Mating behavior of the white-spotted longicorn beete, Anoplophora malasiaca.-1. Male mating trial to a glass-rod treated with female pheromonal extract.(12.7MB, 00:00:25)Shot Date: 2001/08/05 Shot Location: Laboratory of insect behavior, NIAS, Tsukuba, Japan | ||
 | species Anoplophora malasiaca (Thomson) [Anoplophora chinensis (Thomson)] Key Words | |
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Animalia >Arthropoda >Insecta >Coleoptera >Cerambycidae >Anoplophora >
Male and female of A. malasiaca promiscuously mate on the larval host trees, i.e. citrus, willow and plane etc. When a male touches a female with his antennae and/or tarsi, he dashes toward and mounts her, and subsequently bends his abdomen to copulate with her. These successive mating behaviors are induced by contact pheromone components distributed on female body surface (Fukaya et al, 1999).
This movie shows male response to female extract containing sex pheromone.
A male was introduced just in front of a glass rod that was treated with the female extract. Then the male held the rod, bent his abdomen, and subsequently exposed his genitalia toward it.
Reference: Fukaya, M., Akino, T., Yasuda, T. Tatsuki S., Wakamura, S. (1999) Mating sequence and evidence for female sex pheromone in the white-spotted longicorn beetle, Anoplophora malasiaca (Thomson) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Entomological Science 2: 183-187.
(Data No.momo050921am01b)
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