Glowing cradles: Hatching larvae of the longhorn beetle S chwarzerium quadricolle remain in fluorescent eggshells

IF 4.1 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecology Pub Date : 2026-09-01 DOI:10.1002/ecy.70534

Takao Konishi, Kazushige Uemori, Mito Kokawa, Shigeaki Tamura, Hisatomo Taki, Etsuko Shoda‐Kagaya

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Abstract

Understanding the diversity and adaptive significance of oviposition‐related behaviors is crucial for understanding how insects cope with the limited mobility of their offspring. In this study, we focused on the oviposition behavior of the longhorn beetle Schwarzerium quadricolle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, and observed a unique phenomenon: hatching larvae remain within their eggshells, where they feed on host wood before boring into branches.

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发光的摇篮：长角甲虫S chwarzerium quadricolle的孵化幼虫留在荧光蛋壳中

了解产卵相关行为的多样性和适应性意义对于理解昆虫如何应对后代有限的流动性至关重要。在本研究中，我们对长角甲虫（鞘翅目：天牛科）的产卵行为进行了研究，并观察到一个独特的现象：孵化的幼虫留在蛋壳内，以寄主木材为食，然后钻进树枝。

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Ecology 环境科学-生态学

CiteScore

8.30

自引率

2.10%

发文量

332

审稿时长

3 months

期刊介绍： Ecology publishes articles that report on the basic elements of ecological research. Emphasis is placed on concise, clear articles documenting important ecological phenomena. The journal publishes a broad array of research that includes a rapidly expanding envelope of subject matter, techniques, approaches, and concepts: paleoecology through present-day phenomena; evolutionary, population, physiological, community, and ecosystem ecology, as well as biogeochemistry; inclusive of descriptive, comparative, experimental, mathematical, statistical, and interdisciplinary approaches.