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. 2022 Jan 24;377(1846):20210004. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0004

Table 1.

Overview of the species used for heat knockdown time assessment and their thermal performance. The species-specific knockdown temperatures, THKDT, used were based on the species' critical thermal maximum, CTmax (s.e.m., n). Superscript letters a–f denote significant differences in CTmax between species, based on Dunn's post hoc tests. The average knockdown time, HKDTavr (s.e.m. in seconds, n), measured on the total number of individuals tested across days and times are displayed. Plasticity is expressed as the mean of the daily coefficients of variation (CVs) recorded across test days, and the minimum and maximum CVs are provided in parentheses. The daily change in mean HKDT relative to the minimum (ΔHKDT) is displayed as an average across days and the lowest and highest recorded daily changes are provided in parentheses. Plasticity and ΔHKDT were only calculated when more than 3 days of measurements were available, and otherwise are indicated by ‘n.a.’. Sex is indicated as male (m), female (f) or not available (n.a.).

region order species CTmax (°C) THKDT (°C) HKDTavr (min : s) plasticity (%CV) ΔHKDT (%) sex
temperate Hemiptera Stenophyella macreta 51.1 (0.1, 30)f 49.7 16 : 20 (22, 475) 22.9 (14.2–29.1) 23.1 (9.2–46.6) m + f
temperate Hemiptera Nysius caledoniae 49.9 (0.2, 20)ef 48.5 11 : 49 (13, 1069) 21.2 (14.1–35.5) 17.6 (5.8–48.4) m + f
tropical Hymenoptera Oecophylla smaragdina 48.0 (0.1, 28)ef 46.6 24 : 47 (31, 592) 22.9 (18.3–25.2) 14.6 (5.6–26.8) n.a.
tropical Hemiptera Pseudopachybrachius guttus 46.2 (0.1, 38)ce 44.8 23 : 55 (43, 939) 24.6 (21.8–30.8) 14.5 (8.0–25.7) m + f
tropical Hemiptera Cicadellidae sp. 44.8 (0.2, 40)ac 43.4 30 : 51 (101, 799) 28.1 (18.9–41.0) 32.9 (9.5–63.7) m + f
temperate Hemiptera Psyllidae sp. 44.2 (0.2, 15)abc 42.8 11 : 49 (28, 349) 31.6 (22.7–38.7) 21.0 (11.8–39.9) n.a.
temperate Hemiptera Aphis nerii 43.9 (0.0, 28)ab 42.5 12 : 13 (47, 137) n.a. n.a. f
temperate Hemiptera Uroleucon sonchi 43.8 (0.0, 24)ab 42.4 10 : 23 (21, 382) 22.9 (19.1–27.6) 21.9 (8.7–37.4) f
temperate Hemiptera Hyperomyzus lactucae 43.3 (0.1, 19)ab 41.9 14 : 01 (35, 253) 27.2 (21.4–34.7) 31.6 (15.4–47.7) f
tropical Diptera Scaptodrosophila novoguineensis 42.6 (0.1, 39)bd 40.7 26 : 59 (78, 946) 35.9 (32.2–43.2) 33.4 (19.6–87.6) m + f
temperate Diptera Drosophila melanogaster 41.4 (0.1, 13)bd 40.0 15 : 28 (49, 920) 32.8 (22.5–46.2) 35.7 (16.9–59.8) m + f
tropical Diptera Drosophila rubida 40.0 (0.1, 45)d 38.6 26 : 22 (42, 954) 41.9 (28.1–51.7) 31.7 (6.4–90.3) m + f