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Life history and mating behavior of a black-bodied strain of the cigarette beetle Lasioderma serricorne (Coleoptera: Anobiidae)

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Adults of the cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne (Fabricius), usually have brownish–red bodies. In this study, we selected for black body color and established a black body strain as a genetic marker. Subsequently, we conducted experimental crosses and discovered that the black body color was characterized by recessive inheritance. Moreover, we observed no difference between the mating behavior and life history of the black strain and normal beetles. On the basis of these results, our black strain could be a mutant in which only adult body color is genetically changed. Thus, our strain is thought to be a useful genetic marker to improve pest control methods for L. serricorne.

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Acknowledgment

This work was supported by a Grant from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan (Elucidation of biological mechanisms of photoresponse and development of advanced technologies utilizing light. INSECT-3205).

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  1. Faculty of Agriculture, Okayama University, Tsushima-naka 1-1-1, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan

    Yusuke Omae

  2. Graduate School of Environmental Science, Okayama University, Tsushima-naka 1-1-1, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan

    Taro Fuchikawa, Satoshi Nakayama, Kensuke Okada & Takahisa Miyatake

  3. Fuji Flavor Co., Ltd, Hamura, Tokyo, 205-8503, Japan

    Rikiya Sasaki & Kazutaka Shinoda

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Y. Omae and T. Fuchikawa contributed equally to this work.

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Omae, Y., Fuchikawa, T., Nakayama, S. et al. Life history and mating behavior of a black-bodied strain of the cigarette beetle Lasioderma serricorne (Coleoptera: Anobiidae). Appl Entomol Zool 47, 157–163 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13355-012-0103-0

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