02087nas a2200181 4500008004100000022001400041245012600055210006900181260001600250490000700266520148400273653001601757653001801773653002701791653001501818100001701833856005501850 2017 eng d a0340-544300aComponents of reproductive isolation between the closely related grasshopper species Chorthippus biguttulus and C. mollis0 aComponents of reproductive isolation between the closely related cJan-04-20170 v713 a

The formation and maintenance of species in nature is accomplished by the evolution of reproductive isolating mechanisms. To understand patterns of speciation and coexistence between species, it is crucial to obtain a complete synopsis of reproductive isolating barriers. We identified multiple reproductive isolation barriers between two closely related species, Chorthippus biguttulus and Chorthippus mollis, and quantified their respective contributions to isolation. To this end, we produced hybrids and backcrosses in the laboratory to examine reproductive isolation at multiple stages in the life history. The prezygotic barriers, based on chemical and acoustic cues, are currently the strongest impediments to gene flow between C. biguttulus and C. mollis. This indicates an important role for sexual selection in the maintenance of species isolation. However, extrinsic and intrinsic postzygotic isolation barriers also contributed to reproductive isolation. The virtual sterility of F1 hybrid males was based on both the dysfunctionality of their testes and intermediate behavioral mating traits (behavioral sterility). This study demonstrates that a cascade of reproductive isolating mechanisms reduces the gene flow between C. biguttulus and C. mollis. Our results further demonstrate that the courtship display in these species consists of multimodal signals and indicates a key role of chemical cues in reproductive isolation and speciation in grasshoppers.

10aChorthippus10ahybridization10areproductive isolation10aspeciation1 aFinck, Jonas uhttp://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00265-017-2295-301983nas a2200241 4500008004100000245013200041210006900173300001200242490000700254520119000261653001401451653001401465653001601479653001701495653001101512653001701523653001501540653000901555653001301564100001801577700002101595856012501616 1988 eng d00aThe songs and taxonomy of the grasshoppers of the Chorthippus biguttulus group in the Iberian Peninsula (Orthoptera: Acrididae)0 asongs and taxonomy of the grasshoppers of the Chorthippus bigutt a897-9290 v223 a

The Chorthippus biguttulus group includes a number of common European species that are difficult to distinguish morphologically but are easily recognized in the field by the distinctive calling songs of the males. These song-patterns have not previously been studied in Spain and as a result the Iberian members of the group have been misidentified in almost all the extensive Spanish literature on the ecology and cytogenetics of these insects. In this study the male calling songs of all six members of the group known from the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa are fully described and illustrated with oscillograms at several different speeds. The songs of the three species known only from Iberia or North Africa, jacobsi, yersini and marocanus, are fully described for the first time (marocanus is here raised in rank from subspecies). Notes on recognition, using both morphology and song, are given for each species, and two identification keys are provided, one based on morphology and the other on song. It is shown that the three species biguttulus, brunneus and mollis, previously believed to be widespread in Iberia, are absent from most of the peninsula.

10aacoustics10aAcrididae10aChorthippus10agrasshoppers10aIberia10aNorth Africa10aOrthoptera10asong10ataxonomy1 aRagge, D., R.1 aReynolds, W., J. uhttps://bio.acousti.ca/content/songs-and-taxonomy-grasshoppers-chorthippus-biguttulus-group-iberian-peninsula-orthoptera