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. 2015 Aug 20;6(3):743–745. doi: 10.3390/insects6030743

Correction: Lubanga, U.K., et al. Semiochemical and Vibrational Cues and Signals Mediating Mate Finding and Courtship in Psylloidea (Hemiptera): A Synthesis. Insects 2014, 5, 577–595

Umar K Lubanga 1,*, Christelle Guédot 2, Diana M Percy 3, Martin J Steinbauer 1
Editor: Brian T Forschler
PMCID: PMC4598663

The authors wish to make the following corrections to this paper [1]:

(1) Figure 3A, presented on page 586, shows a recording that at the time of publication was believed to be a duet between a male and female Aacanthocnema dobsoni (Hemiptera: Triozidae). This recording was made on a branchlet supporting a pair of psyllids which is why we believed it to be a duet. Recent recordings from isolated males are similar to recordings known to be duets. We now know that male calls comprise syllables of varying length and structure (including long-syllables and the short-syllables) while female calls comprise short-syllables only. The short-syllables produced by males are similar in structure to female syllables. We are convinced that Figure 3A in the original article does not represent a duet but rather a male call. Consequently we wish to make the following alterations to Figure 3A which we hereby label 3A (i):

Replace the term duet with ♂ call,

Remove the ♂ and ♀ symbols,

Remove the term reply latency (which applies only to duets).

In this correction, we show a typical male phrase Figure 3A (ii) and a typical female call Figure 3A (iii).

Kindly replace:

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with

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(2) Change to Figure 3 legend. Following the alterations listed above, the Figure 3 legend should be changed as follows:

From:

Vibrational duetting in triozid psyllids. (A) Aacanthocnema dobsoni; long, simple male call (syllable) and short female reply (syllable). (B) Schedotrioza apicobystra (published with permission from CSIRO publishing) short and complex, tightly synchronized male-female duet. s = seconds.

To:

Vibrational signalling in triozid psyllids. (A) (i) Aacanthocnema dobsoni, male call comprising multiple phrases; A (ii) typical male phrase comprising two short- and one long-syllable; A (iii) four short syllables comprising a female call. (B) Vibrational duet in Schedotrioza apicobystra (published with permission from CSIRO publishing) short and complex, tightly synchronized male-female duet. s = seconds, L-S = long syllable, S-S = short syllable.

The authors would like to apologize for any inconvenience caused to the readers by these changes.

Reference

  • 1.Lubanga U.K., Guédot C., Percy D.M., Steinbauer M.J. Semiochemical and vibrational cues and signals mediating mate finding and courtship in Psylloidea (Hemiptera): A synthesis. Insects. 2014;5:577–595. doi: 10.3390/insects5030577. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

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