Chemical caressess: geographical variation of male sexual signals in a Neotropical scorpion
In: BehaviourbMuséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Institut de Systématique, Evolution et Biodiversité, ISYEB, UMR 7205 CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE, CP 50 (Entomologie), 45 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
Search for other papers by Paola A. Olivero in
Current site
Google Scholar
Search for other papers by Andrés González in
Current site
Google Scholar
Search for other papers by Camilo I. Mattoni in
Current site
Google Scholar
Search for other papers by Alfredo V. Peretti in
Current site
Google Scholar
Differences in sexual signals among species are common, and may influence mate recognition and reproductive isolation. In scorpions, behavioural mechanisms and other sexual signals involved in mate selection and reproductive isolation have been scarcely studied. In this paper, we compare different male sexual signals between two distant populations of the scorpion Bothriurus bonariensis, one located in Uruguay and the other in Central Argentina. We compare sexual behaviours from intra-populations and inter-populations matings. In addition, we extent this comparison to the secreted compounds and morphology of the exocrine glands located on the dorsal side of the telson in this species. Males of B. bonariensis performed stimulatory behaviours to the female with different frequency of occurrence and duration in the two populations. Chemical analyses of the glandular extracts showed that Uruguayan males present compounds which are absent in males of Argentinian population. In addition, we observed that in inter-population matings, stimulatory behaviours had intermediate patterns to intra-population matings. However, males failed to achieve a successful sperm transfer with females of different population. Mechanisms of sexual isolation between these two distant populations of B. bonariensis apparently seem to have evolved due to divergence in allopatry. The differences in stimulatory levels during courtship between the two populations studied here give evidence for an early behavioural divergence promoted by sexual selection.
Purchase
Buy instant access (PDF download and unlimited online access):
Institutional Login
Log in with Open Athens, Shibboleth, or your institutional credentials
Personal login
Log in with your brill.com account
-
Acosta L.E. (1989). La fauna de escorpiones y opiliones (Arachnida) de la provincia de Córdoba. — PhD Thesis, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Córdoba.
-
Andersson M. (1994). Sexual selection. — Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
-
Arnqvist G., Rowe L. (2005). Sexual conflict. — Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
-
Blaul B., Ruther J. (2012). Body size influences male pheromone signals but not the outcome of mating contests in Nasonia vitripennis. — Anim. Behav. 84: 1557-1563.
-
Brownell P.H. (1998). Glomerular cytoarchitectures in chemosensory systems of arachnids. — Ann. NY Acad. Sci. 855: 502-507.
-
Candolin U. (2003). The use of multiple cues in mate choice. — Biol. Rev. Cambridge Phil. Soc. 78: 575-595.
-
Choe J.C., Crespi B.J. (1997). The evolution of mating systems in insects and arachnids. — Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
-
Cotton S., Small J., Pomiankowski A. (2006). Sexual selection and condition-dependent mate preferences. — Curr. Biol. 16: R755-R765.
-
De La Serna De Esteban C.J. (1977). Las glándulas tegumentarias del metasoma y vesícula de Timogenes (Latigenes) mapuche Maury, 1975 (Bothriuridae, Scorpionida). — Neotropica 23: 55-63.
-
De La Serna De Esteban C.J. (1978). Las glándulas tegumentarias del metasoma en algunas especies argentinas de la familia Bothriuridae (Scorpiones). — Physis 94: 121-132.
-
Dejia L., Masahiko T., Nacashima T. (1999). Mechanisms of mating action of Anoplophora glabripennis (Motsch). — J. Beijing Forest Univ. 21: 33-36.
-
Droney D.C., Hock M.B. (1998). Male sexual signals and female choice in Drosophila grimshawi (Diptera: Drosophilidae). — J. Insect Behav. 11: 59-71.
-
Eberhard W.G. (2003). The function of female resistance behavior: intromission by male coercion vs. female cooperation in sepsid flies (Diptera: Sepsidae). — Rev. Biol. Trop. 50: 485-505.
-
Farley R. (2000). Scorpiones. — In: Microscopic anatomy of invertebrates, Vol. 8A: Chelicerate Arthropoda ( Harrison F., Foelix R.F., eds). Wiley-Liss, New York, NY, p. 117-222.
-
Fauvergue X., Hopper K.R., Antolin M.F. (1995). Mate finding via a trail sex pheromone by a parasitoid wasp. — Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92: 900-904.
-
Foelix R.F. (1982). Reproduction. — In: Biology of spiders ( Foelix R.F., ed.). Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, p. 172-210.
-
Foelix R.F., Mueller-Vorholt G. (1983). The fine structure of scorpion sensory organs. II. Pecten sensilla. — Bull. Br. Arachnol. Soc. 6: 68-74.
-
Gabirot M., Lopez P., Martín J. (2012). Differences in chemical sexual signals may promote reproductive isolation and cryptic speciation between iberian wall lizard populations. — Int. J. Evol. Biol.: 698520, DOI:10.1155/2012/698520.
-
Gaffin D.D., Brownell P.H. (1992). Evidence of chemical signaling in the sand scorpion, Paruroctonus mesaensis (Scorpionida: Vaejovida). — Ethology 91: 59-69.
-
Gaffin D.D., Brownell P.H. (2001). Chemosensory behavior and physiology. — In: Scorpion biology and research ( Polis G.A., ed.). Oxford University Press, New York, NY, p. 184-203.
-
Gaffin D.D., Wennstrom K.L., Brownell P.H. (1992). Water detection in the desert sand scorpion, Paruroctonus mesaensis (Scorpionidae, Vaejovidae). — J. Comp. Physiol. A 170: 623-629.
-
Gaskett A.C. (2007). Spider sex pheromones: emission, reception, structures, and functions. — Biol. Rev. 82: 27-48.
-
González-Santillán E., Prendini L. (2013). Redefinition and generic revision of the North American vaejovid scorpion subfamily Syntropinae Kraepelin, 1905, with descriptions of six new genera. — Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. p. 1-71.
-
Grafen A. (1990). Biological signals as handicaps. — J. Theor. Biol. 144: 517-546.
-
Hanks L.M., Millar J.G., Paine T.D. (1996). Mating behavior of the eucalyptus longhorned borer (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) and the adaptive significance of long ‘horns’. — J. Insect Behav. 9: 383-393.
-
Hebets E.A., Papaj D.R. (2005). Complex signal function: developing a framework of testable hypotheses. — Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 57: 197-214.
-
Iwasa Y., Pomiankowski A. (1994). The evolution of mate preferences for multiple handicaps. — Evolution 48: 853-867.
-
Iwasa Y., Pomiankowski A. (1999). Good parent and good genes models of handicap evolution. — J. Theor. Biol. 200: 97-109.
-
Jones T.M., Quinnell R.J., Balmford A. (1998). Fisherian flies: benefits of female choice in a lekking sandfly. — Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B: Biol. Sci. 265: 1651-1657.
-
Kaissling K.E. (1997). Pheromone-controlled anemotaxis in moths. — In: Orientation and communication in arthropods ( Lehrer M., ed.). Birkhäuser, Basel, p. 343-374.
-
Kim G., Takabayashi J., Takahashi S., Tabata K. (1992). Function of pheromones in the mating behavior of the Japanese pine sawyer beetle Monochamus alternatus Hope. — Appl. Entomol. Zool. 27: 489-497.
-
Kokko H., Brooks R., McNamara J.M., Houston A.I. (2002). The sexual selection continuum. — Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B: Biol. Sci. 269: 1331-1340.
-
Kokko H., Jennions M.D., Brooks R. (2006). Unifying and testing models of sexual selection. — Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst. 37: 43-66.
-
Lande R. (1981). Models of speciation by sexual selection on polygenic traits. — Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 78: 3721-3725.
-
LeMaster M.P., Mason R.T. (2001). Evidence for a female sex pheromone mediating male trailing behavior in the red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis. — Chemoecology 11: 149-152.
-
Lingafelter S.W. (1998). Observations of interactive behavior in Parandra glabra (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). — Entomol. News 109: 75-80.
-
Marco A., Chivers D.P., Kiesecker J.M., Blaustein A.R. (1998). Mate choice by chemical cues in western redback (Plethodon vehiculum) and Dunn’s (P. dunni) salamanders. — Ethology 104: 781-788.
-
Martin J., Lopez P. (2000). Chemoreception, symmetry and mate choice in lizards. — Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B: Biol. Sci. 267: 1265-1269.
-
Mattoni C.I. (2003). Patrones evolutivos en el género Bothriurus (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae): análisis filogenético. — PhD Thesis, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Córdoba.
-
Mead L.S., Arnold S.J. (2004). Quantitative genetic models of sexual selection. — Trends Ecol. Evol. 19: 264-271.
-
Melville J.M., Tallarovic S.K., Brownell P.H. (2003). Evidence of mate trailing in the giant hairy desert scorpion, Hadrurus arizonensis (Scorpionida, Iuridae). — J. Insect Behav. 16: 97-115.
-
Miller A.L., Formanowicz D.R. (2010). Friend or foe: behavioral responses to conspecifics in the northern scorpion, Paruroctonus boreus (Scorpionida: Vaejovidae). — J. Ethol. 29: 251-256.
-
Nakashima Y., Hirose Y. (1999). Trail sex pheromone as a cue for searching mates in an insect predator Orius sauteri. — Ecol. Entomol. 24: 115-117.
-
Nur N., Hasson O. (1984). Phenotypic plasticity and the handicap principle. — J. Theor. Biol. 110: 275-297.
-
Ojanguren-Affilastro A.A. (2005). Estudio monográfico de los escorpiones de la República Argentina. — Rev. Iberica Aracnol. 11: 74-246.
-
Olivero P.A. (2014). Evolución en escorpiones: un enfoque multidisciplinario utilizando a Bothriurus bonariensis como modelo. — PhD Thesis, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Córdoba.
-
Olivero P.A., Mattoni C.I., Peretti A.V. (2012). Morphometry and geographical variation of Bothriurus bonariensis (Koch 1842) (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae) along its distribution. — J. Arachnol. 40: 113-122.
-
Olivero P.A., Vrech D.E., Peretti A.V., Mattoni C.I. (2014). Patterns of asymmetry in body characters and genitalia in two distant populations of a Neotropical scorpion. — J. Nat. Hist. 49: 853-872.
-
Panhuis T.M., Butlin R., Zuk M., Tregenza T. (2001). Sexual selection and speciation. — Trends Ecol. Evol. 16: 364-371.
-
Patricelli G.L., Uy J.A.C., Walsh G., Borgia G. (2002). Male displays adjusted to female’s response. — Nature 415: 279-280.
-
Peretti A.V. (1993). Estudio de la biología reproductiva en escorpiones argentinos (Arachnida, Scorpiones): un enfoque etológico. — PhD Thesis, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Córdoba.
-
Peretti A.V. (1995). Análisis de la etapa inicial del cortejo de Bothirurus bonariensis (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae) y su relación con el reconocimiento sexual. — Rev. Arachnol. 11: 35-45.
-
Peretti A.V. (1996). Comportamiento de transferencia espermática de Bothriurus flavidus Kraeepelin (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae). — Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argentina 55: 7-20.
-
Peretti A.V. (1997). Relación de las glándulas caudales de machos de escorpiones (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae) con el comportamiento sexual. — Rev. Arachnol. 12: 31-41.
-
Peretti A.V., Carrera P.C. (2005). Female control of mating sequences in the mountain scorpion Zabius fuscus: males do not use coercion as a response to unreceptive females. — Anim. Behav. 69: 453-462.
-
Pizzari T., Snook R.R. (2003). Sexual conflict and sexual selection: chasing away paradigm shifts. — Evolution 57: 1223-1236.
-
Redondo T. (1994). Comunicación: teoría y evolución de las señales. — In: Etología. Introducción a la ciencia del comportamiento ( Carranza J., ed.). Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres, p. 255-297.
-
Reusch T.B.H., Haberli M.A., Aeschlimann P.B., Milinski M. (2001). Female sticklebacks count alleles in a strategy of sexual selection explaining MHC polymorphism. — Nature 414: 300-302.
-
Rowe L., Houle D. (1996). The lek paradox and the capture of genetic variance by condition dependent traits. — Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B: Biol. Sci. 263: 1415-1421.
-
Scheuber H., Jacot H., Brinkhof M.W.G. (2003). Condition dependence of a multicomponent sexual signal in the field cricket Gryllus campestris. — Anim. Behav. 65: 721-727.
-
Schlyter F., Zhang Q.H. (1996). Testing avian polygyny hypotheses in insects: harem size distribution and female egg gallery spacing in three Ips bark beetles. — Oikos 76: 57-69.
-
Shine R., Reed R.N., Shetty S., Lemaster M., Mason R.T. (2002). Reproductive isolating mechanisms between two sympatric sibling species of sea snakes. — Evolution 56: 1655-1662.
-
Simmons L.W. (1988). The calling song of the field cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus (De Geer): constraints on transmission and its role in intermale competition and female choice. — Anim. Behav. 36: 380-394.
-
Sonenshine D.E. (1985). Pheromones and other semiochemicals of the acari. — Annu. Rev. Entomol. 30: 1-28.
-
Számadó S. (2011). The cost of honesty and the fallacy of the handicap principle. — Anim. Behav. 81: 3-10.
-
Thornhill R. (1992). Female preference for the pheromone of males with low fluctuating asymmetry in the Japanese scorpionfly (Panorpa japonica, Mecoptera). — Behav. Ecol. 3: 277-283.
-
Trabalon M., Bagnères A.G. (2010). Contact recognition pheromones in spiders and scorpions. — In: Insect hydrocarbons: biology, biochemistry, and chemical ecology ( Blomquist G.J., Bagnères A.-G., eds). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p. 492.
-
Van Dongen S., Matthysen E., Sprengers E., Dhondt A.A. (1998). Mate selection by male winter moths Operophtera brumata (Lepidoptera, Geometridae): adaptive male choice or female control? — Behaviour 135: 29-42.
-
Virant-Doberlet M., Cokl A. (2004). Vibrational communication in insects. — Neotrop. Entomol. 33: 121-134.
-
Wang Q., Chen L., Li J., Yin X. (1996). Mating behavior of Phytoecia rufiventris Gautier (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). — J. Insect Behav. 9: 47-60.
-
Wyatt T.D. (2003). Pheromones and animal behavior. — Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
-
Zahavi A. (1975). Mate selection-a selection for a handicap. — J. Theor. Biol. 53: 205-214.
| All Time | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 715 | 75 | 6 |
| Full Text Views | 259 | 7 | 0 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 38 | 9 | 3 |
Chemical caressess: geographical variation of male sexual signals in a Neotropical scorpion
In: BehaviourbMuséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Institut de Systématique, Evolution et Biodiversité, ISYEB, UMR 7205 CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE, CP 50 (Entomologie), 45 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
Search for other papers by Paola A. Olivero in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Andrés González in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Camilo I. Mattoni in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Search for other papers by Alfredo V. Peretti in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Differences in sexual signals among species are common, and may influence mate recognition and reproductive isolation. In scorpions, behavioural mechanisms and other sexual signals involved in mate selection and reproductive isolation have been scarcely studied. In this paper, we compare different male sexual signals between two distant populations of the scorpion Bothriurus bonariensis, one located in Uruguay and the other in Central Argentina. We compare sexual behaviours from intra-populations and inter-populations matings. In addition, we extent this comparison to the secreted compounds and morphology of the exocrine glands located on the dorsal side of the telson in this species. Males of B. bonariensis performed stimulatory behaviours to the female with different frequency of occurrence and duration in the two populations. Chemical analyses of the glandular extracts showed that Uruguayan males present compounds which are absent in males of Argentinian population. In addition, we observed that in inter-population matings, stimulatory behaviours had intermediate patterns to intra-population matings. However, males failed to achieve a successful sperm transfer with females of different population. Mechanisms of sexual isolation between these two distant populations of B. bonariensis apparently seem to have evolved due to divergence in allopatry. The differences in stimulatory levels during courtship between the two populations studied here give evidence for an early behavioural divergence promoted by sexual selection.
| All Time | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 715 | 75 | 6 |
| Full Text Views | 259 | 7 | 0 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 38 | 9 | 3 |