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Phototactic behavior of the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus (Murayama) (Coleoptera: Platypodidae) before and after flight

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The ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus (Coleoptera: Platypodidae) is a vector of the pathogenic fungi, Raffaelea quercivora (Ophiostomatales: Ophiostomataceae), which causes Japanese oak wilt disease. Previous studies have shown that the beetle displays positive phototactic behavior; however, the adaptive significance of this behavior remains unclear. We postulated that positive phototaxis is necessary to allow the beetle to fly skyward immediately after emergence from a tree, and that this taxis changes following a certain period of flight. The present study aimed to clarify the changes in phototactic behavior of P. quercivorus before and after flight by using individual beetles emerging from the trunk of a Quercus crispula (Fagales: Fagaceae) tree that was attacked in 2014. The response of 60 beetles to light was tested ten times each, before and after flight in a flight mill. A generalized linear mixed model was constructed to predict the probability of positive phototaxis of P. quercivorus before and after flight. A best-fit model showed that the probability of positive phototaxis was lower after flight than before. The results suggest that positive phototaxis of P. quercivorus is decreased after flight.

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Acknowledgments

We thank all members of the Laboratory of Forest Biology, Kyoto University, for their assistance and advice during this work. We also thank Mr. Ogata for helping us in the field. This study was supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (No. 15K14755).

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  1. Laboratory of Forest Biology, Division of Forest and Biomaterials Science, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan

    Duy Long Pham, Yuji Isagi & Michimasa Yamasaki

  2. Hyogo Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ikaba 430, Yamasaki-cho, Shisou-shi, Hyogo, 671-2515, Japan

    Yasuto Ito

  3. School of Human Science and Environment, University of Hyogo, 1-1-12, Shinzaike-honcho, Himeji, Hyogo, 670-0092, Japan

    Ryuichi Okada & Hidetoshi Ikeno

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Pham, D.L., Ito, Y., Okada, R. et al. Phototactic behavior of the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus (Murayama) (Coleoptera: Platypodidae) before and after flight. J Insect Behav 30, 318–330 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-017-9615-3

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