A. Bendib et J. Minet, Female pheromone glands in Arctiidae (Lepidoptera). Evolution and phylogenetic significance, CR AC S III, 321(12), 1998, pp. 1007-1014
Citations number
35
Categorie Soggetti
Multidisciplinary,"Experimental Biology
Journal title
COMPTES RENDUS DE L ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES SERIE III-SCIENCES DE LA VIE-LIFE SCIENCES
Few papers have been devoted to the female pheromone glands, phylogeny and
high-level systematics of the Arctiidae. The diversity of these glands is h
ere interpreted in the light of a revised classification. The presence, in
the A8-A9 intersegmental membrane, of one or two, distinctly invaginated ('
saccular'), dorsal glands is a characteristic derived trait of the Arctiida
e. Lithosiinae typically have an unpaired dorsal gland, anteriorly provided
with a pair of short lobes. Non-lithosiine arctiids form a monophyletic gr
oup, in which the gland lobes are primarily very long. Several lineages can
be characterized by the shape of their dorsal glands, notably the Ctenuchi
nae (inclusive of Euchromia), the Pericopinae and the Arctiini. Pheromone p
roduction is a well-established function of these dorsal glands, while the
ventral, intersegmental 'pouches' observed in certain taxa may not be phero
mone-producing structures. The Thyretini (here allocated to Syntominae) pos
sess ventral saccular glands that bear a marked resemblance to the dorsal p
air. ((C) Academie des sciences / Elsevier, Paris.).