Round-the-clock homing behavior of a subsocial shield bug, Parastrachia japonensis (Heteroptera: Parastrachiidae), using path integration

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 535-541

  Hironaka, Mantaro ^a   Tojo, Sumio ^b   Nomakuchi, Shintaro ^b   Filippi, Lisa ^c   Hariyama, Takahiko ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homing; Navigation; Nocturnal foraging behavior; Path integration; Subsocial shield bug

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HETEROPTERA; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CUES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HETEROPTERA; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LIGHT; LOCOMOTION; ORIENTATION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; HETEROPTERA; PARASTRACHIA JAPONENSIS; PENTATOMOIDEA;

EID: 34547642504     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.535     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Baader AP (1996) The significance of visual landmarks for navigation of the giant tropical ant, Paraponera clavata (Formicidae Ponerinae). Insect Soc 43: 435-450
2. Batschelet E (1981) Circular Statistics in Biology. Academic Press, New York
3. Bisch-Knaden S, Wehner R (2001) Egocentric information helps desert ants to navigate around familiar obstacles. J Exp Biol 204: 4177-4184
4. Collett M, Collett TS (2000) How do insects use path integration for their navigation? Biol Cybern 83: 245-259
5. Collett M, Collett TS, Bisch S, Wehner R (1998) Local and global vectors in desert ant navigation. Nature 394: 269-272
6. Collett TS (1992) Landmark learning and guidance in insects. Phil Trans R Soc Lond B 337: 295-303
7. Collett TS (1996) Insect navigation en route to the goal: multiple strategies for the use of landmarks. J Exp Biol 199: 227-235
8. Dacke M, Nilsson D-E, Scholtz CH, Byrne M, Warrant EJ (2003) Insect orientation to polarized moonlight. Nature 424: 33
9. Duelli P, Wehner R (1973) The spectral sensitivity of polarized light orientation in Cataglyphis bicolor (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). J Comp Physiol 86: 37-53
10. Ehmer B (1999) Orientation in the ant Paraponera clavata. J Insect Behav 12: 711-722
11. Filippi L, Hironaka M, Nomakuchi S (2001) A review of the ecological parameters and implications of subsociality in Parastrachia japonensis (Hemiptera: Cydnidae), a semelparous species that specializes on a poor resource. Popul Ecol 43: 41-50
12. Filippi-Tsukamoto L, Nomakuchi S, Kuki K, Tojo S (1995) Adaptiveness of parental care in Parastrachia japonensis (Hemiptera: Cydnidae). Ann Entomol Soc Am 88: 374-383
13. Fukushi T (2001) Homing in wood ants, Formica japonica: use of the skyline panorama. J Exp Biol 204: 2063-2072
14. Hironaka M, Nomakuchi S, Filippi L, Tojo S, Horiguchi H, Hariyama T (2003) The directional homing behaviour of the subsocial shield bug, Parastrachia japonensis (Heteroptera: Cydnidae), under different photic conditions. Zool Sci 20: 423-428
15. Hironaka M, Filippi L, Nomakuchi S, Horiguchi H, Hariyama T (2007) Hierarchical use of chemical marking and path integration in the homing trip of a subsocial shield bug. Anim Behav 73: 739-745
16. Hölldobler B (1971) Homing in the harvester ant Pogonomyrmex badius. Science 171: 1149-1151
17. Hölldobler B (1980) Canopy orientation: a new kind of orientation in ants. Science 210: 86-88
18. Hölldobler B, Wilson EO (1990) The Ants. Belknap Press, Harvard University Press, Massachusetts
19. Jander R (1957) Die optische Richtungsorientierung der roten Waldameise (Formica rufa L). Z Vergl Physiol 40: 162-238
20. Klotz JH, Reid BL (1993) Nocturnal orientation in the black carpenter ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus (DeGeer) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect Soc 40: 95-106
21. Lindauer M, Martin H (1968) Die Schwereorientierung der Bienen unter dem Einfluss des Erdmagnetfelds. Z Vergl Physiol 60: 219-243
22. Müller M, Wehner R (1988) Path integration in desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 85: 5287-5290
23. Nakahira T (1994) Production of trophic eggs in the subsocial burrower bug Admerus (sic) triguttulus. Naturwissenschaften 81: 413-414
24. Nomakuchi S, Filippi L, Tojo S (1998) Selective foraging behavior in nest-provisioning females of Parastrachia japonensis (Hemiptera: Cydnidae): cues for preferred food. J Insect Behav 11: 605-619
25. Santschi F (1911) Observations et remarques critiques sur le mécanisme de l'orientation chez les fourmis. Rev Suisse Zool 19: 305-338
26. Sites RW, McPherson JE (1982) Life history and laboratory rearing of Sehirus cinctus cinctus (Hemiptera: Cydnidae), with descriptions of immature stages. Ann Entomol Soc Am 75: 210-215
27. Sweet MH, Schaefer CW (2002) Parastrachiinae (Hemiptera: Cydnidae) raised to family level. Ann Entomol Soc Am 95: 441-448
28. Tachikawa S, Schaefer CW (1985) Biology of Parastrachia japonensis (Hemiptera: Pentatomoidea: ?-idae). Ann Entomol Soc Am 78: 387-397
29. Tsukamoto L, Tojo S (1992) A report of progressive provisioning in a stink bug, Parastrachia japonensis (Hemiptera: Cydnidae). J Ethol 10: 21-29
30. Wehner R (1984) Astronavigation in insects. Annu Rev Entomol 29: 277-298
31. Wehner R (1992) Homing in arthropods. In "Animal Homing" Ed by F Papi, Chapman and Hall, London, pp 45-144
32. Wehner R, Michel B, Antonsen P (1996) Visual navigation in insects: coupling of egocentric and geocentric information. J Exp Biol 199: 141-146
33. Wehner R, Srinivasan M (1981) Searching behaviour of desert ants, genus Cataglyphis (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). J Comp Physiol 142: 315-338
34. Wehner R, Wehner S (1990) Insect navigation: use of maps or Ariadne's thread? Ethol Ecol Evol 2: 27-48