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Effect of temperature on post-diapause reproductive development in Listronotus maculicollis (Coleoptera: curculionidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2019

S. Wu ,
O.S. Kostromytska  and
A.M. Koppenhöfer
S. Wu*
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
O.S. Kostromytska
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
A.M. Koppenhöfer
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
*
*Author for correspondence Phone: 478-956-6412 Fax: 478-956-6459 E-mail: shaohui.wu@uga.edu
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Abstract

The annual bluegrass weevil Listronotus maculicollis requires chilling exposure to terminate reproductive diapause during overwintering, but the effects of temperature on its post-diapause development in spring remain unclear. To explore this effect, overwintering adults were transferred from cold conditions (6°C/4°C, L:D 10:14) to different warm-up temperatures at L:D 12:12. When weevils were transferred to 7, 14 and 21°C in December and late January, the sizes of male and female reproductive organs were significantly smaller at 7°C than at 14 and 21°C. When weevils were transferred to 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15°C in late January, higher temperatures facilitated the post-diapause development. In both sexes, the sizes of reproductive organs and developmental rate increased with temperature. Reproductive organs did not grow significantly at 7°C in males and at 7–9°C in females, at which the percentage of developing weevils remained low. The time required for 50% of individuals to resume development was 44, 18, 13 and 8 days at 9, 11, 13 and 15°C, respectively, in males and 19, 14 and 8 days at 11, 13 and 15°C, respectively, in females. The threshold temperature for post-diapause development was 7.8°C in males, based on which 61.7 degree-days coincided with 50% of individuals developing. Under field conditions, the percentage of male and female maturity and insemination rate were low until early March, but all reached 100% by late March.

Keywords

reproductive diapausepost-diapause developmenttemperatureListronotus maculicollis
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 109 , Issue 5 , October 2019 , pp. 669 - 677
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Current address: Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA 31793, USA.

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Current address: Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.

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