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The First Study of Mating Mistakes in Stoneflies (Plecoptera) from China, with Remarks on Their Biological Implications
SIMPLE SUMMARY: Adults of stoneflies have diverse mating behaviors and complex signals for communication, but they are not always able to correctly recognize their mates. With the observations from several provinces of China, we provide the first study on the erroneous mating behaviors of stoneflies...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9781399/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36555012 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13121102 |
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author | Huo, Qing-Bo Zhu, Bin-Qing Murányi, Dávid Tierno de Figueroa, José Manuel Zhao, Meng-Yuan Xiang, Ya-Nan Yang, Yu-Ben Du, Yu-Zhou |
author_facet | Huo, Qing-Bo Zhu, Bin-Qing Murányi, Dávid Tierno de Figueroa, José Manuel Zhao, Meng-Yuan Xiang, Ya-Nan Yang, Yu-Ben Du, Yu-Zhou |
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description | SIMPLE SUMMARY: Adults of stoneflies have diverse mating behaviors and complex signals for communication, but they are not always able to correctly recognize their mates. With the observations from several provinces of China, we provide the first study on the erroneous mating behaviors of stoneflies from this country. Three different categories of erroneous mating attempts involving 13 species belonging to three stonefly families are reported, and information on their physical competition, the sensorial mechanisms triggering the mating, the conditions favoring the mating mistakes, and the possible consequences of interspecific mating are discussed. Hitting and pushing with the head and abdomen could be the unique method employed in the male–male physical competition. Vibrational signals are considered not a prerequisite for triggering a mating behavior, while vision and/or touch could be a sufficient condition for triggering it, but they are not always efficient for species-specific recognition. ABSTRACT: Currently, information on the biology of Plecoptera from China is scarce, particularly on mating behavior. In this paper, the existence of mating mistakes (erroneous mating attempts) involving 13 Chinese stonefly species (belonging to nine genera and three families) is reported. These erroneous mating behaviors can be included into three different categories: mating attempts between conspecific males (including the formation of erroneous mating balls), mating attempts between different taxa (including displacement attempts during copulation), and mating-related behaviors with non-living objects. From these behaviors, some aspects of stoneflies during mating, such as the physical competition between males, the sensorial mechanisms implied in triggering a mating behavior, the conditions favoring the mating mistakes, and the possible consequences of interspecific mating in the hybrid production, are discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-97813992022-12-24 The First Study of Mating Mistakes in Stoneflies (Plecoptera) from China, with Remarks on Their Biological Implications Huo, Qing-Bo Zhu, Bin-Qing Murányi, Dávid Tierno de Figueroa, José Manuel Zhao, Meng-Yuan Xiang, Ya-Nan Yang, Yu-Ben Du, Yu-Zhou Insects Article SIMPLE SUMMARY: Adults of stoneflies have diverse mating behaviors and complex signals for communication, but they are not always able to correctly recognize their mates. With the observations from several provinces of China, we provide the first study on the erroneous mating behaviors of stoneflies from this country. Three different categories of erroneous mating attempts involving 13 species belonging to three stonefly families are reported, and information on their physical competition, the sensorial mechanisms triggering the mating, the conditions favoring the mating mistakes, and the possible consequences of interspecific mating are discussed. Hitting and pushing with the head and abdomen could be the unique method employed in the male–male physical competition. Vibrational signals are considered not a prerequisite for triggering a mating behavior, while vision and/or touch could be a sufficient condition for triggering it, but they are not always efficient for species-specific recognition. ABSTRACT: Currently, information on the biology of Plecoptera from China is scarce, particularly on mating behavior. In this paper, the existence of mating mistakes (erroneous mating attempts) involving 13 Chinese stonefly species (belonging to nine genera and three families) is reported. These erroneous mating behaviors can be included into three different categories: mating attempts between conspecific males (including the formation of erroneous mating balls), mating attempts between different taxa (including displacement attempts during copulation), and mating-related behaviors with non-living objects. From these behaviors, some aspects of stoneflies during mating, such as the physical competition between males, the sensorial mechanisms implied in triggering a mating behavior, the conditions favoring the mating mistakes, and the possible consequences of interspecific mating in the hybrid production, are discussed. MDPI 2022-11-30 /pmc/articles/PMC9781399/ /pubmed/36555012 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13121102 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Huo, Qing-Bo Zhu, Bin-Qing Murányi, Dávid Tierno de Figueroa, José Manuel Zhao, Meng-Yuan Xiang, Ya-Nan Yang, Yu-Ben Du, Yu-Zhou The First Study of Mating Mistakes in Stoneflies (Plecoptera) from China, with Remarks on Their Biological Implications |
title | The First Study of Mating Mistakes in Stoneflies (Plecoptera) from China, with Remarks on Their Biological Implications |
title_full | The First Study of Mating Mistakes in Stoneflies (Plecoptera) from China, with Remarks on Their Biological Implications |
title_fullStr | The First Study of Mating Mistakes in Stoneflies (Plecoptera) from China, with Remarks on Their Biological Implications |
title_full_unstemmed | The First Study of Mating Mistakes in Stoneflies (Plecoptera) from China, with Remarks on Their Biological Implications |
title_short | The First Study of Mating Mistakes in Stoneflies (Plecoptera) from China, with Remarks on Their Biological Implications |
title_sort | first study of mating mistakes in stoneflies (plecoptera) from china, with remarks on their biological implications |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9781399/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36555012 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13121102 |
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