00508nas a2200109 4500008004100000245013600041210006900177260003200246490000800278100001900286856009300305 2022 eng d00aNotes from the Underground: An Exploration of Burying Beetle Thermal Ecology, Sound Production and Reception, and Brain Morphology.0 aNotes from the Underground An Exploration of Burying Beetle Ther bUniversity of New Hampshire0 vPhD1 aWard, Michelle uhttps://scholars.unh.edu/dissertation/2698?utm_source=scholars.unh.edu/dissertation/269802015nas a2200241 4500008004100000022001400041245014500055210006900200260001600269300001400285490000700299520121800306653001701524653002101541653002201562653002701584653001701611100002101628700002301649700002401672700002201696856005501718 2015 eng d a1366-638X00aMarking by elytral clip changes stridulatory characteristics and reduces reproduction in the American burying beetle, Nicrophorus americanus0 aMarking by elytral clip changes stridulatory characteristics and cJan-02-2015 a155 - 1620 v193 a

Some insects produce and use sound during multiple behaviors including many aspects of reproduction. Variation in call structure depends on the evolved mor- phological structures used to produce the sound and encode function. Beetles in the genus Nicrophorus produce strid- ulation by rubbing plectra, located on the ventral side of the elytra, against a pars stridens, located on the caudal end on the fourth and fifth abdominal segment in females and males, respectively. During field surveys for the endan- gered N. americanus, survey crews have historically used a small V-shaped notch cut in the caudal end of the right elytron to serves as a permanent marking method. No study, however, has examined the effect of this marking technique on the characters of stridulation or consequences
for reproductive behavior and fitness. Here we show that one temporal and one spectral character of sound change significantly following elytron clipping, and that repro- ductive success is significantly decreased in all breedings in which a parent beetle is elytron-clipped. We recommend replacement of this marking technique with non-invasive methods to ensure conservation of this endangered species.

10abioacoustics10aElytron clipping10aMarking technique10aNicrophorus americanus10astridulation1 aHall, Carrie, L.1 aHoward, Daniel, R.1 aSmith, Rosemary, J.1 aMason, Andrew, C. uhttp://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10841-015-9755-801192nas a2200145 4500008004100000022001400041245022100055210006900276260001600345300001200361490000700373520059700380100002100977856004800998 1973 eng d a0720-213X00aBeitrag zur kenntnis der Stridulationsapparate einheimischer Necrophorus-Arten (Necrophorus humator Ol., Necrophorus investigator Zetterst., Necrophorus vespilloides Herbst) (Insecta, Coleoptera)0 aBeitrag zur kenntnis der Stridulationsapparate einheimischer Nec cJan-01-1973 a65 - 750 v753 a

1. The elytro-dorsoabdominal stridulatory-apparatus of three native Necrophorus species have been investigated more closely with the aid of thes the stereoscan.

2. The course of the paired “partes stridentes” on the 5th abdominal tergit is characteristic for each species.

3. The paired plectrums are located on the back edge of the lower side of the elytrae and are protected against pollution by chitinous setae.

4. Besides defensive stridulation compared to earlier studies, species-specific communication is assumed.

1 aSchumacher, Rolf uhttp://link.springer.com/10.1007/BF0072367000419nas a2200145 4500008004100000022001400041245005100055210005100106260001600157300001400173490000700187100001600194700001500210856004800225 1971 eng d a0028-104200aGehörsinn bei polyphagen Käfern nachgewiesen0 aGehörsinn bei polyphagen Käfern nachgewiesen cJan-07-1971 a368 - 3690 v581 aNiemitz, C.1 aKrampe, A. uhttp://link.springer.com/10.1007/BF0060280802700nas a2200253 4500008004100000022001300041245016900054210006900223260001600292300001400308490000800322520184800330653001702178653001902195653001602214653002102230653001702251100002102268700002202289700002302311700001902334700002402353856006902377 2013 eng d a0013874600aDescription of Acoustic Characters and Stridulatory Pars Stridens of Nicrophorus (Coleoptera: Silphidae): A Comparison of Eight North American Species0 aDescription of Acoustic Characters and Stridulatory iPars Stride cJan-09-2013 a661 - 6690 v1063 a

Insects make use of sound in a variety of behavioral and reproductive contexts. Acoustic signals are known to serve in defense, sexual advertisement, prey location, and in cooperative activities such as offspring care and group foraging. In airborne signals produced by insects, information associated with species identiÞcation is often related to the temporal structure of the sound, while spectral quality is more closely associated with intraspeciÞc variation. The Nicrophorine burying beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Silphidae) are a group known to produce sound through dorso-ventro stridulation, but the bioacoustics of this group remains understudied. Here, we examine the stridu- latory sound produced by eight North American species of Nicrophorus burying beetles, testing the hypothesis that interspeciÞc differences will be encoded in temporal characteristics of the sound, and that signal divergence will be explained by one of three mechanisms: selection as an intraspeciÞc signal, selection for interspeciÞc aposematism, or random divergence through drift. We digitally recorded stridulation in each species, and analyzed recordings to describe each in respect to four spectral and eight temporal acoustic characters. All species produced a low amplitude biphastic sound pulse consisting of from 58 to 126 syllables, and exhibiting weak dominant frequencies (5.8Ð12.7 kHz). Collapsing the 12 variables into three rotated factors using principal component analysis, we found no sex-related differences in sound, but signiÞcant interspecies divergence in respect to all three factors. We constructed a phylogeny for the group based on the morphology of the stridulatory structures and the acoustic characters, and found weak support for an intraspeciÞc signal divergence model.

10abioacoustics10aburying beetle10aNicrophorus10asound production10astridulation1 aHall, Carrie, L.1 aMason, Andrew, C.1 aHoward, Daniel, R.1 aPadhi, Abinash1 aSmith, Rosemary, J. uhttps://academic.oup.com/aesa/article-lookup/doi/10.1603/AN13001