For many years, only one species of praying mantis in the genus Hierodula, Hierodula patellifera Serville, had been recorded in Japan. In recent years, however, Hierodula chinensis Werner, a larger species than H. patellifera Serville, has been discovered in Japan, and observations and collections in Japan have increased rapidly. There are reports that in some areas, H. patellifera became locally extinct due to the invasion of H. chinensis. Since females of H. patellifera attract conspecific males by volatile with characteristic calling behavior, a sex pheromone-mediated reproductive interference may exist between the two species. Both males of H. patellifera and males of H. chinensis were strongly attracted to conspecific females and crude headspace extract from conspecific females, while they were not attracted to females of allospecific species or crude headspace extract from allospecific females. These results indicate that sex pheromone-mediated reproductive interference may not exist between H. patellifera and H. chinensis.
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27 October 2022
Behavioral Comparison in Males of Two Praying Mantis Species of the Same Genus, Hierodula patellifera and H. chinensis (Mantodea: Mantidae: Hierodulinae) in Japan, in Response to the Conspecific or Allospecific Species of Calling Females and Females' Headspace Crude Extract
Seiya Saji,
Kazuhisa Yamasaki,
Nanami Fujimoto,
Hideshi Naka
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Environmental Entomology
Vol. 51 • No. 5
October 2022
Vol. 51 • No. 5
October 2022
communication interference
interspecific competition
mating behavior
volatile pheromone