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Behavioural Phenotypic Plasticity of Submerged Oviposition in Damselflies (Insecta: Odonata)

Emerald damselfly Lestes sponsa is a common species within the temperate zone, with no special need for protection. The tactic of submerged oviposition is well known from other Odonata species, but has rarely been noticed or described in Lestes sponsa. Our study investigated the tactics of ovipositi...

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Autores principales: Helebrandová, Jana Branwen, Pyszko, Petr, Dolný, Aleš
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6571832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31035680
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects10050124
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description Emerald damselfly Lestes sponsa is a common species within the temperate zone, with no special need for protection. The tactic of submerged oviposition is well known from other Odonata species, but has rarely been noticed or described in Lestes sponsa. Our study investigated the tactics of oviposition in this species, and shows that submerged oviposition indeed occurs frequently in Lestes sponsa. We experimentally tested the difference in the roles of males and females during the submerged ovipositional behaviour by combining males/females from submerging populations with males/females from non-submerging populations. We discovered that, whereas submerging males coupling with non-submerging females did not lead to submersion, the opposite combination of pairs submerged. Other patterns of submersions are discussed further in this paper. Our research led to the conclusion that damselflies have the ability to learn and react to different situations in keeping with the learning potential of insects in general.
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spelling pubmed-65718322019-06-18 Behavioural Phenotypic Plasticity of Submerged Oviposition in Damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) Helebrandová, Jana Branwen Pyszko, Petr Dolný, Aleš Insects Article Emerald damselfly Lestes sponsa is a common species within the temperate zone, with no special need for protection. The tactic of submerged oviposition is well known from other Odonata species, but has rarely been noticed or described in Lestes sponsa. Our study investigated the tactics of oviposition in this species, and shows that submerged oviposition indeed occurs frequently in Lestes sponsa. We experimentally tested the difference in the roles of males and females during the submerged ovipositional behaviour by combining males/females from submerging populations with males/females from non-submerging populations. We discovered that, whereas submerging males coupling with non-submerging females did not lead to submersion, the opposite combination of pairs submerged. Other patterns of submersions are discussed further in this paper. Our research led to the conclusion that damselflies have the ability to learn and react to different situations in keeping with the learning potential of insects in general. MDPI 2019-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6571832/ /pubmed/31035680 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects10050124 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title Behavioural Phenotypic Plasticity of Submerged Oviposition in Damselflies (Insecta: Odonata)
title_full Behavioural Phenotypic Plasticity of Submerged Oviposition in Damselflies (Insecta: Odonata)
title_fullStr Behavioural Phenotypic Plasticity of Submerged Oviposition in Damselflies (Insecta: Odonata)
title_full_unstemmed Behavioural Phenotypic Plasticity of Submerged Oviposition in Damselflies (Insecta: Odonata)
title_short Behavioural Phenotypic Plasticity of Submerged Oviposition in Damselflies (Insecta: Odonata)
title_sort behavioural phenotypic plasticity of submerged oviposition in damselflies (insecta: odonata)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6571832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31035680
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects10050124
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