NDLI: Selective Foraging Behavior in Nest-Provisioning Females of Parastrachia japonensis (Hemiptera: Cydnidae): Cues for Preferred Food

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Author	makuchi, Shintaro Filippi, Lisa Tojo, Sumio
Copyright Year	1998
Abstract	Females of Parastrachia japonensis (Hemiptera: Cydnidae) provision nymph-containing nests with drupes of the single host tree, Schoepfia jasminodora (Rosidae: Santales). P. japonensis feeds on the endosperm of these drupes. Foraging females approached and accepted only a few selected drupes for transport to their nests from among the hundreds of drupes scattered on the ground. The characteristics of the drupes that elicited an acceptance response under field conditions were examined. Females estimated the degree of endosperm development using volatile and nonvolatile chemicals in the outer skin as cues and selected only those drupes which had a well-developed endosperm. Although the cues that prompted approach and inspection of a drupe are in the fleshy outer skin, females presented with various substitute drupes coated with outer skin juices of acceptable drupes selected only those they could recognize as a solid mass, suggesting that they used volatile chemicals in the outer skin as cues for approaching and inspecting a drupe and then taste and tactile stimuli as cues for acceptance. Thus, this bug possesses a complex, ecologically sensitive cognitive system that enables it to recognize valuable food items by using reliable cues. The importance of selective foraging by P. japonensis females and the evolutionary significance of this behavior are discussed.
Starting Page	605
Ending Page	619
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	08927553
Journal	Journal of Insect Behavior
Volume Number	11
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	15728889
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Publisher Date	1998-01-01
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Ecology Evolutionary Biology Zoology Animal Physiology Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Insect Science

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