ROLE OF VIBRATIONAL SIGNALS IN MATING-BEHAVIOR OF SPISSISTILUS-FESTINUS (HOMOPTERA, MEMBRACIDAE)
ROLE OF VIBRATIONAL SIGNALS IN MATING-BEHAVIOR OF SPISSISTILUS-FESTINUS (HOMOPTERA, MEMBRACIDAE)
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DOI：
10.1093/aesa/86.3.356
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发表时间：
1993-05-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
HUNT, RE
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作者：
HUNT, RE
研究人员对三角苜蓿漏斗 Spissistilus festinus (Say) 的交配行为进行了研究，以确定振动信号在配偶识别、吸引和求偶中可能发挥的作用。孤立的雄性经常发出由频率和幅度调制的波列组成的振动叫声，其中不时发出几声鸣叫，而孤立的雌性很少发出更简单的自发叫声。然而，当与雄性一起放置在植物上时，雌性很容易发出鸣叫声来响应雄性的信号。研究发现，在没有其他可能类型的信号（例如视觉、触觉或嗅觉）的情况下，这些振动信号可以介导配偶识别和吸引。当雄性和雌性个体被放置在不同的植物上时，只有当植物的叶柄接触时，雄性才会发生振动交换和搜索行为。此外，向各自的异性播放男性或女性歌曲会导致男性的呼叫和搜索行为以及女性的回应呼叫。雄性和雌性在求爱期间继续交换叫声，但在交配前其他两性交流方式可能很重要。这些结果为任何角蝉物种提供了第一个实验证据，证明交配行为是由基质传播的振动通讯介导的。
Mating behavior of the threecornered alfalfa hopper, Spissistilus festinus (Say), was investigated to determine the possible role of vibrational signals in mate recognition, attraction, and courtship. Isolated males frequently emitted a vibrational call consisting of a frequency and amplitude modulated wave train that was punctuated with several chirps, whereas isolated females infrequently emitted a simpler spontaneous call. However, when placed on a plant with a male, females readily emitted their call in response to signaling males. These vibrational signals were found to mediate mate recognition and attraction in the absence of other possible kinds of signals (e.g., visual, tactile, or olfactory). When individual males and females were placed on separate plants, vibrational exchanges followed by searching behavior in males occurred only when the petioles of the plants were in contact. Moreover, playback of male or female song to the respective opposite sex resulted in calling and searching behavior in males and response calls from females. Males and females continued to exchange calls during courtship, but other modes of intersexual communication may be important before copulation. These results provide the first experimental evidence for any treehopper species that mating behavior is mediated by substrate-borne vibrational communication.