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Sex-related difference in the ability of Carabus lewisianus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) to escape from pitfall traps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2012

Hanae Yamashita ,
Katsumi Togashi  and
Keizi Kiritani
Hanae Yamashita
Affiliation:
Forest Zoology Laboratory, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
Katsumi Togashi*
Affiliation:
Forest Zoology Laboratory, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
Keizi Kiritani
Affiliation:
Futo 1020-292, Ito, Shizuoka 413-0231, Japan
*
1 Corresponding author (e-mail: [email protected]).
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Abstract

Carabid beetles can escape from pitfall traps. To determine whether or not a female-biased sex ratio for catches of Carabus lewisianus Breuning from pitfall traps could be explained by sexual differences in the rates of capture by and escape from traps, we performed two laboratory experiments to estimate these rates using mathematical models. The results indicated that the two sexes dropped into the pitfall traps at almost equal rates (0.0456/min for females and 0.0366/min for males) and that males escaped from the traps at rates of 0.0591 and 0.0889/min, but no females managed to escape. The bias of escape rates in the field is shown by the higher captures of female C. lewisianus by pitfall traps. Calibration of capture and escape rates suggested similar activity densities of the two sexes in the field. Development of more accurate measures of the number of the relevant sex on the soil surface, and of the methodology for estimating the values of parameters in the field is discussed.

Résumé

Les carabes (Coleoptera : Carabidae) peuvent s’échapper des pièges à fosse. Afin de déterminer si le rapport des sexes qui favorise les femelles dans des captures de Carabus lewisianus Breuning faites dans des pièges à fosse s’expliquent par des différences sexuelles du taux de capture et du taux d'évasion des pièges, nous avons mené deux expériences de laboratoire pour estimer ces taux à l'aide de modèles mathématiques. Les expériences indiquent que les individus des deux sexes tombent dans les pièges à fosse à des taux presque égaux par minute (0,0456 chez les femelles et 0,0366 chez les mâles); les mâles s'échappent des pièges à un taux de 0,0591 ou de 0,0889 par minute, alors qu'aucune femelle ne réussit à s'évader. Les différences dans les évasions en nature se manifestent par la proportion plus élevée de femelles dans les captures de C. lewisianus dans les pièges à fosse. La calibration des taux de capture et d'évasion laisse croire à une densité d'activité semblable chez les deux sexes en nature. Nous discutons de la mise au point de méthodes plus précises pour déterminer le nombre d'individus d'un sexe donné à la surface du sol et de la méthodologie pour estimer la valeur des paramètres en nature.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 142 , Issue 6 , December 2010 , pp. 589 - 595
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2010

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