What are the costs of learning? Modest trade-offs and constitutive costs do not set the price of fast associative learning ability in a parasitoid wasp
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DOI: 10.1007/s10071-019-01281-2
Abstract: Learning ability has been associated with energetic costs that typically become apparent through trade-offs in a wide range of developmental, physiological, and life-history traits. Costs associated with learning ability can be either constitutive or induced,… read more here.
Keywords: parasitoid wasp; trade offs; fast associative; ability ... See more keywords
Synergistic Effects of Volatiles from Host-Infested Plants on Host-Searching Behavior in the Parasitoid Wasp Lytopylus rufipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
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DOI: 10.1007/s10886-019-01088-y
Abstract: Herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPVs) are important cues for natural enemies to find their hosts. HIPVs are usually present as blends and the effects of combinations of individual components are less studied. Here, we investigated plant… read more here.
Keywords: volatiles host; parasitoid wasp; wasp lytopylus; hymenoptera braconidae ... See more keywords
Host stage preference in the parasitoid wasp, Eretmocerus delhiensis, for parasitism and host-feeding
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DOI: 10.1007/s42690-021-00549-w
Abstract: The parasitoid wasp, Eretmocerus delhiensis Mani (Hym., Aphelinidae), is an active ecto-endo and solitary parasitoid in southwestern Iran. To evaluate Er. delhiensis as a biocontrol agent against the greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) (Hem., Aleyrodidae)… read more here.
Keywords: parasitoid wasp; delhiensis; host feeding; host ... See more keywords
Investigation of the lethal and behavioral effects of commercial insecticides on the parasitoid wasp Copidosoma truncatellum.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.10.113
Abstract: Copidosoma truncatellum (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) is an important parasitoid wasp of the soybean looper, Chrysodeixis includens, but its effectiveness can be severely curtailed by the application of certain insecticides. Therefore, to identify insecticides that are potentially… read more here.
Keywords: truncatellum; copidosoma truncatellum; behavioral effects; parasitoid wasp ... See more keywords
Heat shock sensitivity of adult male fertility in the parasitoid wasp Anisopteromalus calandrae (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae).
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2019.102419
Abstract: In insects, decreased reproduction is a sublethal consequence of high temperatures, with males being more sensitive to this in many species. In hymenoptera, arrhenotokous parthenogenesis means that female offspring are produced using sperm and are… read more here.
Keywords: anisopteromalus calandrae; parasitoid wasp; heat shock; heat ... See more keywords
Rapid Viral Symbiogenesis via Changes in Parasitoid Wasp Genome Architecture
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DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msy148
Abstract: Viral genome integration provides a complex route to biological innovation that has rarely but repeatedly occurred in one of the most diverse lineages of organisms on the planet, parasitoid wasps. We describe a novel endogenous… read more here.
Keywords: symbiogenesis via; rapid viral; via changes; parasitoid wasp ... See more keywords
Behavioural and transcriptional changes in post-mating females of an egg parasitoid wasp species
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.181453
Abstract: In many animals, mating is essential for the production of offspring by females; however, mating seems to not be necessary in Hymenoptera insects. Virgin females can produce offspring, although the sex of the offspring is… read more here.
Keywords: egg parasitoid; mating females; wasp species; parasitoid wasp ... See more keywords
Synopsis of the parasitoid wasp genus Choeras Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from Australasia, with the description of two new species
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DOI: 10.1111/aen.12283
Abstract: The Microgastrinae are a highly diverse, cosmopolitan subfamily of Braconidae that parasitise Lepidoptera. In this study, we provide a synopsis of Choeras for Australasia; the seven described species are diagnosed on the basis of their… read more here.
Keywords: two new; new species; parasitoid wasp; microgastrinae ... See more keywords
Assessing the morphological and physiological adaptations of the parasitoid wasp Echthrodesis lamorali for survival in an intertidal environment
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DOI: 10.1111/phen.12187
Abstract: As a result of a variety of chemical, environmental, mechanical and physiological difficulties, insects that spend their entire life spans in the marine or intertidal region are relatively rare. The present study assesses whether morphological… read more here.
Keywords: assessing morphological; parasitoid wasp; physiological adaptations; echthrodesis lamorali ... See more keywords
Suppression of host nocifensive behavior by parasitoid wasp venom
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DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.907041
Abstract: The parasitoid wasp Ampulex compressa envenomates the brain of its host the American cockroach (Periplaneta americana), thereby making it a behaviorally compliant food supply for its offspring. The target of venom injection is a locomotory… read more here.
Keywords: host; nocifensive behavior; parasitoid wasp; brain ... See more keywords
Genome Assembly and Comparative Analysis of the Egg Parasitoid Wasp Trichogramma dendrolimi Shed Light on the Composition and Evolution of Olfactory Receptors and Venoms
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DOI: 10.3390/insects14020144
Abstract: Simple Summary Trichogramma wasps are minute egg parasitoids that are one of the most used biocontrol agents to manage lepidopteran pests. Given the great success in industrializing a mass-rearing method for the cost-effective production of… read more here.
Keywords: dendrolimi; trichogramma; trichogramma dendrolimi; parasitoid wasp ... See more keywords