froggatt) were studied at a single site in Victoria over a 2 year period between 2013 and 2015. This species is monophagous on the dioecious host, Allocasuarina verticillata (Lam.) L. Johnson (Casuarinaceae). Laboratory studies found that females attained reproductive maturity 24 h post‐eclosion, lived for 28.6 ± 2.8 (mean ± SE) days and laid 182 ± 23 (mean ± SE) eggs each. Egg development was most rapid at 26 °C, ceased below 7 °C and above 33 °C; hatching required 188 degree‐days. Nymphs could not be reared to adulthood on excised host branchlets maintained under controlled conditions, so no developmental data were obtained for these life stages. Seasonal phenology data revealed pronounced developmental asynchrony, i.e. with overlapping generations and multiple life stages occurring simultaneously. Three generations per year were observed, and there was no evidence of either developmental (egg and nymph) or reproductive diapause. A 4 day heat wave in January 2014 drastically reduced psyllid abundance at the study site and the size of the adults that eclosed from the surviving nymphs. These smaller adults produced substrate‐borne vibrational signals with altered characteristics, i.e. with significantly higher intensities and power. The altered signals might have facilitated communication over longer distances and increased mate finding opportunities when populations were low. The abundance of adults had recovered to preheat wave levels 3 months after the heat wave. High fecundity, multivoltinism and effective mate attraction signalling are life history traits that may mitigate against localised extinction of populations as a consequence of extreme weather events.

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“…2006; Lubanga et al . 2016a, 2016b). The immatures are free‐living but largely sessile, heavily sclerotized and scale‐like in appearance (Taylor et al .…”

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Developmental biology and seasonal phenology of Aacanthocnema dobsoni (Hemiptera: Triozidae) and the influence of climate‐mediated changes in body size on vibrational signals

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“…In Aacanthocnema dobsoni Froggatt, 1903—a species able to communicate through substrate-borne vibrations—mating, calling behavior, and the females’ choice were investigated using playback experiments (Lubanga, Peters, & Steinbauer, 2016 ). Males of different sizes and ages varied in the production of substrate-borne vibrations, going from a lower dominant frequency for more significant-sized individuals to a higher intensity and pulse rate in the oldest individuals.…”

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“…Responses from females, however, were not influenced by body size or age of males, which often mated with unresponsive females instead of with virgin females responding to their calls. These psyllids thus seem to use substrate-borne vibrations for mate attraction, but not for mate selection (Lubanga et al, 2016 ).…”

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Biotremology in arthropods

Cividini

Montesanto

2020

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Effective communication is essential in animal life to allow fundamental behavioral processes and survival. Communicating by surface-borne vibrations is likely the most ancient mode of getting and exchanging information in both invertebrates and vertebrates. In this review, we concentrate on the use of vibrational communication in arthropods as a form of intraspecific and interspecific signaling, with a focus on the newest discoveries from our research group in terrestrial isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea), a taxon never investigated before in this context. After getting little attention in the past, biotremology is now an emerging field of study in animal communication, and it is receiving increased interest from the scientific community dealing with these behavioral processes. In what follows, we illustrate the general principles and mechanisms on which biotremology is based, using definitions, examples, and insights from the literature in arthropods. Vibrational communication in arthropods has mainly been studied in insects and arachnids. For these taxa, much evidence of its use as a source of information from the surrounding environment exists, as well as its involvement in many behavioral roles, such as courtship and mating, conspecific recognition, competition, foraging, parental care, and danger perception. Recently, and for the first time, communication through surface-borne waves has been studied in terrestrial isopods, using a common Mediterranean species of the Armadillidae family as a pilot species, Armadillo officinalis Duméril, 1816. Mainly, for this species, we describe typical behavioral processes, such as turn alternation, aggregation, and stridulation, where vibrational communication appears to be involved.

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“…Hyalesthes obsoletus Signoret, 1865 (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) use substrate-borne vibrations to recognize and localize mates (Mazzoni et al 2009(Mazzoni et al , 2010. In the species of psyllids, Aacanthocnema dobsoni (Froggatt, 1903), Lubanga et al (2016) observed that substrate-borne vibrations vary with body size and age of males, and they are involved in the process of mate attraction, but not in mate selection.…”

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Are terrestrial isopods able to use stridulation and vibrational communication as forms of intra and interspecific signaling and defense strategies as insects do? A preliminary study in Armadillo officinalis

Cividini

Sfenthourakis

Montesanto

2019

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The capability of producing sounds and vibrations is well known in insects and is thought to be a form of intra-and interspecific communication. Sounds and vibrations are used and modulated for several aims such as interacting with conspecifics, getting information from the environment, and defending against predators. This phenomenon is less known but also present in other arthropods, including a few roller-type terrestrial isopods. In this study, we used a Y-shape test apparatus to investigate the behavior of adult individuals of Armadillo officinalis Duméril, 1816 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea) when exposed to two particular vibrational stimuli, namely species-specific stridulations and non-specific substrate-borne vibrations. Our results showed that adults of A. officinalis significantly react to the presence of both types of vibrational stimuli, by moving away from the vibrational source as if they experienced these vibrations as a sign of danger or disturbance. A. officinalis can produce stridulations only when it rolls into a ball during the so-called conglobation, a possible defense mechanism against predators. Stridulation might thus be a secondary form of defense used during conglobation to deter a predator following contact with it and might be experienced as an alert by conspecifics nearby. The high sensitivity to non-specific substrate-borne vibrations might provide A. officinalis with the possibility to anticipate dangers and adverse conditions, giving it a better chance of survival.

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Substrate-borne vibrations of male psyllids vary with body size and age but females are indifferent

Cited by 16 publications

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Developmental biology and seasonal phenology of Aacanthocnema dobsoni (Hemiptera: Triozidae) and the influence of climate‐mediated changes in body size on vibrational signals

Developmental biology and seasonal phenology of Aacanthocnema dobsoni (Hemiptera: Triozidae) and the influence of climate‐mediated changes in body size on vibrational signals

Biotremology in arthropods

Are terrestrial isopods able to use stridulation and vibrational communication as forms of intra and interspecific signaling and defense strategies as insects do? A preliminary study in Armadillo officinalis

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