Maternal environment and variation in ovariole number among populations of Melanoplus femurrubrum and M. scudderi scudderi
1987
Bellinger, Robert G. | Ravlin, F William | Pienkowski, Robert L.
Ovariole number in univoltine populations of the grasshoppers Melanoplus femurrubrum (De Geer) and M. scudderi scudderi (Uhler) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from Virginia was studied. Ovariole number in M. femurrubrum was found to vary among three geographic populations, and between years. Ovariole number did not vary between years in one population of M. s. scudderi. Ovariole number in M. femurrubrum was positively correlated with the mean length of the growing season at each site and precipitation during August-September of the previous year (adult season of the maternal generation). In the laboratory, nymphal rearing temperatures did not affect ovariole number in M. femurrubrum, but it was found to be weakly correlated with egg size.
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