Multimodal communication in wolf spiders: Playback studies with visual and vibratory signals

2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (4) ◽  
pp. 2395-2395 ◽  
Author(s):  
George W. Uetz ◽  
David L. Clark ◽  
Brent Stoffer ◽  
Elizabeth C. Kozak ◽  
Madeline Lallo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multimodal Communication ◽  
Wolf Spiders ◽  
Vibratory Signals

Multimodal communication by the black-horned tree cricket, Oecanthus nigricornis (Walker) (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)

1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (10) ◽  
pp. 1861-1868 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul D. Bell
Keyword(s):  
Adult Male ◽  
Courtship Song ◽  
Multimodal Communication ◽  
Conspecific Male ◽  
Male Scent ◽  
Male Tree ◽  
Tree Cricket ◽  
Oecanthus Nigricornis ◽  
Vibratory Signals

Adult male tree crickets, Oecanthus nigricornis (Walker), employ acoustic, olfactory, and vibratory signals during mating. Females were attracted significantly (p < 0.001) to the conspecific courtship song and to conspecific male scent. Males had 63, 39, and 0% copulation success in normal, waxed-over metanotal gland, and nonsinger groups respectively. Males provide the females with metanotal glandular products and a subsequently ingested spermatophore. Females appear to select mates on the males' ability to communicate these nutritional investment capabilities.

scholarly journals Stink Bug Communication with Multimodal Signals Transmitted through Air and Substrate

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 407-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrej Čokl ◽  
Alenka Žunič-Kosi ◽  
Raul Alberto Laumann
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Multimodal Communication ◽  
Signal Frequency ◽  
Aggregation Pheromones ◽  
Stink Bug ◽  
Stink Bugs ◽  
Visual Contact ◽  
Communication Signals ◽  
Multicomponent Signals ◽  
Vibratory Signals

This review represents complex mechanisms and processes of multimodal communication in stink bugs. During reproductive behavior the airborne and substrate-borne signals enable mate recognition, mediate directionality of movement, eliminate rivals and motivate partners for copulation. Species specific characteristics prevent hybridization at various levels of mating behavior. Male sex and/or aggregation pheromones as uni- or multicomponent signals attract mates to land on the same plant and there, trigger females to call males by vibratory signals, transmitted through the plant. Communication during courtship runs at short distance with visual, airborne, substrate-borne and contact chemical and mechanical signals. Abdomen vibrations produce the main repertoire of female and male calling, courtship and rival vibratory signals. To increase their informational value, stink bugs tune signal frequency, amplitude and temporal characteristics with mechanical properties of plants. The airborne component of species non-specific and high amplitude signals, produced by body tremulation and wing buzzing enables communication contact between mates standing on mechanically isolated plants. Female vibratory signals increase the amount of male emitted pheromone and the latter keeps female calling. Interaction, synergy and characteristics of visual, contact chemical and vibratory signals, exchanged during courtship remain under-investigated. Female and male competition for access to copulation in imbalanced sex conditions is characterized by duetting with rival song vibratory signals. Different receptors in and on different parts of the body are able to detect with high sensitivity multimodal airborne and substrate-borne communication signals. The relevance of the multimodal communication for the reproductive success of stink bugs is discussed.

scholarly journals The brain transcriptome of the wolf spider, Schizocosa ocreata

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Stribling ◽  
Peter L. Chang ◽  
Justin E. Dalton ◽  
Christopher A. Conow ◽  
Malcolm Rosenthal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Transcriptome Assembly ◽  
Model Organisms ◽  
De Novo Transcriptome Assembly ◽  
De Novo Transcriptome ◽  
Wolf Spiders ◽  
Schizocosa Ocreata ◽  
Genomic Studies ◽  
The Brain

Abstract Objectives Arachnids have fascinating and unique biology, particularly for questions on sex differences and behavior, creating the potential for development of powerful emerging models in this group. Recent advances in genomic techniques have paved the way for a significant increase in the breadth of genomic studies in non-model organisms. One growing area of research is comparative transcriptomics. When phylogenetic relationships to model organisms are known, comparative genomic studies provide context for analysis of homologous genes and pathways. The goal of this study was to lay the groundwork for comparative transcriptomics of sex differences in the brain of wolf spiders, a non-model organism of the pyhlum Euarthropoda, by generating transcriptomes and analyzing gene expression. Data description To examine sex-differential gene expression, short read transcript sequencing and de novo transcriptome assembly were performed. Messenger RNA was isolated from brain tissue of male and female subadult and mature wolf spiders (Schizocosa ocreata). The raw data consist of sequences for the two different life stages in each sex. Computational analyses on these data include de novo transcriptome assembly and differential expression analyses. Sample-specific and combined transcriptomes, gene annotations, and differential expression results are described in this data note and are available from publicly-available databases.

Parent Coaching via Telepractice for Children From Latinx Backgrounds With Autism Spectrum Disorder

2021 ◽  
pp. 016264342110336
Author(s):  
Valeria A. Yllades ◽  
J. B. Ganz ◽  
Sanikan Wattanawongwan ◽  
Claudia Dunn ◽  
Lauren M. Pierson
Keyword(s):  
Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Autism Spectrum ◽  
Language Instruction ◽  
Multimodal Communication ◽  
Spectrum Disorder ◽  
Communication Intervention ◽  
Probe Design ◽  
Parent Coaching

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder from bilingual homes have to learn and discriminate which language to use across settings and different people. Language instruction is complicated by the core deficits in social communication, which is common in individuals with autism spectrum disorder. Using a single case, multiple probe design across three parent-child dyads between 3 and 6 years from Spanish speaking backgrounds, the present study examined the effect of telepractice-based parent coaching in a multimodal communication intervention. Culturally responsive approaches were integrated within the coaching model, including targeted interview questions. There was also a 15-item rubric used for identifying criteria for culturally responsive research. Findings indicate that the use of multimodal communication intervention via telepractice parent coaching showed promising results. We can conclude that this approach can be a beneficial tool to help family members improve communication for bilingual children with autism spectrum disorder.

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