Nectar Feeding by
Stomoxys calcitrans
(Diptera: Muscidae): Effects on Reproduction and Survival

Jones, Carl J.; Milne, D. E.; Patterson, R. S.; Schreiber, E. T.; Milio, José Angel Mínguez

doi:10.1093/ee/21.1.141

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“…Terpenes were detected in GC‐EAD analysis of rumen volatiles and the rumen digesta constituents citronellene, β‐cyclocitral, D‐limonene, dihydrocarvone, geranyl acetone, β‐caryophyllene and α‐humulene were found to elicit EAD responses from S. calcitrans . This is not surprising that stable flies (Jones et al , 1992), like mosquitoes (Bowen, 1992), that are known to feed on nectar in nature should respond to these typical plant products. An antennal threshold in the picogram range by S. calcitrans for β‐caryophyllene and α‐humulene was recorded in this study, and even an obligate haematophagous insect such as the tsetse fly (Syed & Guerin, 2004) responds to terpenes.…”

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Sensory and behavioural responses of the stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans to rumen volatiles

Jeanbourquin

Guérin

2007

Medical Vet Entomology

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. Analysis of volatiles from rumen digesta by gas chromatography linked antennogram recordings from Stomoxys calcitrans (L) (Diptera: Muscidae) antennal receptor cells revealed about 30 electrophysiologically active constituents, the most important of which is dimethyl trisulphide with a sensory threshold in the femtogram range. The behavioural responses of S. calcitrans to five chemostimulants (dimethyl trisulphide, butanoic acid, p -cresol, oct-1-en-3-ol and skatole) were tested in a wind tunnel where activation and attraction of hungry flies to rumen volatiles were recorded. Dimethyl trisulphide, butanoic acid and p -cresol were found to attract S. calcitrans . This sensitivity to rumen volatile constituents, that also occur in animal wastes used for oviposition by Stomoxys spp., as well as in flowers used by stable flies as sources of nectar is discussed in the context of the behavioural ecology of these flies.

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Sensory and behavioural responses of the stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans to rumen volatiles

Jeanbourquin

Guérin

2007

Medical Vet Entomology

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“…The terpenes identified in the current GC‐EAD analyses of dung as volatile chemostimulants for stable fly antennal receptor cells were citronellene, D‐limonene, β‐caryophyllene, β‐cyclocitral and α‐humulene. Stable flies are known to take nectar and pollen from plants as energy sources for flight (Zumpt, 1973; Jones et al , 1985, 1992). Although terpenes may be suspected as being primarily of use to S. calcitrans for locating flowers, the preference shown by stable flies for oviposition substrates containing plant material (Hafez & Gamal‐Eddin, 1959; Zumpt, 1973) suggests these chemostimulants also play a role in the location of suitable oviposition substrates.…”

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Chemostimuli implicated in selection of oviposition substrates by the stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans

Jeanbourquin

Guérin

2007

Medical Vet Entomology

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.Horse and cow dung were tested as substrates for oviposition by the stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans (L) (Diptera: Muscidae) in laboratory cages. Odour alone from either horse or cow dung was sufficient to attract flies for oviposition. This was confirmed in wind tunnel experiments, where both horse and cow dung were shown to attract gravid stable flies. However, when S. calcitrans was offered a choice between these two oviposition substrates, flies always chose horse dung over cow dung, both when allowed to contact the substrates and when relying on dung odour alone. Analyses of volatile compounds emanating from horse and cow dung by gas chromatography linked antennogram recordings from S. calcitrans antennae revealed no differences in the chemostimuli released from the two substrates. The predominant chemostimulant compounds in both substrates were carboxylic acids (butanoic acid), alcohols (oct-1-en-3-ol), aldehydes (decanal), ketones (octan-3-one), phenols ( p -cresol), indoles (skatole), terpenes ( ␤ -caryophyllene) and sulphides (dimethyl trisulphide). Higher levels (20 -40 p.p.m.) of carbon dioxide were recorded over horse dung compared with cow dung, a factor that may contribute to the preference exhibited by S. calcitrans for this substrate for oviposition.

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“…Like tsetse, stable flies are day-active and both sexes blood feed, which provides the materials necessary for males to develop reproductive competence (Anderson 1978, Venkatesh and Morrison 1980, and females to develop ovaries (Chia et al 1982, Kuzina 1942, Spates et al 1988, Venkatesh and Morrison 1980. In contrast to tsetse, stable flies also feed on plant-related sugar sources (Jones et al 1992, Parr 1962) and blood feeding is often daily (Venkatesh and Morrison 1980) or even more frequent (S Schofield, unpublished data). In terms of endogenous activity, laboratory studies suggest a single daily peak, with a free running period of approximately 26 hours (Schofield and Brady 1996).…”

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Olfaction in vector-host interactions

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Knols²

2010

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Nectar Feeding by Stomoxys calcitrans (Diptera: Muscidae): Effects on Reproduction and Survival

Cited by 35 publications

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Sensory and behavioural responses of the stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans to rumen volatiles

Sensory and behavioural responses of the stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans to rumen volatiles

Chemostimuli implicated in selection of oviposition substrates by the stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans

Olfaction in vector-host interactions

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