Drury Douglas W, Whitesell Matthew E, Wade Michael J
Department of Biology, Indiana University, 1001 East Third Street, Bloomington, 47405 IN, USA.
Entomol Exp Appl. 2016 Mar 1;158(3):269-274. doi: 10.1111/eea.12401. Epub 2016 Feb 6.
We investigated the environmental conditions that induce a flight response in the red flour beetle, Herbst (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), including resource quality, temperature, relative humidity, and light. Over 72-h trial periods, we observed the proportion of individuals emigrating by flight to range from 0.0 in extreme heat or cold to 0.82 with starvation. Resource quality, presence of a light source, and temperature all directly influenced the initiation of the flight response. We did not detect any effect of relative humidity or sudden change in temperature on the incidence of flight. We discuss our findings in the context of ecology and evolution.
我们研究了诱发赤拟谷盗（Herbst，鞘翅目：拟步甲科）飞行反应的环境条件，包括资源质量、温度、相对湿度和光照。在72小时的试验期内，我们观察到通过飞行迁出的个体比例在酷热或严寒条件下为0.0，而在饥饿状态下为0.82。资源质量、光源的存在和温度都直接影响飞行反应的启动。我们未检测到相对湿度或温度突然变化对飞行发生率有任何影响。我们在生态学和进化的背景下讨论了我们的研究结果。
