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DOI | 10.1242/jeb.189308 |
Ultrasound avoidance by flying antlions (Myrmeleontidae) | |
Holderied, Marc W.1; Thomas, Liam A.1; Korine, Carmi2 | |
通讯作者 | Holderied, Marc W. |
来源期刊 | JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY
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ISSN | 0022-0949 |
EISSN | 1477-9145 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 221期号:21 |
英文摘要 | The acoustic arms race between insectivorous bats and their invertebrate prey has led to the convergent evolution of ultrasound hearing in seven orders of nocturnal insects. Upon hearing the echolocation calls of an approaching bat, such insects take defensive action. Here, we document a previously unknown sense of ultrasound hearing and phonotactic flight behaviour in the neuropteran family Myrmeleontidae (antlions). The antlion Myrmeleon hyalinus was presented with sound pulses at ultrasonic frequencies used by echolocating bats and its response thresholds in tethered flight determined. Behaviours included abdominal twitches, wing flicks, brief pauses in flight and flight cessation. Such behaviours create erratic evasive flight manoeuvres in other eared insects, particularly mantids and lacewings. Antlions responded best to ultrasound between 60 and 80 kHz (75 dB peSPL at 80 kHz), showing response thresholds similar to those of the related lacewings (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae). Yet, at lower ultrasonic frequencies (20-50 kHz), antlions were far less sensitive than lacewings. Based on calculated response distances, we conclude that antlions respond only after having been detected by bats rather than using early evasive flights. We argue that the high response threshold for low-frequency ultrasound is adaptive for an insect that is mainly active close to and within vegetation, because a behavioural response to the lower ultrasonic frequencies used by high-flying bats would result in evasive action in the absence of actual predation risk. |
英文关键词 | Neuroptera Insect hearing Bioacoustics Bat echolocation Desert |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | England ; Israel |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000449824800022 |
WOS关键词 | MANTIS PARASPHENDALE-AGRIONINA ; GATED EVASIVE MANEUVERS ; CHRYSOPA-CARNEA ; PRAYING-MANTIS ; INSECTIVOROUS BATS ; ECHOLOCATING BATS ; GREEN LACEWINGS ; AERIAL-HAWKING ; BEHAVIOR ; INSECTS |
WOS类目 | Biology |
WOS研究方向 | Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics |
来源机构 | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/210898 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Bristol, Sch Biol Sci, Life Sci Bldg,24 Tyndall Ave, Bristol BS8 1TH, Avon, England; 2.Ben Gurion Univ Negev, Jacob Blaustein Inst Desert Res, Mitrani Dept Desert Ecol, IL-8499000 Midreshet Ben Gurion, Israel |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Holderied, Marc W.,Thomas, Liam A.,Korine, Carmi. Ultrasound avoidance by flying antlions (Myrmeleontidae)[J]. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,2018,221(21). |
APA | Holderied, Marc W.,Thomas, Liam A.,&Korine, Carmi.(2018).Ultrasound avoidance by flying antlions (Myrmeleontidae).JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY,221(21). |
MLA | Holderied, Marc W.,et al."Ultrasound avoidance by flying antlions (Myrmeleontidae)".JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 221.21(2018). |
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