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Temperature Tolerance and Thermal Environment of European Seed Bugs.


ABSTRACT: Heteroptera, or true bugs populate many climate zones, coping with different environmental conditions. The aim of this study was the evaluation of their thermal limits and derived traits, as well as climatological parameters which might influence their distribution. We assessed the thermal limits (critical thermal maxima, CTmax, and minima, CTmin) of eight seed bug species (Lygaeidae, Pyrrhocoridae) distributed over four Köppen-Geiger climate classification types (KCC), approximately 6° of latitude, and four European countries (Austria, Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria). In test tubes, a temperature ramp was driven down to -5 °C for CTmin and up to 50 °C for CTmax (0.25 °C/min) until the bugs' voluntary, coordinated movement stopped. In contrast to CTmin, CTmax depended significantly on KCC, species, and body mass. CTmax showed high correlation with bioclimatic parameters such as annual mean temperature and mean maximum temperature of warmest month (BIO5), as well as three parameters representing temperature variability. CTmin correlated with mean annual temperature, mean minimum temperature of coldest month (BIO6), and two parameters representing variability. Although the derived trait cold tolerance (TC = BIO6 - CTmin) depended on several bioclimatic variables, heat tolerance (TH = CTmax - BIO5) showed no correlation. Seed bugs seem to have potential for further range shifts in the face of global warming.

SUBMITTER: Kafer H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7143385 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Temperature Tolerance and Thermal Environment of European Seed Bugs.

Käfer Helmut H   Kovac Helmut H   Simov Nikolay N   Battisti Andrea A   Erregger Bettina B   Schmidt Arne K D AKD   Stabentheiner Anton A  

Insects 20200320 3


Heteroptera, or true bugs populate many climate zones, coping with different environmental conditions. The aim of this study was the evaluation of their thermal limits and derived traits, as well as climatological parameters which might influence their distribution. We assessed the thermal limits (critical thermal maxima, CT<sub>max</sub>, and minima, CT<sub>min</sub>) of eight seed bug species (Lygaeidae, Pyrrhocoridae) distributed over four Köppen-Geiger climate classification types (KCC), app  ...[more]

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