Noxious stimulation induces self-protective behavior in bumblebees.

Entomology Neuroscience Zoology

Journal

iScience
ISSN: 2589-0042
Titre abrégé: iScience
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101724038

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
16 Aug 2024
Historique:
received: 16 01 2024
revised: 28 05 2024
accepted: 01 07 2024
medline: 6 8 2024
pubmed: 6 8 2024
entrez: 6 8 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

It has been widely stated that insects do not show self-protective behavior toward noxiously-stimulated body parts, but this claim has never been empirically tested. Here, we tested whether an insect species displays a type of self-protective behavior: self-grooming a noxiously-stimulated site. We touched bumblebees (

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110440 PMID: 39104408 PMC: PMC11298632
pubmed: 39104408
doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110440
pii: S2589-0042(24)01665-1
pmc: PMC11298632
doi:

Banques de données

figshare
['10.6084/m9.figshare.24534622.v1']

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

110440

Informations de copyright

© 2024 The Authors.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare no competing interests.

Auteurs

Matilda Gibbons (M)

Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
School of Biological and Behavioral Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK.

Elisa Pasquini (E)

Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, Rovereto 38068, Italy.

Amelia Kowalewska (A)

Academic Training Team, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, UK.
School of Biological and Behavioral Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK.

Eva Read (E)

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics, London WC2A 2AE, UK.

Sam Gibson (S)

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics, London WC2A 2AE, UK.

Andrew Crump (A)

Department of Pathobiology & Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London NW1 0TU, UK.
Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics, London WC2A 2AE, UK.

Cwyn Solvi (C)

Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Center for Brain Science and Brain-Inspired Intelligence, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province 510515, China.

Elisabetta Versace (E)

School of Biological and Behavioral Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK.

Lars Chittka (L)

School of Biological and Behavioral Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK.

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