Phase-dependent morphometric traits of the albino strain of Schistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

By

Pener, Meir Paul

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017-10-13

Original Publication

Journal of orthoptera research : JOR

Volume

26

Pages

81--84

Subjects

albino strain , crowded locusts , Desert locust , E/F ratio , F/C ratio , isolated locusts , normal strain , number of eye stripes

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Philadelphia, Penn Orthopterists' Society 1992-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.26.20012

 

Abstract

Sugahara et al. (2017) reported that unlike the wild type, the albino strain of Schistocerca gregaria does not show phase-dependent shift in the morphometric ratio of F/C (= length of the hind femur/maximum width of the head [caput]). In contrast, my old, unpublished, observations clearly demonstrate that S. gregaria albinos exhibited considerable phase-dependent shift in the morphometric ratios F/C and E/F (= length of the fore-wing [elytron] divided by length of the hind femur). Considering the report of Sugahara et al. (2017), I decided to publish my old results.