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Circadian rhythmicity and development of the behavioural response to sex pheromone in male brown‐banded cockroaches, Supella longipalpa
Author(s) -
LIANG DANGSHENG,
SCHAL COBY
Publication year - 1990
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.1365-3032.1990.tb00523.x
Subject(s) - biology , pheromone , cockroach , diel vertical migration , circadian rhythm , sex pheromone , entrainment (biomusicology) , moulting , darkness , medicine , rhythm , endocrinology , photoperiodism , period (music) , zoology , ecology , botany , larva , physics , acoustics
The effects of age, time of day and pheromone concentration on the responsiveness of the male brown‐banded cockroach, Supella longipalpa (F.), to female volatile sex pheromone were examined. Male response increased with age and peaked 10 days after the imaginal moult. A diel periodicity of responsiveness was observed, with greater responses in the scotophase. The behavioural response was dose‐dependent and its diel periodicity was most obvious when intermediate pheromone concentrations (e.g. 0.01 female equivalents) were used. Higher concentrations obscured the periodicity by eliciting greater responses in the photophase, while the lower concentrations did so by decreasing the response in the scotophase. Following entrainment to a LD 12:12 h cycle, the periodicity of response to 0.01 female equivalents of pheromone persisted for at least 54 h under continuous darkness, further demonstrating a true circadian rhythm.