Diapause characteristics of two species of tetranychid mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) in southern Japan and Taiwan

Akio Takafuji; Sugeng Santoso; Norihide Hinomoto; Chain-Ing T. Shih; Chyi-Chen Ho; Tetsuo Gotoh

doi:10.1303/aez.2003.225

Diapause characteristics of two species of tetranychid mites (Acari: Tetranychidae) in southern Japan and Taiwan

Journal

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Journal Volume

38

Journal Issue

2

Pages

225-232

Date Issued

2003-05

Date

2003-05

Author(s)

Akio Takafuji

Sugeng Santoso

Norihide Hinomoto

Chain-Ing T. Shih

Chyi-Chen Ho

Tetsuo Gotoh

DOI

10.1303/aez.2003.225

URI

https://scholars.tari.gov.tw/handle/123456789/5212

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/aez/38/2/38_2_225/_article/-char/en

Abstract

As in other Tetranychus species, both T. kanzawai and T. urticae undergo reproductive diapause induced by short-days and low temperatures. This study compares the diapause characteristics of populations of these two species from Taiwan with those from Kagoshima (southern Japan) and the Okinawa islands (southwestern islands). Our previous study (Takafuji et al., 2001, Appl. Entomol. Zool. 36: 177–184) showed that most T. kanzawai populations from Kagoshima exhibited more than 90% diapause at 15°C–9L15D, but the incidence of diapause in populations from the Okinawa islands was very low, and some exhibited no diapause even at 15°C. The present study shows that populations from central Taiwan, including those from the lowlands, exhibited a lower incidence of diapause than populations from Kagoshima, but a higher incidence than populations from the Okinawa islands. These results imply that the gene flow among populations in the lowlands and mountains maintains a higher incidence of diapause in Taiwan, but the diapause characteristic may have been eliminated by warm temperatures on the Okinawa islands, on which there are no high mountains. On the other hand, all populations of T. urticae from Kagoshima, Okinawa and Taiwan similarly exhibited a very low incidence of diapause.

Subjects

diapause

Tetranychus kanzawai

T. urticae

geographical variation

Publisher

Japanese Society of Applied Entomology and Zoology

Type

journal article

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