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Summary. Males of the moth Utetheisa ornatrix produce a pheromone, hydroxydanaidal, contained in two brush-like organs, the coremata, which they evert during courtship. Hydroxydanaidal is derived chemically by the males from pyrrolizidine alkaloids that they sequester from their larval food plants. It had been shown previously that the amount of hydroxydanaidal in the coremata correlates positively with a number of male parameters that are a measure of the male’s “worth.” Hydroxydanaidal could thus be used by the female as a basis for discrimination in courtship. Experiments carried out with virgin Utetheisa had shown that females do indeed mate selectively with males of high corematal hydroxydanaidal content, thereby accruing the multiple benefits that are the consequence of such selectivity. Unresolved was the question whether corematal hydroxydanaidal could still provide a basis for female appraisal of suitors when these had previously mated. Given the proven promiscuity of the female, male Utetheisa could be expected to be promiscuous as well. Evidence we present here shows that field-collected males, which could be expected to be mostly non-virginal, are of reduced acceptability to females. They are also, on average, in possession of lower quantities of hydroxydanaidal, explaining possibly why they should be held in lesser regard. At low levels, however, hydroxydanaidal does not lend itself for precise assessment of male worth, because as we show herein, at such levels, the compound does not correlate with any of the criteria of male quality (male size, spermatophore mass, male pyrrolizidine alkaloid content, amount of pyrrolizidine alkaloid transmitted to the female). Males that have mated beforehand are therefore likely not to be classed into subcategories by the females, but simply as belonging to one category of “less desirables”. The significance of these findings to our understanding of the mating strategy of Utetheisa is discussed. 相似文献
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Summary. Hydroxydanaidal, the pyrrolizidine alkaloid-derived male corematal pheromone active in the close-range precopulatory interactions
of the moth Utetheisa ornatrix, appears not to contribute to the chemical defense of this moth. The compound failed to manifest feeding deterrency as an
additive to mealworms, in assays with a lycosid spider (Lycosa ceratiola). Moreover, contact with the male’s coremata, such as appears to occur inevitably in consequence of courtship in Utetheisa, does not in itself reduce the palatability of the female moth. 相似文献
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Vikram K. Iyengar Carmen Rossini Thomas Eisner 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2001,49(4):283-288
Females of the moth Utetheisa ornatrix (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) mate preferentially with males that excel in three quantitatively correlated attributes: body mass, systemic content of defensive pyrrolizidine alkaloid (derived from the larval diet), and glandular content of the courtship pheromone hydroxydanaidal (derived from the alkaloid). By so choosing, the females obtain direct phenotypic benefits (alkaloid and nutrient received with the spermatophore), and indirect genetic benefits (genes for large size, a heritable trait). We asked whether the female appraises the courting male on the basis of all three attributes, or whether, as had been postulated, she does so on the basis of the intensity of the pheromonal scent alone. We present data indicating that male possession of hydroxydanaidal is indeed the sole criterion of choice. Females fail to differentiate between males that differ in body mass or alkaloid content if the males lack hydroxydanaidal, but choose between males that are size-matched and alkaloid-free if one of the males has been experimentally endowed with hydroxydanaidal. We show moreover that females are able to differentiate between males that contain unequal quantities of hydroxydanaidal. Females abide by these criteria whether or not they themselves contain alkaloid. Their choice was also unaffected by whether they were confined singly with 2 males in small mating chambers, or were in groups of 10 with 20 males in large flight cages. 相似文献
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Thomas Hartmann Claudine Theuring Till Beuerle Elizabeth A. Bernays 《Chemoecology》2004,14(3-4):207-216
Summary. The alkaloid profiles of the life history stages
of the highly polyphagous arctiid Estigmene acrea were
established. As larvae individuals had free choice between
a plain diet (alkaloid-free) and a diet that was supplemented
with Crotalaria-pumila powder with a known content and
composition of pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs). Idiosyncratic
retronecine esters (insect PAs) accounted for approximately
half of the PAs recovered from the larvae. These alkaloids
were synthesized by the larvae through esterification of dietary
supinidine yielding the estigmines, and esterification of
retronecine yielding the creatonotines. The retronecine is
derived from insect-mediated degradation of the sequestered
pumilines (macrocyclic PAs of the monocrotaline type).
With one exception, the PA profiles established for larvae
were found almost unaltered in all life-stages as well as
larval exuviae and pupal cocoons. The exception is the
males, which in comparison to pupae and adult females,
showed a significantly decreased quantity of the creatonotines
and pumilines. These data support the idea that
the creatonotines are direct precursors of the PA-derived male
courtship pheromone, hydroxydanaidal. Crosses of PA-free
males with PA-containing females and vice versa confirmed
an efficient trans-mission of PAs from males to females and
then from females to eggs. In single cases a male bestowed
almost his total PA load to the female, and a female her total load
to the eggs. The results are discussed with respect to pheromone
formation, PA transmission between life-stages, and the
defensive role of PAs against predators and parasitoids 相似文献
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Summary. Evidence is presented that pyrrolizidine alkaloid acquired
by Utetheisa ornatrix (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae) as a larva
from Crotalaria foodplants is incorporated in part into the scales
of the adult. A single forewing of a male or female moth may contain in
the order of 6 to 13 g monocrotaline in its scale cover or about 1 to 2%
of the moths systemic monocrotaline content. Based on estimates of the number
of scales per forewing, the monocrotaline content of individual scales is calculated
to be in the order of 0.1 and 0.2 ng monocrotaline per male and female scale,
respectively. This amounts to concentrations of about 1 and 3%, values roughly at
a par with the average systemic concentration (0.5-0.6%) previously determined
for monocrotaline in Utetheisa. It is argued that the presence of pyrrolizidine alkaloid
in the moths scale coating could account for the promptness with which adult Utetheisa are
rejected by spiders. It is suggested further that chemical impregnation of scales with substances
deterrent to predators may be more widespread among insects than generally assumed. 相似文献
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Jacques M. Pasteels Claudine Theuring Donald M. Windsor Thomas Hartmann 《Chemoecology》2003,13(1):55-62
Summary. Sequestration and processing of pyrrolizidine alkaloids
(PAs) by leaf beetles of the genus Platyphora were investigated. Tracer
experiments with labeled alkaloids were performed with P. eucosma
feeding on Koanophyllon panamense (Asteraceae, tribe Eupatorieae). P.
eucosma catalyzes the same reactions previously demonstrated for P.
boucardi specialized to Prestonia portobellensis (Apocynaceae): (i)
epimerization of rinderine to intermedine; (ii) esterification of
retronecine yielding insect-specific PAs; (iii) efficient transport of
the PAs as free bases into the defensive secretions. P. bella feeding on
Tournefortia cuspidata (Boraginaceae) shows the same sequestration
behavior and ability to synthesize the specific retronecine esters. P.
ligata, a species phylogenetically closely related to the PA adapted
species and clustering in the same clade, but feeding on a host plant
devoid of PAs, feeds easily on PA treated host-plant leaves, but does
not sequester or metabolize PAs. P. kollari a species clustering outside
the PA clade refused to feed on its food-plant leaves painted with PAs.
The results are discussed in relation to host-plant selection of the PA
adapted species and the role of PAs in chemical defense.
Received 20 September 2002; accepted 18 November 2002. 相似文献
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Vikram K. Iyengar 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2009,63(6):847-855
Determining the factors that affect male mating success is essential to understanding how sexual selection operates, including
explanations of the adaptive value of female preferences and how variation in male traits is maintained in a population. Although
females may appear to choose males based on a single parameter, female mate choice is often a complex series of assessments
of male quality that can only be revealed through manipulation of multiple male traits. In the moth Utetheisa ornatrix (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae), females have been shown to judge males primarily on their production of a courtship pheromone,
hydroxydanaidal, derived from defensive chemicals acquired as larvae. Recent work, however, suggested that other factors,
including prior mating experience by males, may also influence the outcome of precopulatory interactions with females. I ran
mating trials with one female and two males to determine whether there were any differences in male mating success based on
their prior exposure to females, mating experience, and time between matings. Previously mated males were favored over virgins
when both males lacked the pheromone, but courting experience and mating interval did not explain these differences in male
mating success. Furthermore, multiply mated males lacking the pheromone were favored over virgin males that produced the pheromone,
thus reversing the commonly observed trend of female precopulatory bias towards males with higher levels of the pheromone.
These results demonstrate that males with mating experience can secure copulations despite deficiencies in the pheromone,
and I provide possible mechanisms and discuss their implications regarding sexual selection. 相似文献
8.
Summary. In the moth Utetheisa ornatrix the female is promiscuous and receives a nuptial gift of pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA) by seminal infusion from each mate.
The alkaloidal gifts are transmitted by the female to the eggs, which are protected as a result. We here show that individual
eggs may receive PAs from more than one male source and that individual males have no assurance that the PA they themselves
contribute to the female will find its way exclusively to eggs of their siring.
Received 28 June 2002; accepted 28 August 2002. 相似文献
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Martine Rowell-Rahier Ludger Witte Adelheid Ehmke Thomas Hartmann Jacques M. Pasteels 《Chemoecology》1991,2(1):41-48
Summary
Oreina cacaliae andO. speciosissima (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) sequester in their elytral and pronotal defensive secretions pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) as Noxides (PA N-oxides). The PA N-oxide patterns found in the beetles and their host plants were evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively by capillary gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Of the three host plantsAdenostyles alliariae (Asteraceae) is the exclusive source for PA N-oxide sequestration in the defensive secretions of the beetles. With the exception of O-acetylseneciphylline the N-oxides of all PAs ofA. alliariae, i.e. senecionine, seneciphylline, spartioidine, integerrimine, platyphylline and neoplatyphylline were identified in the secretion. PA N-oxides typical ofSenecio fuchsii (Asteraceae) were detected in the bodies of the beetles but not in their secretion. No PAs were found in the leaves of the third host plant,Petasites paradoxus (Asteraceae). The results suggest the existence of two distinctive storage compartments for PA N-oxides in the beetle: (1) the defensive secretion, containing specifically PA N-oxides acquired fromA. alliariae; (2) the body of the beetle, sequestering additionally but less selectively PA N-oxides from other sources,e.g. S. fuchsii or monocrotaline N-oxide fed in the laboratory. The concentration of PA N-oxides in the defensive secretion is in the range of 0.1 to 0.3 mol/1, which is more than 2.5 orders of magnitude higher than that found in the body of the beetle. No significant differences exist in the ability of the two species of beetles to sequester PA N-oxides fromA. alliariae, althoughO. speciosissima, but notO. cacaliae, produces autogenous cardenolides. A negative correlation seems to exist between the concentrations of plant-derived PA N-oxides andde novo synthesized cardenolides in the defensive secretion ofO. speciosissima. 相似文献
10.
Summary. Males of the German cockroach, Blattella
germanica, secrete a pheromonal substance from the abdominal tergal glands,
which elicits a feeding response in females during the sequential courtship behavior.
The nuptial secretion consists predominantly of a synergistic mixture of sugars
and phospholipids. Cholesterol and a series of amino acids, which are also
components of the males glandular secretion, significantly enhanced the phagostimulant
activity of the sugar components. The nuptial feeding behavior of the female cockroach
is therefore elicited by a complex assortment of nutritive components in the male
tergal secretion, including sugars, phospholipids, cholesterol, and amino acids. These
results indicate that a mixture of primary metabolites, and not of specific secondary
metabolites, serves as a pheromonal cue that appeals to the females gustatory sense
and effectively brings her to the precopulatory position. Although the
male secretion consists of nutrients, we suggest that these compounds probably do not
represent a significant nutrient investment in females and their progeny but rather
function as a signal in the mating sequence of B. germanica. 相似文献
11.
Barbara A. Caspers Frank C. Schroeder Stephan Franke W. Jürgen Streich Christian C. Voigt 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》2009,63(5):741-749
Combining chemical analysis and odour preference tests, we asked whether two closely related sympatric species of sac-winged
bats use odour for species recognition. Males of the two sister species Saccopteryx bilineata and Saccopteryx leptura have pouches containing an odoriferous liquid in their antebrachial wing membrane, which is used in S. bilineata during courtship displays. Although both species occasionally share the same daytime roosts and are morphologically similar,
there is no evidence for interbreeding. We compared the production and composition of the wing sac odorant in male S. leptura and S. bilineata and performed odour preference tests with female S. bilineata. Similar to male S. bilineata, male S. leptura cleansed and refilled their wing sacs with secretions, but they spent more time each day in doing so than male S. bilineata. Chemical analysis by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry revealed that male Saccopteryx carried species-specific scents in their wing sacs. Binary choice tests confirmed that female S. bilineata preferred the wing sac scents of male S. bilineata to those of the sister species, suggesting that the species specificity of male wing sac scents maintain the pre-mating isolation
barrier between these closely related species. 相似文献
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John Prenter Robert W. Elwood W. Ian Montgomery 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1994,35(1):39-43
Assessments and decision-making underlying the initiation of mate guarding in a common web-building spider, Metellina segmentata, are examined in a series of field and laboratory studies. Adult males do not build webs but wander in search of females and mating opportunities. Adult males then wait at the edge of the webs of females and guard them prior to courtship and mating. Guarded females were heavier, larger and carried more mature eggs than solitary females. An active process of information gathering is apparent from introductions of males to the webs of females. Males make accurate assessments about female quality, even in the absence of the resident female. Cues involving web architecture are not used. Males may assess pheromonal cues on the web of the female in deciding whether to guard or abandon a female. 相似文献
13.
Mark Pyron 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1995,37(6):407-412
Neither size nor breeding color correlated with spawning success of male orangethroat darters, Etheostoma spectabile (Pisces, Percidae), under natural field conditions. When females were presented experimentally with a simultaneous choice they spent no more time in proximity to large than small males, and were subsequently no more likely to spawn with large than with small males. Females also displayed no preference for bright versus dull males. Males and females did not differ significantly in size. Etheostoma spectabile may lack sexual size dimorphism as a result of the lack of female choice for size and the ineffectiveness of male attempts to monopolize females, or selection may be for increased size of females. Males are not dwarfs because of sperm competition. Contest competition among males appeared to be important in initiating spawnings but many males obtained spawnings by participating in ongoing spawning events. Etheostoma spectabile is an example of a sexually dimorphic species with no evident female preference for male size or color. 相似文献
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Summary. Several species of Longitarsus take up, metabolize and
store pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) from their host plants. In feeding experiments using
radioactively labeled PAs of different types we examined the time course of the sequestration
process in L. jacobaeae and
L. aeruginosus. We found that adapted species efficiently
store PAs for at least two weeks without major losses. During that time, there is virtually
no change in the ratio of tertiary alkaloids to stored non-toxic
N-oxides, regardless of chemical form fed to the beetles. This
implies a transient N-oxidation process where the alkaloids are
only temporarily accessible to the enzyme. A dissection experiment with
L. aeruginosus six days after uptake of labeled PAs
showed that the tertiary alkaloids are not found in the hemolymph but are stored in the
elytra and other body compartments. This conforms with earlier experiments that localized the
enzymes site of action in the hemolymph. Furthermore we show that different total alkaloid
doses in the diet of L. jacobaeae and the potentially less
adapted L. succineus do not affect the ratio of recovered
N-oxides to tertiary molecules. Thus, the efficiency of the
N-oxidizing enzyme is not dependent on the concentration of
alkaloids offered. 相似文献
15.
Males of many animal species mimic females, and thereby deceive rival males. Facultative shifts in posture, color, or movement
allow a male using visually-based mimicry to adopt and terminate mimicry rapidly. Pheromonal mimicry is rare in vertebrates
perhaps because it is difficult to redeploy pheromones rapidly enough to adjust male tactics to local conditions. In Manitoba
garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis), female mimicry benefits males immediately after they have emerged from hibernation. While the snakes are cold and slow,
courtship warms them and protects them against predatory crows. This benefit disappears as soon as the snakes are warm. We
show that (unlike females) she-male garter snakes attract courting males only when they are cold. Low temperatures may suppress
volatility of “less attractive” components of the pheromones (saturated methyl ketones) that she-males use to attract courtship,
allowing male snakes to function as transvestites only when this tactic is beneficial. 相似文献
16.
William T. Wcislo 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1992,31(2):139-148
Summary Males of the solitary sweat bee, Nomia triangulifera, patrol over large areas where thousands of females emerge, searching for receptive females. The daily operational sex ratio is strongly male-biased. Males contact dead, frozen (untreated) females more frequently than they contact females which were washed in hexane, showing that olfactory cues are utilized in mate-finding. A major source of female sex pheromone is in the head. Male pouncing on females is temporally non-random, indicative of group stimulation. Bioassays show that newly emerged females are more attractive to males than are older pollen-collecting females. Female odors are individually distinctive, based on male responses, and there is much variation among females in their attractive properties. Male responses to female odors suggest that learning is important for mating in natural populations. In contrast, the following hypotheses are unlikely to account for the observed behavior: (1) dissipation of female odors; (2) site learning and avoidance behavior by males; (3) decay of male motivation; or (4) male-produced repellents effective against other males. Laboratory and field studies show that female Lasioglossum figueresi produce individually-distinctive odors, which are attractive to males. There is considerable inter-individual variation among females in their attractiveness to males among sexually immature females. Male responses to female odors decay over the course of the presentation, suggesting the importance of learning in natural populations, although several alternatives could not be tested. 相似文献
17.
Janis L. Dickinson 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1986,18(5):331-338
Summary Female milkweed leaf beetles (Labidomera clivicollis clivicollis) frequently mate with more than one male, and pairs form mating associations which last for up to 42 h in the field. I tested the hypothesis that males remaining with females for long periods of time benefit by numerically overwhelming the sperm of their competitors. Male L.c.clivicollis copulated intermittently with females throughout an 11 hour period in the laboratory. When virgin females were allowed a single copulation, 94.3% of the sperm they received were located in the spermatheca immediately afterward. Males were not sperm-depleted, for they had large numbers of sperm available after one copulation (mean=230,000±43,200); the maximal number of sperm a male transferred to a female in 24 h was 30,500. There was a positive linear relationship between the number of sperm transferred and time up to 24 h after mounting (r
2=0.178, P<0.003). These data suggest that males transfer increasing numbers of sperm throughout a 24-h-period. Mating duration was the most important determinant of paternity when females were placed with one male for 24 h and another male for 6 hours. Females whose first matings were longer showed first male sperm predominance (as determined by starch-gel electrophoresis), while females whose second matings were longer showed last male sperm predominance. In view of these data, it is puzzling that males do not inseminate with large numbers of sperm immediately after mounting the female. It is possible that female refractory behaviors make insemination difficult and favor prolonged mating by male milkweed leaf beetles. 相似文献
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Male mating success and paternal care in Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera: Silphidae) 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
J. Bartlett 《Behavioral ecology and sociobiology》1988,23(5):297-303
Summary If no female is present, male burying beetles Nicrophorus vespilloides (Coleoptera: Silphidae) co-operate in the burial of a corpse. Once a female has arrived, the males fight with one another. The defeated male stays near the corpse and to copulate with the female. Laboratory experiments using sterilised males showed that the defeated male was able sometimes to father some of the offspring raised on the corpse. Male N. vespilloides almost always participate in defence and feeding of the brood. This is not affected by the size of the male. Males quickly leave or are driven from 5 g corpses. Males feed the larvae as often as females do, and larvae raised by males alone are not significantly different in weight from larvae raised by females alone or by both parents. Males which cared for a succession of broods in the laboratory did not differ significantly in median lifespan from males which were removed from their corpses after eggs had been laid. Non-caring males weighed significantly more than caring males over a sequence of corpses, but the caring males did not differ significantly in weight from non-breeding controls. 相似文献
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Gabriel P. Hughes Annie E. Spikes Jeffrey D. Holland Matthew D. Ginzel 《Chemoecology》2011,21(2):99-105
Contact pheromones mediate mate recognition and play important roles in mating systems of longhorned beetles (Coleoptera:
Cerambycidae). One common bioassay of contact chemoreception in cerambycids involves presenting a freeze-killed female to
a male in a Petri dish arena. If the male attempts to mate with the female carcass, it confirms that mate recognition signals
are present and intact and behavior is not involved. Cuticular hydrocarbons are then stripped from the female with successive
solvent washes, rendering her unattractive to males and also resulting in a crude extract containing the cuticular hydrocarbons.
To test the bioactivity of the crude extract, the same female is then treated with the extract and presented again to the
male. Males of some species, including Megacyllene robiniae (F?rster), respond less readily to reconstituted females than to those same beetles before they were solvent-extracted. In
the present study, we test the hypothesis that the contact pheromone of M. robiniae, Z9:C25, exists as a layer on the surface of the epicuticle. We used solid phase microextraction (SPME) to sample cuticular hydrocarbons
of female beetles after they were freeze-killed, solvent washed, and treated with crude cuticular extracts. We found that
extracting cuticular hydrocarbons from females and applying the resulting crude extract back onto the solvent-washed cadaver
scrambles the wax layer and decreases the abundance of the contact pheromone presented on the surface of the insect. 相似文献
20.
Jacques M. Pasteels Arnaud Termonia Donald M. Windsor Ludger Witte Claudine Theuring Thomas Hartmann 《Chemoecology》2001,11(3):113-120
Summary. Field collected exocrine defensive secretions of nine neotropical Platyphora species were analyzed for the presence of plant acquired pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) and pentacyclic triterpene saponins.
All species secrete saponins. In addition, five species feeding on Tournefortia (Boraginaceae), Koanophyllon (Asteraceae, tribe Eupatorieae) and Prestonia (Apocynaceae) were shown to sequester PAs of the lycopsamine type, which are characteristic for species of the three plant
families. The PA sequestering species commonly store intermedine, lycopsamine and their O3′-acetyl or propionyl esters as well as O7- and O9-hydroxyisovaleryl esters of retronecine. The latter as well as the O3′-acyl esters were not found in the beetles’ host plants, suggesting the ability of the beetles to esterify plant derived retronecine
and intermedine or its stereoisomers. Despite the conformity of the beetles’ PA patterns, considerable inconsistencies exist
regarding the PA patterns of the respective host plants. One host plant was devoid of PAs, while another contained only simple
necines. Since the previous history of the field collected beetles was unknown this discrepancy remains obscure. In contrast
to the Palearctic chrysomeline leaf beetles, e.g. some Oreina species which ingest and store PAs as their non-toxic N-oxides, Platyphora leaf beetles absorb and store PAs as the toxic free base (tertiary PA), but apparently avoid to accumulate PAs in the haemolymph.
This suggests that Chrysolina and Platyphora leaf beetles developed different lines of adaptations in their parallel evolution of PA mediated chemical defense.
Received 30 November 2000; accepted 5 February 2001 相似文献