Sugary secretions of wasp galls: a want-to-be extrafloral nectar? [PDF]
Annals of Botany, 2017 The most widespread form of protective mutualisms is represented by plants bearing extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) that attract ants and other arthropods for indirect defence. Another, but less common, form of sugary secretion for indirect defence occurs in galls induced by cynipid wasps.
Aranda Rickert, Adriana Marina +4 more
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From Inquilines to Gall Inducers: Genomic Signature of a Life-Style Transition in Synergus Gall Wasps [PDF]
Genome Biology and Evolution, 2020 Abstract Gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) induce complex galls on oaks, roses, and other plants, but the mechanism of gall induction is still unknown. Here, we take a comparative genomic approach to revealing the genetic basis of gall induction. We focus on Synergus itoensis, a species that induces galls inside oak acorns.
Erik Gobbo +7 more
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Discovery of two Palearctic Bootanomyia Girault (Hymenoptera, Megastigmidae) parasitic wasp species introduced to North America [PDF]
Journal of Hymenoptera ResearchInvasive species are among the greatest threats to ecosystems, but our ability to detect species introductions varies across taxa. Parasitoid wasps, though one of the most species-rich groups of all animals, are small and have ephemeral adult stages ...
Guerin E. Brown +8 more
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Entomological Communications, 2022 We record for the first time the Erythrina gall wasp Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim, 2004 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) attacking the mulungu plant, Erythrina velutina Willd.
Daniell R. R. Fernandes +4 more
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Assembly metrics for the separated gall wasp (Biorhiza pallida) and oak bud plus gall tissue (Quercus robur) transcriptomes. [PDF]
, 2019 Assembly metrics for the separated gall wasp (Biorhiza pallida) and oak bud plus gall tissue (Quercus robur) transcriptomes.
Elisabeth Huguet (796932) +8 more
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Plant Protection Science, 2017 During 2014-2016, damage by the oriental chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) was found on sweet chestnut trees at 4 localities in Slovakia. Dryocosmus kuriphilus is a specific plant pest on Castanea spp.
Michal Pástor +5 more
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Community impacts of anthropogenic disturbance: natural enemies exploit multiple routes in pursuit of invading herbivore hosts [PDF]
, 2010 Background: Biological invasions provide a window on the process of community assembly. In particular, tracking natural enemy recruitment to invading hosts can reveal the relative roles of coevolution (including local adaptation) and ecological sorting ...
Hayward Alexander +32 more
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Phylogeny, Evolution and Classification of Gall Wasps: The Plot Thickens
PLOS ONE, 2015 Gall wasps (Cynipidae) represent the most spectacular radiation of gall-inducing insects. In addition to true gall formers, gall wasps also include phytophagous inquilines, which live inside the galls induced by gall wasps or other insects. Here we present the first comprehensive molecular and total-evidence analyses of higher-level gall wasp ...
Ronquist, Fredrik +5 more
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Counts of gall wasp and oak genes differentially expressed (DE) in normally developing bud developmental stages. [PDF]
, 2019 Counts of gall wasp and oak genes differentially expressed (DE) in normally developing bud developmental stages.
Elisabeth Huguet (796932) +8 more
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Neuroterus saltatorius (Jumping gall wasp) Phenology and Abundance in Native and Expanded Ranges [PDF]
, 2022 iv, 35 p.Neuroterus saltatorius (Jumping gall wasp) is a species of gall wasp that has expanded its range from the Pacific Northwest US into British Columbia since 1986.
Skiver, Kyle E.
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