A specialized fungal parasite (Massospora cicadina) hijacks the sexual signals of periodical cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada)
| Autor: | David C. Marshall, John R. Cooley, Kathy B. R. Hill |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine Entomology Adaptation Biological Zoology lcsh:Medicine Article Conidium Hemiptera Sexual Behavior Animal 03 medical and health sciences Animals Parasite hosting lcsh:Science Multidisciplinary biology lcsh:R Spores Fungal biology.organism_classification Entomophthorales 030104 developmental biology Periodical cicadas Entomopathogenic fungus Female lcsh:Q Adaptation Massospora cicadina |
| Zdroj: | Scientific Reports, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2018) Scientific Reports |
| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
| Popis: | Male periodical cicadas (Magicicada spp.) infected with conidiospore-producing (“Stage I”) infections of the entomopathogenic fungus Massospora cicadina exhibit precisely timed wing-flick signaling behavior normally seen only in sexually receptive female cicadas. Male wing-flicks attract copulation attempts from conspecific males in the chorus; close contact apparently spreads the infective conidiospores. In contrast, males with “Stage II” infections that produce resting spores that wait for the next cicada generation do not produce female-specific signals. We propose that these complex fungus-induced behavioral changes, which resemble apparently independently derived changes in other cicada-Massospora systems, represent a fungus “extended phenotype” that hijacks cicadas, turning them into vehicles for fungus transmission at the expense of the cicadas’ own interests. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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