The compositoin of cuticular hydrocarbons of the cereal aphids Sitobion avenae F. (Homoptera, Aphididae)

Hebanowska, E.; Maliński, Edmund; Nawrot, J.; Ruszkowska, M.; Pihlaja, Kalevi; Szafranek, Janusz

doi:10.1016/0305-0491(89)90156-9

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“…Cuticular lipid composition has been shown to vary both within (as the animal ages) and between developmental stages of a variety of insects (Armold & Regnier, 1975;De Renobales & Blomquist, 1983;Juarez & Brenner, 1985). However, previous hydrocarbon analyses involving aphids have not addressed this question (Bergman et al, 1990;Hebanowska et al, 1989;Lazzari et al, 1991;Sunnucks et al, 1997). We have demonstrated that relative percent composition of cuticular hydrocarbons does in fact vary among three different life stages of M. nicotianae, the most striking difference being the variation in the most abundant cuticular hydrocarbon component.…”

Section: Developmental Regulation Of Cuticular Hydrocarbonsmentioning

confidence: 60%

“…In most cases the predominant hydrocarbons of aphids are n-alkanes ranging in length from 25 to 35 carbons, although the cuticular lipids of some species have been shown to contain methyl branched alkanes in high abundance (Bergman et al, 1990;Hebanowska et al, 1989). The cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of populations within the M. persicae complex were qualitatively very similar to those previously reported for other species of aphids, but were easily distinguishable from these taxa based on differences in the relative abundance of components (Bergman et al, 1990;Hebanowska et al, 1989;Lazzari et al, 1991;Sunnucks et al, 1997). This was true even when we compared our species with other members of the same tribe, Macrosiphini.…”

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Genetic, biochemical, and behavioral uniformity among populations of Myzus nicotianae and Myzus persicae

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Sorenson

Wiegmann

et al. 2000

Entomologia Exp Applicata

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Prior to designation as distinct species, an appellation presently in question, the tobacco aphid, Myzus nicotianae Blackman (Homoptera: Aphididae), was classified as a tobacco‐feeding form of the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer). In this study, RAPD polymorphisms distinguished members of the Myzus persicae complex (M. persicae and M. nicotianae) from three outgroup Myzus species (M. cerasi (F.), M. hemerocallis Takahashi, and M. varians Davidson). Polymorphisms within the complex did not separate populations on the basis of host association (tobacco versus other host plants) or geographic origin (collections from the United States, Europe, and Japan). Similarly, while GC‐MS analysis of cuticular hydrocarbon profiles revealed both developmental and inter‐populational differences within the M. persicae complex, it did not separate populations of tobacco feeding aphids from those collected off non‐tobacco hosts. Finally, with the exception of their responses to a choice between lettuce and collards, the host preference behavior of a green peach aphid population, a red tobacco aphid population, and a green tobacco aphid population was indistinguishable in host preference experiments. These results add to a growing body of evidence suggesting M. nicotianae and M. persicae are conspecific.

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Section: Developmental Regulation Of Cuticular Hydrocarbonsmentioning

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Genetic, biochemical, and behavioral uniformity among populations of Myzus nicotianae and Myzus persicae

Clements

Sorenson

Wiegmann

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Entomologia Exp Applicata

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“…Although chemical compounds within ant cuticles are known to play an important role in chemical signalling and communication (Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990), historically little attention was given to these in the aphid cuticle. Early research revealed the presence of dozens of types of lipids and hydrocarbons in aphid epicuticles (Brey et al ., 1985; Hebanowska et al ., 1989; Bergman et al ., 1990), but only recently has their role been investigated with respect to communication between aphids and other insects, including ants. Some predators may produce cuticular hydrocarbons resembling those of their aphid prey, protecting them from attack by aphidophilous ants (Liepert & Dettner, 1993, 1996; Lohman, Liao, & Pierce, 2006).…”

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Ant‐induced evolutionary patterns in aphids

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This review investigates ant–aphid mutualism (trophobiosis), in particular focusing on evolutionary processes in aphids resulting from this interaction. This broad literature review allows us to revise existing views on certain aspects of this mutualism and provide the first timeline of its possible development over a geological timescale. We propose a new classification of ant–aphid mutualism with respect to its ecological characteristics and present new explanations of the development of certain morphological structures of aphids as resulting from adaptation to a trophobiotic relationship with ants. In light of these findings, the presence of the so‐called ‘trophobiotic organ’ in all myrmecophilous aphids is questioned. We review various communication modes between aphids and mutualistic ants and the possible influence of this symbiosis on modifications of aphid life cycles. Recent evidence on the suspected role of endosymbiotic bacteria in the development of mutualism is discussed. Finally, we propose a first timeline of ant–aphid interactions leading to the development of particular adaptations of aphids to mutualism, from general interactions between diverging Aphidomorpha and ants in the late Mesozoic to more specific coevolution between the aphid tribe Fordini and the ant genus Lasius.

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“…For example, chemical mimicry can often be attributed to cuticular hydrocarbons of similar composition (Dettner and Liepert, 1994;Liepert and Dettner, 1996;Allan et al, 2002). Methylene chloride extract of the cuticle of S. avenae revealed n-alkanes ranging from 23 to 35 carbon atoms and several methyl-branched homologues (Hebanowska et al, 1989). However, these results were obtained by extracting whole aphids for 2 weeks, and contamination from internal body contents cannot be excluded (Grasswitz, 1998).…”

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Epicuticular Factors Involved in Host Recognition for the Aphid Parasitoid Aphidius rhopalosiphi

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Abstract:In insect parasitoids, fitness is dependent on the host finding and recognition abilities of the female. Host recognition cues have been described for various host-parasitoid systems, but are still under investigation in aphid parasitoids. Our study aimed to clarify the respective role of physical and chemical cues in recognition of the aphid cuticle. Shed aphid exuviae were used as an elicitor in order to avoid any influence of color, movement, or volatiles present in a living aphid. We assessed the effect of chemical and heat treatments on the texture of the cuticle by using scanning electron microscopy and tested the recognition of treated cuticles by the parasitoid. We showed that recognition cues of the cuticle can be removed chemically (using combined treatments with n-hexane and methanol). Moreover, heat treatment destroyed the physical texture of the cuticle without significantly reducing parasitoid recognition. In a second step, we showed that epicuticular extracts deposited on pieces of paper triggered female attack behavior. First results concerning the chemical composition of the active extract are presented. This study shows that chemical compounds extractable by organic solvents mediate cuticle recognition by aphid parasitoids.

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The compositoin of cuticular hydrocarbons of the cereal aphids Sitobion avenae F. (Homoptera, Aphididae)

Cited by 5 publications

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Genetic, biochemical, and behavioral uniformity among populations of Myzus nicotianae and Myzus persicae

Genetic, biochemical, and behavioral uniformity among populations of Myzus nicotianae and Myzus persicae

Ant‐induced evolutionary patterns in aphids

Epicuticular Factors Involved in Host Recognition for the Aphid Parasitoid Aphidius rhopalosiphi

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