Artículos de revistas
Maternal Care by the Earwig Doru lineare Eschs. (Dermaptera: Forficulidae)
Fecha
2013-09-01Registro en:
Journal of Insect Behavior, v. 26, n. 5, p. 667-678, 2013.
0892-7553
10.1007/s10905-013-9377-5
WOS:000322728100005
2-s2.0-84881024378
Autor
Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL)
Mato Grosso State University
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso (UNEMAT)
Institución
Resumen
We performed laboratory experiments to study maternal care in Doru lineare Eschs. (Dermaptera: Forficulidae), a predator of the maize pest Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Females laid 29.7 ± 8.43 (SD) eggs which took 7-10 days to hatch. Mothers searched for an appropriate nest, where they cleaned and defended eggs and nymphs. Females did not recognize eggs from other females as foreign and adopted them. Other evidence of maternal behavior was also observed, such as egg-cleaning, nest-cleaning, and a lower viability of eggs not cared for by females. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.