Appetitive Responses to Computer-Generated Visual Stimuli by Female Rhombodera basalis, Deroplatys lobata, Hierodula membranacea, and Miomantis sp. (Insecta: Mantodea)

Prete, Frederick R.; Dominguez, Salina; Komito, Justin L.; Theis, Robert; Dominguez, Jessica; Hurd, Lawrence E.; Svenson, Gavin J.

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“…Previous studies have shown that relatively darker stimuli are stronger releasers of both tracking and striking than are brighter stimuli, and that Heirodula sp. strike to erratically moving disks at higher rates as their diameter increases from 5 to 12 deg of visual angle (Prete et al, 2013b). The data reported here are consistent with those results.…”

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“…The experiments included (1) chronic electroretinograms (ERGs) to assess changes in compound eye sensitivity; (2) photographic, colorimetric analyses of compound eye color changes which result from screening pigment migration; (3) behavioral tests to assess changes in tracking and striking responses to computer generated visual stimuli (e.g. Prete et al, 2013a;Prete et al, 2013b); and (4) analyses of gross locomotor activity on a modified treadmill.…”

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Circadian rhythms affect the electroretinogram, compound eye color, striking behavior, and locomotion of the praying mantis,Hierodula patellifera(Serville)

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Mantes

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Journal of Experimental Biology

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Many behaviors and physiological processes oscillate with circadian rhythms that are synchronized to environmental cues (e.g. light onset), but persist with periods of ~24 h in the absence of such cues. We used a multilevel experimental approach to assess whether circadian rhythms modulate several aspects of the visual physiology and behavior of the praying mantis Hierodula patellifera. We used electroretinograms (ERGs) to assess compound eye sensitivity, colorimetric photographic analyses to assess compound eye color changes (screening pigment migration), behavioral assays of responsiveness to computer-generated prey-like visual stimuli and analyses of locomotor activity patterns on a modified treadmill apparatus. Our results indicate that circadian clocks control and/or modulate each of the target behaviors. Strong rhythms, persisting under constant conditions, with periods of ~24 h were evident in photoreceptor sensitivity to light, appetitive responsiveness to preylike stimuli and gross locomotor activity. In the first two cases, responsiveness was highest during the subjective night and lowest during the subjective day. Locomotor activity was strongly clustered around the transition time from day to night. In addition, pigment migration and locomotor behavior responded strongly to light:dark cycles and anticipated the light-dark transition, suggesting that the circadian clocks modulating both were entrained to environmental light cues. Together, these data indicate that circadian rhythms operate at the cellular, cellular systems and organismal level in H. patellifera. Our results represent an intriguing first step in uncovering the complexities of circadian rhythms in the Mantodea.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Circadian rhythms affect the electroretinogram, compound eye color, striking behavior, and locomotion of the praying mantis,Hierodula patellifera(Serville)

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Mantes

et al. 2014

Journal of Experimental Biology

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“…Kral and Prete, 2004;Prete et al, 2013). Each mantis was anesthetized briefly with CO 2 , after which its wings and foreleg tarsi were removed (to prevent the mantis from pulling on the computer screen), and a small wood tether was affixed to the dorsal pterothorax with sticky wax; each was allowed more than 24 h to recover prior to testing.…”

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“…There were no systematic relationships between body measurements and the sizes of the stimuli that elicited striking behavior in any of the three species (see also Prete et al, 2011;Prete et al, 2013). For instance, despite having significantly longer forelegs, both P. affinis and S. lineola were more responsive to smaller stimuli than was P. spurca (e.g.…”

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“…Prete et al, 2011;Prete et al, 2013; see also Ewert, 2004). These shared features include object size, object-tobackground contrast, speed, movement pattern and leading edge length (Gonka et al, 1999;Prete, 1999a;Prete et al, 2011;Prete et al, 2012;Prete et al, 2013; see also Rossel, 1980;Rossel et al, 1992;Poteser et al, 1998;Yamawaki, 2000;Yamawaki, 2006).…”

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Visual stimulus characteristics that elicit tracking and striking in the Praying Mantises, Parasphendale affinis (Giglio-Tos), Popa spurca (Stål), and Sphodromantis lineola (Burmeister)

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Theis

Dominguez

et al. 2013

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SUMMARYWe tested three species of praying mantis, Parasphendale affinis, Popa spurca and Sphodromantis lineola, with computergenerated stimuli that differed in size, contrast, configuration and movement pattern to determine the effects of these parameters on visual tracking and striking behavior. Overall, black disks moving erratically against a white background were strong releasers of both behaviors. When stimulus presentation order was randomized by size, P. affinis and P. spurca struck at progressively higher rates as the stimuli enlarged up to 44 deg; S. lineola struck most at intermediate sized (10-20 deg) disks. When disks were size-ordered from small to large, P. affinis and S. lineola struck at the smaller disks at higher rates; however, when the order was reversed, the early appearance of large disks suppressed subsequent responses to the smaller disks. Stimulus order did not differentially affect the responses of P. spurca. All species responded at higher rates to black disks moving against a white background versus the reverse. However, only P. spurca and S. lineola responded at higher rates to relatively darker grey disks, only P. affinis responded to mottled grey disks moving against an identically patterned background, and only P. spurca struck more frequently in response to rectangular stimuli oriented parallel (versus orthogonal) to their direction of movement. In conjunction with data on other species, these results support the hypothesis that praying mantises recognize prey based on assessment of several category-specific, spatiotemporal features, e.g. size, contrast, speed, movement pattern and leading edge length.

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Evolutionary diversification in the raptorial forelegs of Mantodea: Relations to body size and depth perception

Oufiero

2020

Journal of Morphology

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Limb proportions have evolved among animals to meet functional demands among diverse environments. Studies from terrestrial, vertebrate locomotion have demonstrated that variation in limb proportions have adaptively evolved so animals can perform in a given environment. Most of the research on limb proportion evolution is among vertebrates and terrestrial locomotion, with little information on limb segment evolution in invertebrates or for other functional roles. For example, among invertebrates, multisegmented raptorial forelimbs have evolved multiple times independently to capture prey, but there is little information on the adaptive evolution and diversity of these limbs. Furthermore, as feeding performance is influenced by the sensory system, few studies have examined the coevolution of sensory-motor systems. Using mantises (Mantodea) I examined forelimb diversification among 97 species with a combination of methods, including ternary plots for morphospace visualization, phylogenetically informed allometric relationships, and comparison of evolutionary rates of diversification. Furthermore, using head width as a proxy for depth perception, I examined the correlated evolution of foreleg diversity with depth perception. The results show that among the three segments of the foreleg, the tibia is the smallest, most diverse, and has the highest rate of evolution after body size corrections. Furthermore, while all foreleg segments were related to head width, head width explained the most variation in tibial length compared with other foreleg segments. The results suggest a potential adaptive functional role of tibia length related to the displacement or force produced in this mechanical lever. Furthermore, results from this study support distinct ecomorphs of mantises, as several independent evolutions to grass mimicry evolve similar morphologies. Research highlightThis study demonstrates interspecific variation among segments of an invertebrate raptorial foreleg. Among Mantodea species the tibia is the most diverse and is related to a proxy for depth perception, while the other segments had strong relationships with body size. This suggests an adaptive, functional role of the tibia during prey capture. K E Y W O R D Secomorph, evolutionary morphology, praying mantis, raptorial appendage

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Appetitive Responses to Computer-Generated Visual Stimuli by Female Rhombodera basalis, Deroplatys lobata, Hierodula membranacea, and Miomantis sp. (Insecta: Mantodea)

Cited by 9 publications

References 45 publications

Circadian rhythms affect the electroretinogram, compound eye color, striking behavior, and locomotion of the praying mantis,Hierodula patellifera(Serville)

Circadian rhythms affect the electroretinogram, compound eye color, striking behavior, and locomotion of the praying mantis,Hierodula patellifera(Serville)

Visual stimulus characteristics that elicit tracking and striking in the Praying Mantises, Parasphendale affinis (Giglio-Tos), Popa spurca (Stål), and Sphodromantis lineola (Burmeister)

Evolutionary diversification in the raptorial forelegs of Mantodea: Relations to body size and depth perception

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