{"title":"Molecular detection of Lotmaria passim in intestine of Japanese honeybees (Apis cerana japonica)","authors":"Akihiko Suzuki, Yoshiko Sakamoto","doi":"10.1111/ens.12571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ens.12571","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p><i>Crithidia mellificae</i> and <i>Lotmaria passim</i> are trypanosomatids that infect honeybees, and many studies suggest that both parasites contribute to the decline in the honeybee population. The Japanese honeybee (<i>Apis cerana japonica</i>) is a native honeybee that inhabits various areas of Japan and is one of the most important pollinators. Both parasites have been well studied in the western honeybee (<i>Apis mellifera</i>) but have been poorly investigated in <i>A. c. japonica</i>. The present study investigated the presence of <i>C. mellificae</i> and <i>L. passim</i> in one feral and six managed <i>A. c. japonica</i> colonies at three different institutes. Five out of seven colonies were polymerase chain reaction-positive for <i>L. passim</i> (71.4%); however, <i>C. mellificae</i> was not detected. Four of the five colonies were positive in both the midgut and hindgut, but one was positive only in the hindgut. A homology search and phylogenetic tree of the glycosomal glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (<i>gGAPDH</i>) and cytochrome <i>b</i> (<i>Cytb</i>) genes obtained in this study indicated that the sequences belonged to <i>L. passim.</i> The results of this study emphasize concerns regarding the health of this ecologically important pollinator and the importance of further investigation of the prevalence of <i>L. passim</i> in <i>A. c. japonica</i> in a wider area of Japan.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"27 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140537537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gengping Zhu, Tatiana N. Bush, Katherine S. Burgstahler, Nathaniel Green, Hannah Cook, Emily Rampone, Salena Helmreich, Riley M. Reed, Joshua M. Milnes, David W. Crowder
{"title":"Estimating the potential distribution of yellow spotted stink bug (Erthesina fullo) using ecological niche models","authors":"Gengping Zhu, Tatiana N. Bush, Katherine S. Burgstahler, Nathaniel Green, Hannah Cook, Emily Rampone, Salena Helmreich, Riley M. Reed, Joshua M. Milnes, David W. Crowder","doi":"10.1111/ens.12566","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ens.12566","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Invasive insect species threaten the productivity of ecosystems worldwide, and ecological niche models can be used to predict distributions of invaders and guide management efforts. Ecological niche models can also aid monitoring for invasive species that are globally distributed. One such species is the yellow spotted stink bug (<i>Erthesina fullo</i> Thunberg), a polyphagous pest native to Asia that has established in Europe and South America and threatens specialty crops. Here, we used ecological niche models to predict the potential distribution of <i>E. fullo</i>, and created a website to display predictions. We show that <i>E. fullo</i> has peak occurrence probability in areas with annual mean temperatures around 20°C, and that the occurrence probability increases as maximum monthly temperature reaches up to 38°C. The likelihood of occurrence decreased as annual precipitation increased, but increased with greater precipitation in the wettest and driest months. This suggests <i>E. fullo</i> is most suited to regions that are warm and dry and where most precipitation occurs across only a few months, such as southern North America, central and southern South America, southern Europe, southern Africa, and central and eastern Australia. Given that <i>E. fullo</i> is a highly mobile hitchhiking insect that travels through cargo and other containers to new areas, the potential spread of this species into new regions should be carefully monitored.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"26 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ens.12566","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138571014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Discovery of a new population of the endangered giant water bug Kirkaldyia deyrolli (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae) in Kyushu and evaluation of their genetic structure","authors":"Tomoya Suzuki, Hidetaka Ichiyanagi, Shin-ya Ohba","doi":"10.1111/ens.12564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ens.12564","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The giant water bug <i>Kirkaldyia deyrolli</i> is one of the most well-known endangered aquatic insects in Japan. The population of this species in Kyushu, one of the four major islands of the Japanese Archipelago, is extremely limited. In the present study, we identified a new population of <i>K. deyrolli</i> and undertook population genetic structure analyses based on genome-wide nuclear DNA single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). We collected samples using a nonlethal sampling method and obtained 59,279 SNPs. The results of our study confirm that sufficient SNP data for population genetic structure analysis can be obtained through nonlethal sampling. We determined that the newly identified population is genetically differentiated from a previously identified population on Kyushu. Therefore, this population is considered highly important for the conservation of <i>K. deyrolli</i> in Kyushu.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"26 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-12-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138502896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Morphology and behavior of ergatandromorph in Camponotus yamaokai Terayama & Satoh, 1990 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)","authors":"Kazuma Chiyoda, Hiro Yoshimura, Kanata Inoue, Kazuhisa Yamasaki, Toshiyuki Satoh, Satoshi Koyama","doi":"10.1111/ens.12565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ens.12565","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Ergatandromorphs are examples of genetic chimeras found in ants, in which they exhibit features of both minor workers and males. In this study, we report a lateral ergatandromorph of <i>Camponotus yamaokai</i> Terayama & Satoh, 1990. The right side of this specimen was characterized as a male and the left side as a minor worker, although some body parts did not show a clear division. The specimen had partially atrophied genitalia on the right side of the metasoma while the genital structures on the left side were absent. The individual engaged in frequent self-grooming and received trophallaxis and allogrooming from the nestmates. This is the first report of the lateral ergatandromorph in the genus <i>Camponotus</i>, which has few documented cases of gynandromorphism.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"26 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138468423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Himender Bharti, Jaspreet Kaur, Eduardo G. P. Fox, Meenakshi Bharti
{"title":"Larval instar estimation and ultra-structural analysis of Aphaenogaster cristata (Forel, 1902) and Aphaenogaster pachei (Forel, 1906) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Himalayas","authors":"Himender Bharti, Jaspreet Kaur, Eduardo G. P. Fox, Meenakshi Bharti","doi":"10.1111/ens.12563","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ens.12563","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The ontogeny of an organism provides fundamental insights into its life history and evolutionary background. Among insects, especially ants, relatively few observations have been formalized about the morphology of immature stages. Using light and scanning electron microscopy, this study presents the first description of the different larval instars of <i>Aphaenogaster cristata</i> (Forel, 1902) and <i>Aphaenogaster pachei</i> (Forel, 1906), species endemic to the Himalayas that predominate in areas where cold temperature stress and disturbances limit the presence of other ants. The existence of four larval instars was estimated based on the frequency distribution of their measured maximum head widths. We observed discrete alterations in the body constitution and parts among the different instars, suggesting they must follow similar habits until pupation. The two species, however, present noticeable particularities in their mandibles and hair types, suggesting intrinsic life adaptations. Observed traits complementary with previous descriptions with larvae of the genus and related taxa are suggestive of considerable evolutionary distance from <i>Messor</i>, considered the sister clade, which merits further taxonomic investigation in future studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"26 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138432360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Temporal and spatial patterns of foraging in two syntopic ant species, Manica yessensis and Formica lemani, on Mount Fuji, Japan","authors":"Keiichi Masuko","doi":"10.1111/ens.12562","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12562","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Spatiotemporal characteristics of terrestrial foraging were studied in two ant species, <i>Manica yessensis</i> and <i>Formica lemani</i>, in a volcanic desert on the southeast slope of Mount Fuji, Gotenba, Japan. Both ants are common in this habitat, and they construct underground nests in this dry area with sparse vegetation. Nests of <i>M. yessensis</i> have multiple nest-openings on the surface, whereas nests of <i>F. lemani</i> have very few openings, but their nesting and foraging areas overlap completely. A “mark-and-observe” method applied to <i>M. yessensis</i> demonstrated that worker ants of this species move between openings more than 3 m away. A study plot (6 m × 12 m quadrat) was set up, in which all nest-openings of both species were mapped. Day-long observations on numbers of foragers in this plot revealed that foraging <i>M. yessensis</i> are active in morning and evening, while <i>F. lemani</i> continues foraging all day, but both species cease activity at night. Associations between locations of foragers and nest-openings differed significantly between the two species, that is, surface foraging of <i>M. yessensis</i> workers was largely confined to the vicinity of their nest-openings, whereas foragers of <i>F. lemani</i> travelled far from their nest-openings. The function of multiple nest-openings in <i>M. yessensis</i> is discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"26 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ens.12562","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135316353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Oviposition preference for spherical surfaces is shared among multiple Drosophila species except D. melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae)","authors":"Junichi Akutsu, Takashi Matsuo","doi":"10.1111/ens.12560","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ens.12560","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Oviposition preference for spherical substrates has been reported in some insects but not in <i>Drosophila</i> species until the recent finding that <i>Drosophila suzukii</i> preferentially lays eggs on spherical surfaces with a smaller radius, whereas <i>D. melanogaster</i> does not. This finding raised two questions: (i) Was this trait specifically acquired in <i>D. suzukii</i> or lost in <i>D. melanogaster</i>? (ii) In the latter case, is it due to the long-term laboratory culture using oviposition substrates with flat surfaces? To answer these questions, we examined the oviposition preference of three <i>Drosophila</i> species using the stocks recently established from wild individuals. As with <i>D. suzukii</i>, <i>D. simulans</i> and <i>D. takahashii</i> showed significant preference for spherical surfaces with a smaller radius, suggesting that this trait is shared by multiple <i>Drosophila</i> species. In contrast, <i>D. melanogaster</i> did not show any preference for either smaller or larger radii, showing that the preference already has been lost in the natural population of <i>D. melanogaster</i>. It may be possible that the loss of oviposition preference for spherical surfaces is involved in the evolutionary process of <i>D. melanogaster</i> becoming a human commensal.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"26 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ens.12560","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50122391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nathan P. Havill, Shigehiko Shiyake, Deanna Zembrzuski, Robert G. Foottit, Bryan M. T. Brunet
{"title":"First record of Adelges (Cholodkovskya) viridanus (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) in North America, with a description of the fundatrix form in Japan","authors":"Nathan P. Havill, Shigehiko Shiyake, Deanna Zembrzuski, Robert G. Foottit, Bryan M. T. Brunet","doi":"10.1111/ens.12561","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/ens.12561","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Adelges</i> (<i>Cholodkovskya</i>) <i>viridanus</i> (Cholodkovsky 1896) (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) is found throughout Eurasia where it is understood to be anholocyclic, feeding on species of larch (<i>Larix</i>), without host alternation. For the first time, we report this species in North America, outside of its native range, from specimens collected in an arboretum in Ohio, USA. Molecular phylogenetic analysis was inconclusive as to whether it was introduced from Europe or Asia. In addition, specimens collected from <i>Picea jezoensis</i> in Japan were confirmed for the first time as <i>A</i>. <i>(C</i>.) <i>viridanus</i> by matching DNA sequences to specimens collected on <i>Larix</i>. Therefore, <i>A</i>. (<i>C</i>.) <i>viridanus</i> is either capable of completing a host-alternating holocycle in Japan, or includes very recently diverged anholocyclic populations on <i>Picea</i>. Finally, we describe the adult fundatrix form, which was previously unknown.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"26 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50122390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mateusz Okrutniak, Irena M. Grześ, Anna K. Kucharska, Filip Turza, Małgorzata Zimocha, Sabrina Kerdiane, Patryk Jabłoński
{"title":"The ant Lasius niger shows no relationship between task efficiency and body size variation among workers","authors":"Mateusz Okrutniak, Irena M. Grześ, Anna K. Kucharska, Filip Turza, Małgorzata Zimocha, Sabrina Kerdiane, Patryk Jabłoński","doi":"10.1111/ens.12549","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12549","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In ants, workers of different sizes may perform various tasks, even in so-called monomorphic species with relatively low body size variation. However, it is unclear if the body size diversity of monomorphic workers correlates with task efficiency, especially in stressful contingencies. Here we tested if the body size variation of workers corresponds with its efficiency in transferring pupae. Transferring brood is a pre-set behavioral response to stress, e.g. suboptimal temperature. Here we applied a laboratory experiment simulating nest damage. The study was performed on the common garden ant (<i>Lasius niger</i> (Linnaeus, 1758)) – a species with no distinct worker subcastes. The efficiency of workers was measured as the latency of transferring pupae from a lit part of the experimental colony to a darkened part, while the body size diversity was expressed as the within-colony coefficient of variation in head width. We did not find any significant correlation between efficiency and body size variation. Summarizing the existing studies and the present results, we propose the hypothesis that the body size diversity of <i>L. niger</i> may have implications for workers’ division of labor but not for their task efficiency in a stressful contingency.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"26 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43533765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pupal warning color development in above-ground pupating species but cryptic color in ground-surface pupating species of the nine-spotted diurnal moths (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Syntomini)","authors":"Makoto Tsubuki, Hidemori Yazaki, Fumio Hayashi","doi":"10.1111/ens.12559","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12559","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Insects usually have cryptic colors to avoid detection by visually hunting predators. However, if the insects acquire toxic or repellent substances against predators, some of them develop conspicuous coloration to exhibit their unpalatability. Such warning colors allow insects to survive. In the nine-spotted diurnal moths (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Syntomini), we found the above-ground pupating species to have conspicuous colored pupae, but the ground-surface pupating species to have cryptic colored pupae. In this study, the relationships between unpalatability and coloration of these pupae are examined among three species of <i>Amata</i> and one species of <i>Syntomoides</i>. Pupae of the two species (<i>A. germana</i> and <i>A. flava</i>) are conspicuous in their color pattern with seven black dotted lines longitudinally on their pale-yellow bodies. These pupae are exposed to the aerial predators in a coarse silk mesh hanging from leaves and/or branches. The other two species (<i>A. fortunei</i> and <i>S. imaon</i>) pupate in spaces under stones, fallen twigs and leaves on the ground surface, and the pupae in a coarse silk cocoon is cryptic dark brown. Their pupation site selections are reproduced in the rearing glass vessels. Palatability assessment using lizards as a potential predator suggests that pupae of <i>A. germana</i>, <i>A. flava</i> and <i>A. fortunei</i> are unpalatable and the lizard's feeding response decreases with experience. However, pupae of <i>S. imaon</i> are all eaten (palatable). Finally, the possible evolutionary scenario of pupal colors of these four species is discussed in relation to pupation site selection and palatability.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"26 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42866256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}