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Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 123:311-320
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Insect Systematics & Evolution. 48:512-531
Fireflies in the genus Photinus are well regarded for their luminescent nocturnal courtship displays. Here we report on a new firefly species, Photinus interdius, which is remarkable for its fully diurnal and luminescent courtship protocol. Males slo
Autor:
Fredric V. Vencl, Catalina Estrada, Rachel A. Page, Kristina J. Ottens, Ximena E. Bernal, Sarah Candler, Marjorie M. Dixon
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Biotropica. 48:645-655
Although famous for photic courtship displays, fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) are also notable for emitting strong odors when molested. The identity of volatile emissions and their possible role, along with photic signals, as aposematic warnings
Autor:
Fredric V. Vencl, Natasha de Gunten, Si-Qin Ge, Alexander S. Konstantinov, Jing Ren, David Hu
Publikováno v:
Zoological science. 35(3)
Camouflaged objects are harder to detect if the background itself is more heterogeneous, and search becomes increasingly inefficient when the scene contains multiple items resembling the target. Some adult leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) wit
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Ecological Entomology. 38:596-607
The fate of an immature herbivorous insect depends on its mother's ability to locate a host that fosters optimal growth. However, immature performance and survival is often decoupled from female host preference. We used defence manipulation and exclu
Autor:
Robert B. Srygley, Fredric V. Vencl
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Evolutionary Ecology. 27:237-252
In response to intense enemy selection, immature folivorous insects have evolved elaborate, multi-trait defense arsenals. How enemies foster trait diversification and arsenal assembly depends on which selective mode they impose: whether different ene
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Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 65:227-239
Whereas the “escape-and-radiate” plant-herbivore scenario predicts that reciprocating cycles of defense-counter defense foster the evolution of traits with increasing efficacy that accumulate during clade diversification, coevolutionary models of
Autor:
Xinhua Fu, Ohba Nobuyoshi, Zhongning Zhang, Fredric V. Vencl, V. Benno Meyer-Rochow, Chaoliang Lei
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Chemoecology. 17:117-124
When attacked or otherwise disturbed, larvae of the aquatic firefly Luciola leii display fork-shaped glands laterally from the meso- and metathorax as well as each abdominal segment. Glandular eversion is accompanied by a strong pine oil-like odour,
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The Canadian Entomologist. 138:860-870
The aquatic larvae of the firefly Luciola leii Fu and Ballantyne occur on the substrate of rice fields and ditches in Hubei Province of central China. The behaviour and ecology of L. leii are described. We recorded L. leii larvae attacking four speci
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The Canadian Entomologist. 137:83-90
The aquatic firefly Luciola substriata Gorham, 1880 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) was first discovered in mainland China in 2000. The larvae of L. substriata inhabit ponds and lakes rich in aquatic vegetation. We recorded L. substriata feeding on two spec