Faecal shield of the tortoise beetle Plagiometriona aff. flavescens (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) as chemically mediated defence against predators

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-194

  Nogueira de Sá, Flávia ^a   Trigo, José Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aureliana fasciculata; Chemical defence; Larval defence; Natural enemies; Predation; Solanaceae

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEETLE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FECES;

AURELIANA FASCICULATA; CAMPONOTUS CRASSUS; CASSIDINAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PLAGIOMETRIONA; PLAGIOMETRIONA FLAVESCENS; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 14844330801     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467404002147     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. BEGOSSI, A. & BENSON, W. W. 1988. Host plants and defense mechanisms in Oedionychina (Alticinae). Pp. 57-71 in Jolivet, P. H., Petitpierre, E. & Hsiao, T. (eds.). Biology of Chrysomelidae. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
2. BLUM, M. S. 1994. Antipredator devices in larvae of the Chrysomelidae: a unified synthesis for defensive eclecticism. Pp. 277-288 in Jolivet, P. H., Cox, M. L. & Petitpierre, E. (eds.). Novel aspects of the biology of Chrysomelidae. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
3. CHAI, P. 1990. Relationships between visual characteristics of rainforest butterflies and responses of a specialized insectivorous bird. Pp. 31-60 in Wicksten, M. (compiler). Adaptive coloration in invertebrates. Symposium of the American Society of Zoologists. Texas A&M University Sea Grant College Program. TAMU-SG-90-106. College Station, Texas.
4. CORNELL, H. V., HAWKINS, B. A. & HOCHBERG, M. E. 1998. Towards an empirically-based theory of herbivore demography. Ecological Entomology 23:340-349.
5. DENNO, R. F., LARSSON, S. & OLMSTEAD, K. L. 1990. Role of enemy-free space and plant quality in host-plant selection by willow beetles. Ecology 71:124-137.
6. EISNER, T. & EISNER, M. 2000. Defensive use of a fecal thatch by a beetle larva (Hemisphaerota cyanea). Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA 97:2632-2636.
7. EISNER, T., TASSEL, E. & CARREL, J. E. 1967. Defensive use of "fecal shield" by a beetle larva. Science 158:1471-1473.
8. EVANS, P. H., BECERRA, J. X., VENABLE, D. L. & BOWERS, W. S. 2000. Chemical analysis of squirt-gun defense in Bursera and counterdefense by chrysomelid beetles. Journal of Chemical Ecology 26:745-754.
9. GÓMEZ, N. E., WITTE, L. & HARTMANN, T. 1999. Chemical defense in larval tortoise beetles: essential oil composition of fecal shields of Eurypedus nigrosignata and foliage of its host plant. Cordia curassavica. Journal of Chemical Ecology 25:1007-1027.
10. GRATTON, C. & DENNO, R. F. 2003. Seasonal shift from bottom-up to top-down impact in phytophagous insect populations. Oecologia 134:487-495.
11. GUILFORD, T. 1990. The evolution of aposematism. Pp. 23-62 in Evans, D. L. & Schmidt, J. O. (eds.). Insect defenses. State University of New York Press, Albany.
12. HAWKINS, B. A., CORNELL, H. V. & HOCHBERG, M. E. 1997. Predators, parasitoids, and pathogens as mortality agents in phytophagous insect populations. Ecology 78:2145-2152.
13. HILKER, M. & KÖPF, A. 1994. Evaluation of the palatability of chrysomelid larvae containing anthraquinones to birds. Oecologia 100:421-429.
14. HOUGH-GOLDSTEIN, J. A., GEIGER, J., CHANG, D. & SAYLOR, W. 1993. Palatability and toxicity of the Colorado Potato Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) to domestic chickens. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 86:158-164.
15. JOLIVET, P. & VERMA, K. K. 2002. Biology of leaf beetles. Intercept Limited, Andover. 332 pp.
16. KEESE, M. C. 1997. Does escape to enemy-free space explain host specialization in two closely related leaf-feeding beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)? Oecologia 112:81-86.
17. MORTON, T. C. & VENCL, F. V. 1998. Larval beetles form a defense from recycled host plant chemicals discharged as fecal wastes. Journal of Chemical Ecology 24:765-785.
18. MÜLLER, C. 2002. Variation in the effectiveness of abdominal shields of cassidine larvae against predators. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 102:191-198.
19. MÜLLER, C. & HILKER, M. 1999. Unexpected reactions of a generalist predator towards defensive devices of cassidine larvae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Oecologia 118:166-172.
20. MÜLLER, C. & HILKER, M. 2003. Advantages and disadvantages of abdominal shields of chrysomelid larvae: mini-review. Pp. 243-260 in Furth, D. G. (ed.). Special topics in leaf beetle biology. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on the Chrysomelidae. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia.
21. NOGUEIRA-DE SÁ, F. 2004. Defesas de larvas de Plagiometriona flavescens e Stolas areolata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) contra predadores. Ph.D. Thesis, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brasil, 130 pp.
22. NOGUEIRA-DE-SÁ, F. & TRIGO, J. R. 2002. Do fecal shields provide physical protection to larvae of the tortoise beetle Plagiometriona flavescens and Stolas chalybea against natural enemies? Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 104:203-206.
23. NOGUEIRA-DE-SÁ, F. & VASCONCELLOS-NETO, J. 2003. Natural enemies of Neotropical Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and their phenology. Pp. 161-174 in Furth, D. G. (ed.). Special topics in leaf beetle biology. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on the Chrysomelidae. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia.
24. OKSANEN, L. & ERICSON, L. 1987. Preface: why should we care about predation and parasitism? Oikos 50:274-275.
25. OLMSTEAD, K. 1994. Waste products as chrysomelid defenses. Pp. 311-318 in Jolivet, P. H., Cox, M. L. & Petitpierre, E. (eds.). Novel aspects of the biology of Chrysomelidae. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
26. OLMSTEAD, K. 1996. Cassidinae defenses and natural enemies. Pp. 3-21 in Jolivet, P. H. & Cox, M. L. (eds.). Chrysomelidae biology. SPB Academic Publishers, Amsterdam.
27. PASTEELS, J. M., ROWELL-RAHIER, M. & RAUPP, M. J. 1988. Plant-derived defense in Chrysomelid beetles. Pp. 233-252 in Barbosa, P. & Letourneau, D. (eds.). Novel aspects of insect-plant interactions. John Wiley, New York.
28. PORTUGAL, A. H. A. 2001. Defesa química em larvas da borboleta Mechanitis polymnia (Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae). MSc. Thesis, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brasil. 161 pp.
29. ROOT, R. B. & MESSINA, F. J. 1983. Defensive adaptations and natural enemies of a case bearing beetle, Exema canadensis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Psyche 90:67-80.
30. SCHAFFNER, U. & MÜLLER, C. 2001. Exploitation of the fecal shield of the lily leaf beetle, Lilioceris lilli (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), by the specialist parasitoid Lemophagus pulcher (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 14:739-757.
31. VENCL, F. & MORTON, T. C. 1998. The shield defense of the sumac flea beetle, Blepharida rhois (Chrysomelidae: Alticinae). Chemoecology 8:25-32.
32. VENCL, F., MORTON, T. C., MUMMA, R. O. & SCHULTZ, J. C. 1999. Shield defense of a larval tortoise beetle. Journal of Chemical Ecology 25:549-566.
33. ZAR, J. H. 1999. Biostatistical analysis. (Fourth edition). Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River. 663 pp.