Is disturbance stridulation in the passalid beetle Odontotaenius disjunctus a form of social communication?

2025/02/28 by K. M. Robinson, K. Robinson, Z. C. Mabry +12 · 2 voices
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Animal Behavior and Reproduction #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Plant and animal studies

paper · doi:10.1007/s00040-025-01024-2

crossref issued 2025/02/28 · crossref published 2025/02/28 · crossref published-online 2025/02/28 · openalex publication_date 2025/02/28 · crossref created 2025/02/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · crossref published-print 2025/11/01 · crossref deposited 2025/11/11 · crossref indexed 2026/01/08 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23

Citations

• Intracolony chemical communication in social insects

Discussions

• Congratulations to @bug-biologist.bsky.social for publishing her work on Bess beetle stridulation in @insectessociaux.bsky.social This was an Animal Behavior course project she came up with and led h [bsky, 5 points, 0 comments]
• New short communication! 📄 Robinson et al. (@bug-biologist.bsky.social) found that this beetle reduce movement in response to disturbance stridulation, suggesting it functions as a social warning si [bsky, 2 points, 0 comments]