Spontaneous flash communication of females in an Asian firefly
Spontaneous flash communication of females in an Asian firefly
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DOI：
10.1007/s10164-012-0332-2
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发表时间：
2012-09-01
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0.9
通讯作者：
Yoshimura, Jin
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作者：
Takatsu, Hideo;Minami, Mihoko;Yoshimura, Jin
萤火虫是众所周知的使用生物发光性通信。在使用闪光信号配对的物种中，物种和性别身份是由闪光时间参数，如闪光持续时间，闪光间隔，闪光次数和响应延迟赋予的。在北美的对话萤火虫中，雄性是广告者，雌性是回应者。在这些物种中，雄性闪光信号参数根据物种而变化，但雌性闪光信号参数仅限于响应延迟。然而，在萤火虫以外的其他对话，性闪光通信没有得到很好的研究。虽然许多女性广告一样的萤火虫的报道，我们还没有证实的情况下，性交流的女性广告物种。在这里，我们报告的亚洲萤火虫，Luciola（Hotaria）parvula，其中女性闪光自发性闪光通信。通过使用电子萤火虫，我们确认实验男性是专门吸引闪光与女性特定的闪光持续时间。这是第一份女性广告主在萤火虫传播中进行性传播的实验报告。在这个物种中，雌性萤火虫通常会用自发的闪光来呼唤雄性萤火虫，这与对话萤火虫不同。
Fireflies are well known for the use of bioluminescence for sexual communication. In species using flash signals for pair formation, species and sexual identity are conferred by flash timing parameters such as flash duration, flash interval, flash number, and response delay. In dialog fireflies in North America, the male is the advertiser and the female is the responder. In these species, the male flash signal parameter varies depending on species, but the female flash signal parameter is limited only to response delay. However, in fireflies other than dialog fireflies, sexual flash communication is not well studied. Although many female-advertisement-like fireflies are reported, we have no confirmed case of sexual communication in a female-advertisement species. Here, we report the sexual flash communication of an Asian firefly, Luciola (Hotaria) parvula, in which the female flashes spontaneously. By using an electronic firefly, we confirm experimentally that males are specifically attracted to flashes with a female-specific flash duration. This is the first experimental report of sexual communication of a female advertiser in firefly communication. In this species, females call males usually with spontaneous flashes unlike dialog fireflies.