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Effect of [His 7 ]‐corazonin on the number of antennal sensilla in Locusta migratoria
Author(s) -
YamamotoKihara Mami,
Hata Tamako,
Breuer Michael,
Tanaka Seiji
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
physiological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-3032
pISSN - 0307-6962
DOI - 10.1111/j.0307-6962.2004.0367.x
Subject(s) - biology , nymph , acrididae , locust , dictyoptera , acridoidea , anatomy , medicine , endocrinology , cockroach , orthoptera , zoology , botany , ecology
. Certain types of antennal sensilla are known to be more abundant in solitarious individuals than in gregarious ones in the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria . We tested the hypothesis that injection of a neurohormone, [His 7 ]‐corazonin, into isolated‐reared nymphs of this species mimics the effect of crowding on the frequencies of various types of antennal sensilla. One nmol of the hormone was injected into nymphs on two occasions, on the third days of the second and third stadia, respectively. Upon adult emergence, the numbers of different types of sensilla on the eighth antennal segment were compared with those of oil‐injected controls. [His 7 ]‐corazonin did not influence the numbers of basiconic sensilla type A, basiconic sensilla type B and trichoid sensilla significantly compared to oil‐injected controls. However, the number of coeloconic sensilla was reduced significantly by the hormone injections. Because the length of the antennal segment was not affected by the hormone injection, it appears that the hormone influenced the development of coeloconic sensilla. The results support the hypothesis tested and are consistent with the idea that [His 7 ]‐corazonin plays an important role in the control of phase polymorphism in L. migratoria .