Overwintering Biology of Anomoea flavokansiensis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

Stiefel, V. L.; Nechols, James R.; Margolies, David C.

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“…2 A.¯avokansiensis eggs from bundle¯ower-fed females and honey-locust-fed females transported by C. lineolata foragers into their nests for each day during the 7-day experiment lous clytrines in nearctic and palearctic regions (in Erber 1990). We have evidence suggesting that A.¯avokansiensis larvae spend at least part of their life cycle in the nests of Formica pallidefulva Latreille (Stiefel et al 1995;LeSage and Stiefel 1996). In contrast to C. lineolata nests, F. pallidefulva nests have large entrances (0.9±1.5 cm diameter) and chambers that are 0.25±1 m below the soil surface where temperatures are warmer than ambient during the winter months.…”

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“…First, C. lineolata nests have entrances that are approximately 2 mm in diameter, precluding later instars and adult A.¯avokansiensis from leaving or entering. Second, C. lineolata nests do not provide a thermally protected environment in which the beetle larvae can overwinter successfully (Stiefel et al 1995). Their nests are constructed just beneath the soil surface or under rocks where temperatures are similar to ambient.…”

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Is host plant choice by a clytrine leaf beetle mediated through interactions with the ant Crematogaster lineolata ?

Stiefel

Margolies

1998

Oecologia

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In the grasslands of northeastern Kansas, adult populations of Anomoea flavokansiensis, an oligophagous leaf beetle (subfamily Clytrinae), specialize on Illinois bundleflower (Desmanthus illinoensis) even though other reported host species commonly occur and are simultaneously available. We performed choice feeding tests to examine whether A. flavokansiensis adults have a fixed feeding preference for bundleflower. In choice tests, beetles ate similar amounts of bundleflower and honey locust (Gleditsia triacanthos). In addition, we measured fecundity and longevity of adults in no-choice tests to determine if adults were adapted solely to bundleflower. In no-choice tests, fecundity and longevity were no different for adults feeding on bundleflower and honey locust. We next examined the influence of host plant on the attractiveness of beetle eggs to ants. In northeastern Kansas, Crematogaster lineolata ants are attracted to A. flavokansiensis eggs and carry them into their nests where the larvae hatch and apparently reside as inquilines. C. lineolata exhibited a strong preference for eggs from female A. flavokansiensis that fed exclusively on bundleflower compared to eggs from females that fed exclusively on honey locust. Local populations of A. flavokansiensis in northeastern Kansas may specialize on bundleflower to increase the chances of their eggs being transported by C. lineolata ants into their nests. C. lineolata nests may serve as a predator-free and sheltered environment in which A. flavokansiensis eggs undergo embryogenesis.

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Is host plant choice by a clytrine leaf beetle mediated through interactions with the ant Crematogaster lineolata ?

Stiefel

Margolies

1998

Oecologia

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“…flavokansiensis is native to the grasslands of Texas north to Kansas and east to Kentucky USA (Moldenke, 1970). Adults feed on D. illinoensis emerging leaves and inflorescences whereas the larvae are probably omnivorous, feeding on both decaying plant material and dead arthropods during development in ant nests (Stiefel et al, 1995). Adults are reddish yellow, and 7.76i0.55 mm (n=25; unpublished data) long, with males slightly longer and narrower than females.…”

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Density of Anomoea flavokansiensis on Desmanthus illinoensis in monoculture and polyculture

Piper

1996

Entomologia Exp Applicata

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The effect of plant species diversity on the density of the herbivore, Anomoeaflavokansiensis Moldenke (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), on Desmanthus illinoensis (Michaux) MacMillan (Mimosaceae), a promising North American legume for exploring the principles of diverse, perennial grain agriculture was examined. From mid-June to early August A. flavokansiensis feeds on young leaves and inflorescences of D. llinoensis. At high density, A. flavokansiensis potentially reduces seed yield and is thus an important consideration for long-term stands that are to be grown without insecticides. The potential to manage this insect via intercropping its host species with other, non-host perennial species by monitoring A. flavokansiensis density on D. illinoensis within experimental monocultures, two-species mixtures with Tripsacum dactyloides, and three-species mixtures with T. dactyloides and Leymus racemosus was examined. Insects were censused 2-3 times weekly from mid-June to early August at two sites from 1991 to 1995. In the first three years, beetle density was generally low (<1 per plant), and did not differ among treatments. In the fourth year, however, beetle density peaked at 15 and 25 insects per plant at the two sites, and was highest within monoculture for most dates. In 1995, density was again low, but tended to remain higher in monoculture at one site. The results suggest that beetle density on D. illinoensis can be reduced in polyculture and may hold promise for the management of this insect herbivore within perennial grain polycultures.

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Erkennung, Identitätsdiebstahl und Tarnung

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Kwapich²

2023

Die Gäste Der Ameisen

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Overwintering Biology of Anomoea flavokansiensis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)

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Is host plant choice by a clytrine leaf beetle mediated through interactions with the ant Crematogaster lineolata ?

Is host plant choice by a clytrine leaf beetle mediated through interactions with the ant Crematogaster lineolata ?

Density of Anomoea flavokansiensis on Desmanthus illinoensis in monoculture and polyculture

Erkennung, Identitätsdiebstahl und Tarnung

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