The guarding posture of females in the subsocial bug Elasmucha dorsalis (Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae)
The subsocial bug Elasmucha dorsalis lays egg masses on the underside of the leaves of female plants of Aruncus dioicus. Each bug straddles her eggs and shields her offspring with her body, until they moult to the 2nd instar. Females that: attended aggregations of 2nd and later instar nymphs feeding...
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| description | The subsocial bug Elasmucha dorsalis lays egg masses on the underside of the leaves of female plants of Aruncus dioicus. Each bug straddles her eggs and shields her offspring with her body, until they moult to the 2nd instar. Females that: attended aggregations of 2nd and later instar nymphs feeding on fruit of inflorescences often settled close to the basal part of or just below the aggregation, and faced towards the base of the inflorescence. The nymphal aggregations often Seemed to be too large for females to guard effectively. The position and orientation of females attending 2nd or later instar nymphs probably enabled them to detect predators walking towards the nymphs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b7e9a44b9cc54d1788c3d1e0ec39fe942022-12-21T23:46:59ZengInstitute of Entomology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of ScienceEuropean Journal of Entomology1210-57591802-88292000-04-0197113713910.14411/eje.2000.023eje-200001-0023The guarding posture of females in the subsocial bug Elasmucha dorsalis (Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae)Shin-Ichi KUDO0Department of Biology, Naruto University of Education, Naruto, Tokushima, 772-8502, Japan; e-mail: skudo@naruto-u.ac.jpThe subsocial bug Elasmucha dorsalis lays egg masses on the underside of the leaves of female plants of Aruncus dioicus. Each bug straddles her eggs and shields her offspring with her body, until they moult to the 2nd instar. Females that: attended aggregations of 2nd and later instar nymphs feeding on fruit of inflorescences often settled close to the basal part of or just below the aggregation, and faced towards the base of the inflorescence. The nymphal aggregations often Seemed to be too large for females to guard effectively. The position and orientation of females attending 2nd or later instar nymphs probably enabled them to detect predators walking towards the nymphs.https://www.eje.cz/artkey/eje-200001-0023_The_guarding_posture_of_females_in_the_subsocial_bug_Elasmucha_dorsalis_Heteroptera_Acanthosomatidae.phpheteropteraacanthosomatidaeelasmuchaparental careguarding posturepredator-prey interactions |
| spellingShingle | Shin-Ichi KUDO The guarding posture of females in the subsocial bug Elasmucha dorsalis (Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae) European Journal of Entomology heteroptera acanthosomatidae elasmucha parental care guarding posture predator-prey interactions |
| title | The guarding posture of females in the subsocial bug Elasmucha dorsalis (Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae) |
| title_full | The guarding posture of females in the subsocial bug Elasmucha dorsalis (Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae) |
| title_fullStr | The guarding posture of females in the subsocial bug Elasmucha dorsalis (Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | The guarding posture of females in the subsocial bug Elasmucha dorsalis (Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae) |
| title_short | The guarding posture of females in the subsocial bug Elasmucha dorsalis (Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae) |
| title_sort | guarding posture of females in the subsocial bug elasmucha dorsalis heteroptera acanthosomatidae |
| topic | heteroptera acanthosomatidae elasmucha parental care guarding posture predator-prey interactions |
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