01672nas a2200181 4500008004100000245012300041210006900164520103500233653002101268653001701289653001701306653001501323653002101338100002701359700002201386700002701408856005501435 2007 eng d00aListening when there is no sexual signalling? Maintenance of hearing in the asexual bushcricket Poecilimon intermedius0 aListening when there is no sexual signalling Maintenance of hear3 a

Unisexual reproduction is a widespread phenomenon in invertebrates and lower vertebrates. If a former sexual reproducing species becomes parthe- nogenetic, we expect traits that were subject to sexual selection to diminish. The bushcricket Poecilimon intermedius is one of the few insect species with obli- gate but diploid parthenogenetic reproduction. We contrasted characters that are involved in mating in a sexually sibling species with the identical structures in the parthenogenetic P. intermedius. Central for sexual communication are male songs, while receptive females approach the males phonotactically. Com- pared to its sister-species P. ampliatus, the morphology of the hearing organs (acoustic spiracle, crista acustica) and the function of hearing (acoustic threshold) are reduced in P. intermedius. Nonetheless, hearing is clearly maintained in the parthenogenetic females. Natural selection by acoustic hunting bats, pleiotropy or a developmental trap may explain the well main- tained hearing function.

10aAuditory ecology10abioacoustics10aneuroanatomy10aRegression10aVestigialization1 aLehmann, Gerlind, U.C.1 aStrauß, Johannes1 aLakes-Harlan, Reinhard uhttp://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00359-007-0209-y02299nas a2200241 4500008004100000245018000041210006900221260001600290300001400306490000700320520144700327653001701774653002501791653002401816653001301840653002001853100002001873700002601893700002201919700003601941700002701977856005302004 2014 eng d00aChromosomal diversification in the flightless Western Mediterranean bushcricket genus Odontura (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) inferred from molecular data0 aChromosomal diversification in the flightless Western Mediterran cJan-05-2014 a109 - 1180 v523 a

We used molecular characters to infer the phylogenetic position of the Western Mediterranean bushcricket genus Odontura and to trace its high karyotype diversity. Analysis of 1391 base pairs of two mitochondrial genes (COI and ND1) and one nuclear sequence (ITS2) was conducted. Phylogenetic topologies were estimated using maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and likelihood-based Bayesian inference. The genus Odontura is a phylogenetic outlier in respect of all other European Phaneropterinae genera and has been proposed to have originated from a hitherto unknown ancestor. Our results support the monophyly of the genus Odontura and the recognition of two subgenera: Odontura and Odonturella. We found that both Sicilian taxa of the subgenus Odontura have a completely identical morphology and song patterns. Combining these results, we proposed that both should be treated as subspecies: O. (Odontura) stenoxypha stenoxypha and O. (O.) st. arcuata. Bioacoustic data also proved to support independent markers, with song characteristics reflecting the molecular topology. Mapping the karyotypic characters onto the phylogenetic tree allows a reconstruction of the directions and transitional stages of chromosome differentiation. The number of autosomes within the genus Odontura ranges from 26 to 30. In addition to the ancestral X0 sex determination mechanism, neo-XY and neo-X1X2Y sex chromosomes have evolved independently.

10abioacoustics10achromosome evolution10amolecular phylogeny10aOdontura10aPhaneropterinae1 aGrzywacz, Beata1 aHeller, Klaus-Gerhard1 aLehmann, Arne, W.1 aWarchałowska-Śliwa, Elżbieta1 aLehmann, Gerlind, U.C. uhttp://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/jzs.2014.52.issue-2