{"title":"Myrmecophily of the enigmatic stag beetle Torynognathus chrysomelinus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) with remarks on adult morphology, immature stages, and systematic position","authors":"Showtaro Kakizoe, Shunsuke Kakinuma, Konosuke Hoshino, Rosli Hashim, Nurul Ashikin Abdullah, Munetoshi Maruyama","doi":"10.1111/ens.12539","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12539","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Adults and various immature stages of the stag beetle <i>Torynognathus chrysomelinus</i> Bomans, 1986 were found inside the nests of <i>Pseudolasius</i> ants in Peninsular Malaysia. This paper provides a detailed description of <i>T. chrysomelinus</i>, which is the first ever record of myrmecophily in this genus and the third record in the family Lucanidae. This is also the first record of myrmecophilous Coleoptera with <i>Pseudolasius</i> ants as a host. The description includes the illustration of the male genitalia, mouthparts, larva, and pupa of this genus for the first time. Furthermore, the systematic position of <i>T. chrysomelinus</i> was inferred by the molecular phylogenetic analysis of the family Lucanidae. The results suggest that <i>Torynognathus</i> is a sister taxon to the genus <i>Aegus</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48860571","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":"The phylogeography of the stag beetle Dorcus montivagus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae): Comparison with the phylogeography of its specific host tree, the Japanese beech Fagus crenata","authors":"Gaku Ueki, Koji Tojo","doi":"10.1111/ens.12535","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12535","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>Dorcus montivagus</i> is a Japanese endemic stag beetle that feeds exclusively on dead beech wood, and its distribution is almost completely coincidental with that of beech forests. Japanese beech, <i>Fagus crenata</i>, is the dominant tree species of the cool-temperate deciduous broad-leaved forests in Japan. Historical changes in the distribution of beech forests due to Pleistocene climate change are expected to have also affected the phylogeographic structures of dependent beech-feeding phytophagous insects. In this study, we elucidated the present phylogeographic structures of <i>D. montivagus</i> using molecular markers, and also compared them with the present geographic genetic structures of beech tress and the post-glacial distribution as inferred by pollen fossil analyses. It was found that <i>D. montivagus</i> is largely differentiated into two phylogenetic clades: Clade I consisted of populations from Hokkaido, Honshu and Shikoku, and Clade II consisted only of Kyushu populations. Furthermore, the genetic diversity of the stag beetle showed a geographically declining gradient from south-west to north-east, consistent with the genetic variation observable in Japanese beech. Genetic differentiation between the Sea of Japan side and the Pacific Ocean side populations was also observed in both clades of the stag beetle. These results indicate a similar phylogeographic structure between the stag beetle and Japanese beech. Therefore, the distributional changes in Japanese beech correspondingly restricted the migratory dispersal of <i>D. montivagus</i>, and strongly influenced its phylogeographic structure.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42421573","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":"Functional, genetic, and structural constraints on the exaggeration and diversification of male genital morphology in Ohomopterus ground beetles","authors":"Karen Terada, Sougo Takahashi, Yasuoki Takami","doi":"10.1111/ens.12538","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12538","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The evolution of exaggerated sexual traits may be possible by the relaxation of various constraints on exaggeration. Functional constraints refer to the reduced performance of exaggerated traits <i>per se</i> or increased survival costs by holding the exaggerated traits. Genetic constraints, such as genetic correlations or pleiotropy, may hinder the independent evolution and exaggeration of traits. Structural constraints, such as competition for space and resources among traits, may require the coordination of the exaggerated trait with surrounding structures. The remarkable diversity of male genital morphology provides an ideal opportunity for examining constraints on sexual trait exaggeration. In this study, we addressed the constraints on the evolution of exaggerated male genital morphology based on a comparative analysis of phenotypic covariation between the genitalia and other body parts using <i>Ohomopterus</i> ground beetles. We found that exaggerated male genitalia were related to a relaxation of functional constraint, as revealed by a steeper allometric slope in the species with exaggerated male genitalia. By contrast, genetic constraint based on a shared genetic basis for the male genitalia and other appendages may have little effect on diversification in male genitalia. Structural constraints were strongest in the species with the most exaggerated male genitalia, suggesting that the observed constraint was a result of exaggeration. These findings improve our understanding of sexual trait exaggeration and underlying constraints.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43259023","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":"Rapid bluing and slow browning: reversible body color change according to ambient temperature in damselfly Indolestes peregrinus (Ris, 1916)","authors":"Yuki Hasebe, Yuta Nagano, Tomoyuki Yokoi","doi":"10.1111/ens.12537","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12537","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Variation in body color occurs in many animals, and its function differs by species. Some species use multiple colors to create different effects. Most dragonflies change their body color unilaterally with maturation, whereas in a few species these changes are reversible. Both sexes of the damselfly <i>Indolestes peregrinus</i> show temperature-dependent reversible body color changes, with a brown color when the ambient temperature decreases and a blue color when the temperature increases. To elucidate the temperature range at which this color change occurs and the exact elapsed time for the color change, laboratory experiments were conducted to determine whether the time required for body color change was related to ambient temperature and whether sex differences affected this duration. The body color and time required for the change were recorded under four temperature conditions. Bluing was completed in a few minutes, whereas browning took several hours. Moreover, sexual differences were observed, whereby males showed a more rapid transformation to blue than that of females. Our results suggest that the rapid bluing has some importance in this species, especially in males.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44896302","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":"Inferring feeding habits of Carabidae (Coleoptera) larvae based on mandible morphology: Case studies of Lesticus magnus and Chlaenius costiger","authors":"Kôji Sasakawa","doi":"10.1111/ens.12536","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12536","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In the beetle family Carabidae, feeding habits are important life history traits that determine their role in ecosystems and suitability as bioindicators. However, they have not been elucidated for most species, especially in the larval stages. Using laboratory-rearing experiments, this study examined the larval feeding habits of two large carabid species: <i>Lesticus magnus</i> (tribe Pterostichini) and <i>Chlaenius costiger</i> (tribe Chlaeniini). Although previous studies failed to rear these larvae on insect larva diets, the mandible morphology of the first instars described in those studies, together with subsequently obtained knowledge of the relationship between mandible morphology and feeding habits in other carabid larvae, suggests that they are earthworm feeders. Rearing experiments with three types of animal diet (insect larvae, mixed snail and slug, and earthworm diets) showed that as expected, their larvae are earthworm feeders. In <i>L</i>. <i>magnus</i>, although the larvae accepted the mixed snail and slug diet and the earthworm diet, only larvae reared on the earthworm diet reached adulthood. In <i>C</i>. <i>costiger</i>, the larvae accepted only the earthworm diet and reached adulthood. This is the first report of earthworm feeding during the larval stage for the genus <i>Lesticus</i> (tribe Pterostichini) and tribe Chlaeniini. The importance of these results is discussed from ecological and evolutionary perspectives.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46240795","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":"Love is in the air and beyond the ocean: Taxonomic review of Neotrogaspidia Lelej (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae: Trogaspidiini) in Northeast Asia highlights its unique distributional pattern","authors":"Juriya Okayasu","doi":"10.1111/ens.12532","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12532","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The genus <i>Neotrogaspidia</i> Lelej, 1996 is a small group of velvet ants with five species from the Australasian, Oriental and Palearctic Regions. The type species, <i>N. pustulata</i> (Smith, 1873) (♂♀), is the only Northeast Asian species known at present. In this paper, <i>N. elpinice</i> (Mickel, 1933), <b>stat. resurr. et comb. nov.</b> (♂♀) is resurrected from the junior synonym of <i>N. pustulata</i>. Two new combinations are proposed for <i>N. circumcincta</i> (André, 1896), <b>comb. nov.</b> (♂♀) from <i>Orientidia</i> Lelej, 1996 and <i>N. recticarinata</i> (Chen, 1957), <b>comb. nov.</b> (♂) from <i>Trogaspidia</i> Ashmead, 1899. New synonymies are proposed for <i>N. elpinice</i> with <i>T</i>. <i>aestivalis</i> Hammer, 1949, <b>syn. nov.</b> and <i>T</i>. <i>maritima</i> Chen, 1957, <b>syn. nov.</b>, and <i>N. circumcincta</i> with <i>T</i>. <i>yuliensis</i> Tsuneki, 1972, <b>syn. nov.</b> and <i>Krombeinidia agricola</i> Williams, 2019, <b>syn. nov.</b> An updated genus diagnosis and a key to all described species are provided. New records include <i>N. circumcincta</i> from Laos and Vietnam, <i>N. pustulata</i> from North Korea, and <i>N. recticarinata</i> from Taiwan. The inflated endophallus of the male genitalia of <i>N. pustulata</i> is illustrated. A potential host record, habitat records and mating observations of <i>Neotrogaspidia</i> are presented. The historical process of formation of the distributional patterns of this genus in Northeast Asia is discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44024782","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":"Altitudinal distribution and seasonal life cycle of drosophilid flies (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in central Japan, with reference to their biogeographic features","authors":"Katsura Beppu, Masahito T. Kimura","doi":"10.1111/ens.12533","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12533","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Altitudinal distribution and seasonal life cycle of drosophilid flies (Diptera) were studied on the southwestern slope of Mt. Higashi-Kagonoto in Tomi and at Ishi-no-yu in Shiga Heights, Nagano, central Japan. Collections of flies were carried out from early spring to late autumn using traps baited with fermenting banana. Based on the present results and previous faunal reports from central Japan, major native drosophilid species collected in this study were classified into migratory (5 species), high-altitude (6), mid-altitude (14) and low-altitude (14) species. The migratory species are assumed to perform extensive seasonal migration between low- and high-altitude areas. Among these native species, <i>Drosophila alpina</i> (a high-altitude species) and <i>D. moriwakii</i> (a mid-altitude species) are assumed to pass only one generation in a year, while the others pass two or more generations. Five of the six high-altitude species are assigned as the Palearctic elements, while four of the five migratory species and 12 of the 14 low-altitude species are assigned as the Sino-Japanese elements. The mid-altitude species consist of approximately equal numbers of the Palearctic and Sino-Japanese elements. Among the high-altitude species, <i>D. alpina</i> and <i>Hirtodrosophila makinoi</i> are also distributed in high-altitude areas in Hokkaido, northern Japan. The other high-altitude species and most of the mid-altitude species generally occur in low-altitude areas in Hokkaido or the further north. The Sino-Japanese elements occurring at high and mid altitudes in central Japan are also distributed at high altitudes in southern and southwestern China.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49496087","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}
Filippo Frizzi, Paride Balzani, Clara Frasconi Wendt, Alberto Masoni, Elisa Carta, Maria Rita Innocenti, Giacomo Santini
{"title":"Effects of starvation on the fighting ability of invasive and autochthonous ants","authors":"Filippo Frizzi, Paride Balzani, Clara Frasconi Wendt, Alberto Masoni, Elisa Carta, Maria Rita Innocenti, Giacomo Santini","doi":"10.1111/ens.12531","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12531","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Ants are widespread in all terrestrial habitats, and competitive interactions between species are common. Although redistribution of food within a colony may buffer the negative effects of temporary resource shortages, colony functionality can be compromised when famine is prolonged. One of the possible effects of famine is impairment of the fighting ability of species, with cascade effects on community. Here, we investigated whether food shortage alters the fighting ability of workers of three dominant species in the Mediterranean area: the invasive alien species, <i>Lasius neglectus</i> and <i>Linepithema humile</i>, and one highly polydomous autochthonous species belonging to the <i>Tapinoma nigerrimum</i> complex. We performed laboratory tests of interspecific one-on-one aggression and pairwise group contests between species, with all possible combinations of artificially satiated and starved groups. Results showed that starvation had a scarce effect on the individual aggressiveness in all three species. Similarly, the outcomes of the group fights were only lightly affected, but with an important exception. The positions of species in the fighting hierarchies were in most cases clear and linear, with <i>L. neglectus</i> at the top. However, we found that <i>L. humile</i> and <i>L. neglectus</i> showed equal mortality when one of the two species was starved and the other satiated. Although we investigated only one aspect of competition, that is, fighting ability, our results provide a piece of the complex jigsaw of competitive interactions of ants, and suggest that food deprivation can be a determinant that alters the relationships between ants and promotes or hampers the coexistence of dominant species.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43036245","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":"Establishment of a laboratory-rearing technique for the rove beetle Anotylus amicus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) with investigations of its life cycle, behavior and morphological variations","authors":"Motoharu Okuzono, Makoto Tokuda","doi":"10.1111/ens.12530","DOIUrl":"10.1111/ens.12530","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Rove beetles (Staphylinidae) are one of the largest families in Coleoptera. Although the ecological features of rove beetles are important subjects in terms of understanding their diversification processes, laboratory-rearing studies have only been conducted for a few species to date. In this study, we established a continuous rearing method for <i>Anotylus amicus</i> (Bernhauer, 1923) (Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) using bell cricket food. In addition, its life cycle, behavior and morphological variations were investigated using the rearing technique. The mean duration of egg, first, second and third instars, prepupa and pupa were 4.3, 4.0, 4.0, 7.8, 1.7 and 4.7 days at 24°C, respectively. Adults and larvae used substrate, food and excrement for nesting. Mate guarding by males and associated male–male combat were observed. Head width and body size sexually varied; most males were larger than females, but some were comparable to females. Many individuals possessed undeveloped short hindwings, while some, especially large females, had long ones. As <i>A. amicus</i> can be reared simply, have a fairly short generation period, and exhibit interesting behavioral and morphological characteristics, <i>A. amicus</i> is suitable for clarifying the ecological aspects of rove beetles.</p>","PeriodicalId":11745,"journal":{"name":"Entomological Science","volume":"25 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48992742","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}