The Immediate Source of the Oviposition-Deterring Pheromone Produced by Larvae of Adalia bipunctata (L.) (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) |
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Authors: | E. Laubertie X. Martini C. Cadena M. Treilhou A. F. G. Dixon J.-L. Hemptinne |
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Affiliation: | (1) UMR CNRS/UPS/ENFA 5174 “Evolution et diversité biologique,” Ecole nationale de Formation agronomique, BP 22687, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan Cedex, France;(2) Unité propre “Signaux biologiques et métabolites secondaires,” Ecole nationale de Formation agronomique, BP 22687, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan Cedex, France;(3) School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK;(4) Ecole nationale de Formation agronomique, BP 22687, F-31326 Castanet-Tolosan Cedex, France |
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Abstract: | As is the case for other insects ovipositing on or in resources that are limited in time and/or space, the two-spot ladybird beetle, Adalia bipunctata (L.) produces an oviposition-deterring pheromone (ODP), which is produced by the larval stages. Foraging larvae touch the substrate with their tarsi and the anal disk on the tenth abdominal segment. The aim of this paper was to determine whether the ODP produced by larvae was deposited by the tarsi or the anal disk. Fourth instar larvae either had their anal disk and tarsi, or anal disk, or tarsi coated with a water-soluble mounting medium. Larvae so treated were allowed to walk on filter paper that was subsequently presented to gravid females. The tracks of larvae that had both their tarsi and anal disk masked did not inhibit oviposition. However, the tracks of larvae that had only their tarsi masked significantly inhibited oviposition but those of larvae that had only their anal disk masked did not. It is concluded that the ODP is deposited on the substrate by the anal disk on the tenth abdominal segment of larvae. |
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Keywords: | oviposition-deterring pheromone larvae anal disk tarsi coccinellidae |
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