Time-Domain Analysis of the Male Courtship Songs Produced by Wild, Mass-Reared, and by Irradiated Melon Flies, Dacus cucurbitae COQUILLETT (Diptera : Tephritidae)

Kanmiya, Kenkichi; Kamiwada, Hidemi; Nakagawa, Kohjin; Nishioka, Toshihiko

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“…The recording system was the same as used and described previously in Kanmiya et al (1987), except for recording of the females' and their partners' songs. These were recorded by a PCM data recording system (RP-880, NF Circuit Design Block, Tokyo) at the University of Ryukyus in 1987 by Dr. O. Iwahashi and his research group.…”

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“…Both groups were reared at the Melon Fly Eradication Project Office, Kagoshima Prefecture in Amami-oshima Island, Japan. The normal (pectenpresent) males of the wild and mass-reared (60 Coirradiated and non-irradiated) strains used in the pairing test in 1983 were of the same stock as previously described in Kanmiya et al (1987).…”

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“…Data obtained incidentally in the acoustic analyses of the mating songs for the melon fly (Kanmiya et al 1987) showed the rate of success in copulation among sound-producing males was 19.5 % (167 pairings) in the wild strain, 93.9 % (75 pairings) in the mass-reared strain, and 64.5 % (81 pairings) in the irradiated strain (Table 2). In the 1983 experiment, there were no significant differences between the pecten-removed males and normal males, or between the pecten-removed males and the normal wild, normal mass-reared, and normal irradiated males (Fisher's exact test).…”

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“…Specific premating songs produced by male rapid wing vibrations have been recognized in 11 species belonging to 5 genera in Tephritidae (Kanmiya et al 1987). These songs have been considered to be mating calls during courtship and mating activities (Myers 1952), and sexually important communications through which females are located or through which females can discriminate between males (Sivinski et al 1984).…”

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Acoustic studies on the mechanism of sound production in the mating songs of the melon fly,Dacus cucurbitae Coquillett (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Kanmiya

1988

J. Ethol.

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-The sound production mechanism in the male mating songs for the melon fly Dacus cucurbitae Coquillett was acoustically investigated to determine whether sounds resulted from free wing-fanning or stridulation produced by contact between wing and abdominal pecten. Waveforms in the songs of normal (pecten-present) males showed more complex vibrations than those of pecten-removed males. The total harmonic distortion in normal songs was greater than that of the pecten-removed songs. Female (pecten-absent) songs showed different sound signatures on the oscillogram and frequency spectrum from normal male songs. The female songs had more harmonic components than the normal male songs. These results suggest that wing/pecten stridulation of normal male songs produces complicated wing oscillations with a small number of harmonics of near-periodic waveforms and a high harmonic distortion. They also suggest that the free wing-fanning observed during female and pecten-removed male songs produces simple and uniform wing oscillations with many harmonic contents of complex-periodic waveforms and low harmonic distortion. Despite the occurrence of some acoustic differences, pecten-removal did not positively influence the rate of copulation.

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Acoustic studies on the mechanism of sound production in the mating songs of the melon fly,Dacus cucurbitae Coquillett (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Kanmiya

1988

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“…This smoke was known to contain male sex pheromone (Ohinata et al 1982;Koyama et al unpublished). During the time of smoke emission, sexually mature males engage in wing vibration which is believed to deliver the pheromone to females (Kobayashi et al 1978 ;Kuba & Koyama 1982), as well produce courtship sound (Kanmiya et al 1987).…”

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The production of pheromone clouds by spraying in the melon fly,Dacus cucurbitae coquillett (Diptera: Tephritidae)

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Sokei

1988

J. Ethol.

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Abstract-Pheromone clouds sprayed by melon fly males were visually detected by focusing a beam of light at them during dusk when the males were vibrating their wings. The clouds were sprayed to the front, rear and upper sides of the male. We found that special morphological structures are used for spraying the pheromone clouds. When a male melon fly engages in calling behavior, sex pheromone droplets are excreted from his anus. This excretion is wiped off with the tarsus of his hind leg, and then it is deposited on the sexually dimorphic cubital cell hairs on the wing. During wing vibration, the targal bristles on the 3rd abdominal segment, which are peculiar to males, are rubbed against the specialized hairs of the cubital cell. Calling males sprayed clouds of pheromone with these actions.

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Sexual communication and related behaviours in Tephritidae: current knowledge and potential applications for Integrated Pest Management

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Time-Domain Analysis of the Male Courtship Songs Produced by Wild, Mass-Reared, and by Irradiated Melon Flies, Dacus cucurbitae COQUILLETT (Diptera : Tephritidae)

Cited by 15 publications

References 7 publications

Acoustic studies on the mechanism of sound production in the mating songs of the melon fly,Dacus cucurbitae Coquillett (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Acoustic studies on the mechanism of sound production in the mating songs of the melon fly,Dacus cucurbitae Coquillett (Diptera: Tephritidae)

The production of pheromone clouds by spraying in the melon fly,Dacus cucurbitae coquillett (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Sexual communication and related behaviours in Tephritidae: current knowledge and potential applications for Integrated Pest Management

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