Pub Date : 2025-03-14DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2025.101438
Yuichi Oba , Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow
Two reports of the discovery of bioluminescent cockroach species from South America in 1999 and 2003 led to a flurry of speculation on the evolution of the species, the likely function of the light supposedly emitted by the males of the species, and in fact whether these cockroaches were bioluminescent at all. No spectral emission data or biochemical analyses of luciferins or luciferases were available and observations as well as video recordings of the cockroaches failed to record any evidence of an emission of light. Considering the case against the so-called glowspots being able to emit light, it was concluded that the conspicuous spots on the pronotum of the males could play a part in mate choice or serve as a warning signal. Our re-examination of the issue confirms that the spots do not emit light and that, barring the possibility of scientific fraud or confusing fluorescence with bioluminescence, individual cockroaches in the field might have been seen to glow due to an infection with a species of the cosmopolitan bacterial genus Photorhabdus. We were able to show that Photorhabdus luminescens bacteria can colonize specimens of the cockroach Blaptica dubia and there is no reason to doubt that other species of cockroaches could not also become infected by this luminescent insect pathogen.
{"title":"A supposedly bioluminescent species of cockroach that would not glow: A case of scientific fraud, erroneous observation or bacterial infection?","authors":"Yuichi Oba , Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow","doi":"10.1016/j.asd.2025.101438","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asd.2025.101438","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Two reports of the discovery of bioluminescent cockroach species from South America in 1999 and 2003 led to a flurry of speculation on the evolution of the species, the likely function of the light supposedly emitted by the males of the species, and in fact whether these cockroaches were bioluminescent at all. No spectral emission data or biochemical analyses of luciferins or luciferases were available and observations as well as video recordings of the cockroaches failed to record any evidence of an emission of light. Considering the case against the so-called glowspots being able to emit light, it was concluded that the conspicuous spots on the pronotum of the males could play a part in mate choice or serve as a warning signal. Our re-examination of the issue confirms that the spots do not emit light and that, barring the possibility of scientific fraud or confusing fluorescence with bioluminescence, individual cockroaches in the field might have been seen to glow due to an infection with a species of the cosmopolitan bacterial genus <em>Photorhabdus</em>. We were able to show that <em>Photorhabdus luminescens</em> bacteria can colonize specimens of the cockroach <em>Blaptica dubia</em> and there is no reason to doubt that other species of cockroaches could not also become infected by this luminescent insect pathogen.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55461,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod Structure & Development","volume":"86 ","pages":"Article 101438"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143619634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-03-13DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2025.101427
Rodrigo Braga Gastaldo , Lucas Henrique de Almeida , Frederico Falcão Salles
Anacroneuriini is a tribe of stoneflies within Perlidae which displays diagnostic characteristics in their male genitalia. As researchers are often focused on a few taxonomic characters of each particular genus, they rarely consider the morphological terminology of the tribe as a whole. As such, over time many different names for the same morphological structures have been coined, making it difficult to describe new species and semaphoronts accurately in a standardized way. Systematics may also struggle in determining primary homologies from the lack of comparable vocabulary between species and genera. The objective of this work is to provide a morphological atlas of Anacroneuriini, disclosing standardized names of each external morphological trait of the four different genera of the tribe. Specimens from Museu de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFVB) were analyzed, photographed and illustrated. Terminology primarily followed morphological accuracy based on homologies, while name recurrence in recent literature was used as secondary criteria. The resulting atlas is the first to gather detailed information on all body regions of all genera of Anacroneuriini. The atlas is useful as a resource both for beginners in Anacroneuriini research and experienced researchers alike, providing standard terminology with clear illustrations for species description, identification and general taxonomic work.
{"title":"On Anacroneuriini (Plecoptera: Perlidae) morphology: Standardizing vocabulary and a morphological atlas","authors":"Rodrigo Braga Gastaldo , Lucas Henrique de Almeida , Frederico Falcão Salles","doi":"10.1016/j.asd.2025.101427","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asd.2025.101427","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Anacroneuriini is a tribe of stoneflies within Perlidae which displays diagnostic characteristics in their male genitalia. As researchers are often focused on a few taxonomic characters of each particular genus, they rarely consider the morphological terminology of the tribe as a whole. As such, over time many different names for the same morphological structures have been coined, making it difficult to describe new species and semaphoronts accurately in a standardized way. Systematics may also struggle in determining primary homologies from the lack of comparable vocabulary between species and genera. The objective of this work is to provide a morphological atlas of Anacroneuriini, disclosing standardized names of each external morphological trait of the four different genera of the tribe. Specimens from Museu de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFVB) were analyzed, photographed and illustrated. Terminology primarily followed morphological accuracy based on homologies, while name recurrence in recent literature was used as secondary criteria. The resulting atlas is the first to gather detailed information on all body regions of all genera of Anacroneuriini. The atlas is useful as a resource both for beginners in Anacroneuriini research and experienced researchers alike, providing standard terminology with clear illustrations for species description, identification and general taxonomic work.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55461,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod Structure & Development","volume":"86 ","pages":"Article 101427"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143611174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-03-01DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2024.101402
Robin James Smith
Ostracods are tiny bivalved crustaceans, which have colonised almost all aquatic ecosystems. Their extensive fossil record, stretching back to the Ordovician, attests to their remarkable success, in part due to their calcitic carapace - a hard bivalved shell that can enclose the rest of the body for protection against unfavourable environmental conditions. However, the carapace, and the requirement for the limbs to fit within it, has resulted in a reduced number of limbs, which in turn show evidence of reduction from a biramous crustacean limb. Consequently, ostracod limbs are characterized by limited features and homoeomorphy, hindering our understanding of their evolution. Studies of ontogenetic development can offer additional insights into how ostracod limbs have evolved. For instance, there are at least four developmental pathways to a seven-segmented antennule in adults, which is significant for taxonomic classifications and phylogenetic analyses. Ontogenetic data can also identify possible plesiomorphic and apomorphic characters for the group, thereby testing phylogenetic and taxonomic frameworks. This review focuses on the Podocopa, the largest of the two extant subclasses, and explores how studying limb development during ontogeny can provide insights into the evolution of the group.
{"title":"Development and morphology of podocopan ostracod limbs (Crustacea) – A review","authors":"Robin James Smith","doi":"10.1016/j.asd.2024.101402","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asd.2024.101402","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Ostracods are tiny bivalved crustaceans, which have colonised almost all aquatic ecosystems. Their extensive fossil record, stretching back to the Ordovician, attests to their remarkable success, in part due to their calcitic carapace - a hard bivalved shell that can enclose the rest of the body for protection against unfavourable environmental conditions. However, the carapace, and the requirement for the limbs to fit within it, has resulted in a reduced number of limbs, which in turn show evidence of reduction from a biramous crustacean limb. Consequently, ostracod limbs are characterized by limited features and homoeomorphy, hindering our understanding of their evolution. Studies of ontogenetic development can offer additional insights into how ostracod limbs have evolved. For instance, there are at least four developmental pathways to a seven-segmented antennule in adults, which is significant for taxonomic classifications and phylogenetic analyses. Ontogenetic data can also identify possible plesiomorphic and apomorphic characters for the group, thereby testing phylogenetic and taxonomic frameworks. This review focuses on the Podocopa, the largest of the two extant subclasses, and explores how studying limb development during ontogeny can provide insights into the evolution of the group.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55461,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod Structure & Development","volume":"85 ","pages":"Article 101402"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143508313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-02-27DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2025.101423
Quentin Andreotti , Caio Santos Nogueira , Luis Miguel Pardo , Fernando José Zara
Recent phylogenetic studies revealed close relationships between several families of Heterotremata crabs. In this context, we describe the spermatozoal ultrastructure in several Aethridae, Menippidae, Calappidae, Parthenopidae, Cancridae, and Leucosiidae species to elucidate the evolution of spermatozoal characters. The spherical spermatophore in all Heterotremata studied here have a clear wall or pellicle. Spermatozoal results indicate that the fingerprint-like acrosome ray zone is a synapomorphy among these closely related families, including Menippidae, while the parallel acrosome ray zone is an autapomorphy occurring in Portunidae. The striations in the subopercular material are also a synapomorphic character for all studied families while absence is a homoplastic trait and apomorphic to Parthenopidae and Cancridae. Moreover, our results indicate a sharing of certain spermatozoal traits between Aethridae and Portunidae and in the Menippidae Menippe nodifrons. In Cancridae and Parthenopidae, the perforate operculum is a homoplastic character while the perforatorial chamber penetrating the operculum is the main synapomorphy of Cancridae. In Calappidae and Portunidae, the absence of the inner acrosome zone is an apomorphy. The presence of a broad thin, three-layered, operculum filled with a granular matrix is a synapomorphy of the Parthenopidae. Finally, in Leucosiidae, the inner acrosome zone positioned at the mid-point of the acrosome vesicle and the presence of a peculiar type of periopercular rim are a synapomorphy of the group. Overall, our ultrastructural findings align with recent phylogenetic analyses conducted within the Heterotremata clade, providing complementary support and reinforcing the value of spermatozoal ultrastructure as a tool in phylogenetic studies, as it demonstrates clear potential for resolving taxonomic issues.
{"title":"Comparative spermatozoal ultrastructure in the crab clade Heterotremata (Decapoda: Brachyura): Evidence from a selection of species","authors":"Quentin Andreotti , Caio Santos Nogueira , Luis Miguel Pardo , Fernando José Zara","doi":"10.1016/j.asd.2025.101423","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asd.2025.101423","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Recent phylogenetic studies revealed close relationships between several families of Heterotremata crabs. In this context, we describe the spermatozoal ultrastructure in several Aethridae, Menippidae, Calappidae, Parthenopidae, Cancridae, and Leucosiidae species to elucidate the evolution of spermatozoal characters. The spherical spermatophore in all Heterotremata studied here have a clear wall or pellicle. Spermatozoal results indicate that the fingerprint-like acrosome ray zone is a synapomorphy among these closely related families, including Menippidae, while the parallel acrosome ray zone is an autapomorphy occurring in Portunidae. The striations in the subopercular material are also a synapomorphic character for all studied families while absence is a homoplastic trait and apomorphic to Parthenopidae and Cancridae. Moreover, our results indicate a sharing of certain spermatozoal traits between Aethridae and Portunidae and in the Menippidae <em>Menippe nodifrons</em>. In Cancridae and Parthenopidae, the perforate operculum is a homoplastic character while the perforatorial chamber penetrating the operculum is the main synapomorphy of Cancridae. In Calappidae and Portunidae, the absence of the inner acrosome zone is an apomorphy. The presence of a broad thin, three-layered, operculum filled with a granular matrix is a synapomorphy of the Parthenopidae. Finally, in Leucosiidae, the inner acrosome zone positioned at the mid-point of the acrosome vesicle and the presence of a peculiar type of periopercular rim are a synapomorphy of the group. Overall, our ultrastructural findings align with recent phylogenetic analyses conducted within the Heterotremata clade, providing complementary support and reinforcing the value of spermatozoal ultrastructure as a tool in phylogenetic studies, as it demonstrates clear potential for resolving taxonomic issues.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55461,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod Structure & Development","volume":"86 ","pages":"Article 101423"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143519610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-02-20DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2025.101422
Ying Lu , Yi Yang , Lu-Yao Yu , Hong-Bo Jin , Bing-Zhong Ren , Qi Chen
The fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea), a typical destructive invasive pest, has caused substantial damage to both the ecological environment and economy in China. H. cunea uses primarily its antennae to locate food and perceive pheromones through stimulation of olfactory receptor neurons. These receptor neurons project their axons into glomeruli within the antennal lobes, the primary olfactory center in the brain. The projection patterns of sensory antennal neurons into the antennal lobe and its precise structure have not been described so far. To decipher the primary organization behind olfactory recognition in H. cunea, this study employed synaptic antibody immunostaining, as well as mass staining of olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs), and computer-based reconstruction to establish a three-dimensional olfactory glomerular map of the moth's antennal lobes. A total of 74 male and 81 female antennal lobe glomeruli were identified, including 3 male-specific glomeruli (Macroglomerular complex, MGC) and 8 female-specific glomeruli (DL1-DL8). While the Cumulus (Cu) volume was largest in MGC, the differences in volume among dorsomedial anterior and dorsomedial posterior were minimal. These findings lay the groundwork for a better understanding of the olfactory anatomical organization in H. cunea.
{"title":"Glomerular organization of the antennal lobe in the fall webworm Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1770)","authors":"Ying Lu , Yi Yang , Lu-Yao Yu , Hong-Bo Jin , Bing-Zhong Ren , Qi Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.asd.2025.101422","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asd.2025.101422","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The fall webworm (<em>Hyphantria cunea</em>), a typical destructive invasive pest, has caused substantial damage to both the ecological environment and economy in China. <em>H. cunea</em> uses primarily its antennae to locate food and perceive pheromones through stimulation of olfactory receptor neurons. These receptor neurons project their axons into glomeruli within the antennal lobes, the primary olfactory center in the brain. The projection patterns of sensory antennal neurons into the antennal lobe and its precise structure have not been described so far. To decipher the primary organization behind olfactory recognition in <em>H. cunea</em>, this study employed synaptic antibody immunostaining, as well as mass staining of olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs), and computer-based reconstruction to establish a three-dimensional olfactory glomerular map of the moth's antennal lobes. A total of 74 male and 81 female antennal lobe glomeruli were identified, including 3 male-specific glomeruli (Macroglomerular complex, MGC) and 8 female-specific glomeruli (DL1-DL8). While the Cumulus (Cu) volume was largest in MGC, the differences in volume among dorsomedial anterior and dorsomedial posterior were minimal. These findings lay the groundwork for a better understanding of the olfactory anatomical organization in <em>H. cunea</em>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55461,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod Structure & Development","volume":"85 ","pages":"Article 101422"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143445308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-02-19DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2025.101409
Michael Weingardt , Feiyang Liang , Brendon E. Boudinot , Jörg U. Hammel , Bernhard L. Bock , Kazunori Yoshizawa , Rolf G. Beutel
While new fossil psocid taxa are described every year, the morphology is generally not studied and documented in sufficient detail, limiting our understanding of the character evolution in this order. A new fossil species of the genus Psyllipsocus from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber is described and its morphology reconstructed in detail using synchrotron-radiation micro-computed tomography (SR-μ-CT). We present the first cybertype of a Cretaceous fossil psocid. We also describe and discuss the putative evolution of previously unrecognized and underestimated exoskeletal characters for the suborder Trogiomorpha. Additionally, using our new observations, we critically evaluate the phylogeny of Trogiomorpha and the character evolution in this group. We also present a modified character matrix which we analyze using Bayesian inference and parsimony. Based on our results and previous studies we propose monophyletic Trogiomorpha s.l. (incl. †Brachyantennum) and Trogiomorpha s. str. (possibly incl. †Cormopsocidae), the latter comprising Prionoglarididae and monophyletic Spinaprocta. Spinaprocta contain Atropetae and Psyllipsocetae (incl. Psyllipsocus) as sister taxa. Some relationships on the genus level in Trogiomorpha are still strongly disputed and unclear. Here, we synonymize the extinct monotypic genus †Khatangia with Psyllipsocus and discuss the systematic position of †Sinopsyllipsocus, †Parapsyllipsocus, †Empheriopsis and †Concavapsocus. A key for all extinct species of Psyllipsocidae is provided.
{"title":"The first detailed morphological treatment of a Cretaceous psocid and the character evolution of Trogiomorpha (Insecta: Psocodea)","authors":"Michael Weingardt , Feiyang Liang , Brendon E. Boudinot , Jörg U. Hammel , Bernhard L. Bock , Kazunori Yoshizawa , Rolf G. Beutel","doi":"10.1016/j.asd.2025.101409","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asd.2025.101409","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>While new fossil psocid taxa are described every year, the morphology is generally not studied and documented in sufficient detail, limiting our understanding of the character evolution in this order. A new fossil species of the genus <em>Psyllipsocus</em> from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber is described and its morphology reconstructed in detail using synchrotron-radiation micro-computed tomography (SR-μ-CT). We present the first cybertype of a Cretaceous fossil psocid. We also describe and discuss the putative evolution of previously unrecognized and underestimated exoskeletal characters for the suborder Trogiomorpha. Additionally, using our new observations, we critically evaluate the phylogeny of Trogiomorpha and the character evolution in this group. We also present a modified character matrix which we analyze using Bayesian inference and parsimony. Based on our results and previous studies we propose monophyletic Trogiomorpha <em>s.l.</em> (incl. †<em>Brachyantennum</em>) and Trogiomorpha <em>s. str.</em> (possibly incl. †Cormopsocidae), the latter comprising Prionoglarididae and monophyletic Spinaprocta. Spinaprocta contain Atropetae and Psyllipsocetae (incl. <em>Psyllipsocus</em>) as sister taxa. Some relationships on the genus level in Trogiomorpha are still strongly disputed and unclear. Here, we synonymize the extinct monotypic genus †<em>Khatangia</em> with <em>Psyllipsocus</em> and discuss the systematic position of †<em>Sinopsyllipsocus</em>, †<em>Parapsyllipsocus</em>, †<em>Empheriopsis</em> and †<em>Concavapsocus</em>. A key for all extinct species of Psyllipsocidae is provided.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55461,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod Structure & Development","volume":"85 ","pages":"Article 101409"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143436854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-02-06DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2025.101414
Yue-Ling Wu, He-Hong Wang, Le-Le He, Bao-Zhen Hua
The larva is the feeding and growing stage of holometabolous insects that undergo complete metamorphosis. However, morphological variations among instars remain largely unknown for many insect groups, especially for the relict Mecoptera. Here, morphological variations among instars for the scorpionfly Panorpa liui Hua were investigated using light and scanning electron microscopy. The results show that the first instar is distinguishable from the following instars by the presence of an egg burster in a brown patch on the frons. The second instar can be separated from the following instars by the cranial suture 2/5 rather than 1/2 as long as the head. The third instar is differentiated from the fourth instar by the annulated setae with microtricia rather than bald on the basal part. These results may provide new data for instar identification of Panorpidae larvae.
{"title":"Postembryonic development and morphological variations of larval instars in the scorpionfly Panorpa liui Hua (Mecoptera: Panorpidae)","authors":"Yue-Ling Wu, He-Hong Wang, Le-Le He, Bao-Zhen Hua","doi":"10.1016/j.asd.2025.101414","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.asd.2025.101414","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The larva is the feeding and growing stage of holometabolous insects that undergo complete metamorphosis. However, morphological variations among instars remain largely unknown for many insect groups, especially for the relict Mecoptera. Here, morphological variations among instars for the scorpionfly <em>Panorpa liui</em> Hua were investigated using light and scanning electron microscopy. The results show that the first instar is distinguishable from the following instars by the presence of an egg burster in a brown patch on the frons. The second instar can be separated from the following instars by the cranial suture 2/5 rather than 1/2 as long as the head. The third instar is differentiated from the fourth instar by the annulated setae with microtricia rather than bald on the basal part. These results may provide new data for instar identification of Panorpidae larvae.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55461,"journal":{"name":"Arthropod Structure & Development","volume":"85 ","pages":"Article 101414"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143275897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2024.101407
Reza Tanha , Jan M. Hemmi , Anna–Lee Jessop , Alan T. Marshall , Richard A. Peters , Martin J. Steinbauer
Herbivorous insects experience diverse plant stimuli, the relative influence of which depends upon the scale of the interface between both organisms and the insect’s life history. Using microCT and SEM, we conducted a whole insect study of the sensory structures of Glycaspis brimblecombei (Hemiptera: Psylloidea; commonly called psyllids or jumping plant lice) to understand this tiny insect’s utilisation of the leaves of their tree hosts – especially to reconcile rapid host assessment versus protracted, sinuous searching behaviours. Each compound eye comprises 360 ommatidia of relatively uniform density and facet diameter indicating limited spatial resolution and sensitivity. The areas of highest relative sampling resolution are not directed ventrally towards the surface of leaves but laterally and dorsally. There is a high abundance of chemo- and mechanosensory sensilla on the genal cones (216–240) and fewer on the terminalia (120–150), i.e. body parts regularly in contact with leaf surfaces. There are even fewer such sensilla on the basitarsi (10–16) and only putative olfactory sensilla on the antennae. Leaf surface conformation probably guides females to veins while contact chemoreception likely stimulates probing; the number of eggs deposited is likely determined by the flow and quality of nutrients experienced during feeding. For this psyllid, vision aids movements among leaves and relocation of hosts if dislodged by wind or escaping predators. Walking, as opposed to flying, maintains continuity of exposure to plant stimuli essential to maximising reproductive success. Such a life history is possible on large, evergreen hosts and is facilitated by rapid accept/reject discrimination of ingesta.
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