Plants as transmission channels for insect vibrational songs

Michelsen, Axel; Fink, Flemming Kobberøe; Gogala, Matija; Traue, Dieter

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“…These differences are probably due to different mechanical properties of substrates including resonance and low-pass filtering properties of experimental plants. Our results are in accordance with previous findings on signals of other insect species [7,[18][19][20].…”

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“…In order to do this, we recorded any vibratory signals produced by European tarnished plant bugs on a host plant surface. Because plants represent a medium that changes vibratory signals during their transmission [7,[18][19][20][21], we also recorded the bugs' vibratory emissions on a loudspeaker membrane substrate. The aim of this study was to acquire basic information on signal production and signal characteristics to allow us to have a greater understanding of mating behavior in the European tarnished plant bug.…”

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Percussion signals of Lygus rugulipennis Poppius (Heteroptera: Miridae)

Koczor

Čokl

2014

Open Life Sciences

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The European tarnished plant bug (Lygus rugulipennis Poppius) is among the most serious pests in the family Miridae, and therefore there is increasing interest in understanding the behaviour of this species. In the present study, laboratory recordings were taken using a laser vibrometer on adult males and females to ascertain whether acoustic signals are involved in intraspecific communication. Recordings were both carried out on plant and loudspeaker membrane substrates. Males and females emitted vibratory signals and the present results indicate that these signals are important during courtship. The basic signal characteristics measured were the dominant frequency, pulse duration, repetition time and number of pulses per group within the signal. Male and female signals did not differ in respect to any of these characteristics. Plant recorded signals were longer because of different mechanical properties of substrates. Additionally, the high frequency components were attenuated due to the low-pass filtering properties of plants. As this is the first study on vibratory communication of the European tarnished plant bug, we believe these findings may contribute considerably to the better understanding of the mating behavior of this important pest species.

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Percussion signals of Lygus rugulipennis Poppius (Heteroptera: Miridae)

Koczor

Čokl

2014

Open Life Sciences

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“…It is assumed that due to the random nature (changes in shape, size and density) of substrates for communication, any organism should broadcast vibrations in a wide spectrum, as differing transmission properties of substrates would make specialisation on a single frequency unlikely to function well (Michelsen et al, 1982).…”

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Wing mechanics, vibrational and acoustic communication in a new bush-cricket species of the genus Copiphora (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Colombia

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Jonsson

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Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology

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Male bush-crickets produce acoustic signals by wing stridulation to call females. Several species also alternate vibratory signals with acoustic calls for intraspecific communication, a way to reduce risk of detection by eavesdropping predators. Both modes of communication have been documented mostly in neotropical species, for example in the genus Copiphora. In this article, we studied vibratory and acoustic signals and the biophysics of wing resonance in C. vigorosa, a new species from the rainforest of Colombia. Different from other Copiphora species in which the acoustic signals have been properly documented as pure tones, C. vigorosa males produce a complex modulated broadband call peaking at ca. 30 kHz. Such a broadband spectrum results from several wing resonances activated simultaneously during stridulation. Since males of this species do rarely sing, we also report that substratum vibrations have been adopted in this species as a persistent communication channel. Wing resonances and substratum vibrations were measured using a μ-scanning Laser Doppler Vibrometry. We found that the stridulatory areas of both wings exhibit a relatively broad-frequency response and the combined vibration outputs fits with the calling song spectrum breadth. Under laboratory conditions the calling song duty cycle is very low and males spend more time tremulating than singing

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“…Despite the diverse use of vibrations by stink bugs, the dominant frequencies of the vibrations generally lie in a narrow range, 100-150 Hz (review: Čokl 2008), being well tuned to the transmission properties of plants (Michelsen et al 1982). Thus, the low attenuation of substrate vibrations enables long-range communication on the same plant under standing wave conditions (Čokl and Virant-Doberlet 2003), whereas airborne sound accompanied by vibration is strongly attenuated in the near-field range (Bennet-Clark 1998;Cocroft et al 2000).…”

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Chordotonal organs in hemipteran insects: unique peripheral structures but conserved central organization revealed by comparative neuroanatomy

2016

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(within 250 words)Hemipteran insects use sophisticated vibrational communications by striking body appendages to the substrate or by oscillating the abdominal tymbal. There has been, however, little investigation of sensory channels for processing vibrational signals.Using sensory nerve stainings and low invasive confocal analyses, we demonstrate the comprehensive neuronal mapping of putative vibration-responsive chordotonal organs

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Plants as transmission channels for insect vibrational songs

Cited by 296 publications

References 16 publications

Percussion signals of Lygus rugulipennis Poppius (Heteroptera: Miridae)

Percussion signals of Lygus rugulipennis Poppius (Heteroptera: Miridae)

Wing mechanics, vibrational and acoustic communication in a new bush-cricket species of the genus Copiphora (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Colombia

Chordotonal organs in hemipteran insects: unique peripheral structures but conserved central organization revealed by comparative neuroanatomy

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