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Genetic Basis of Cuticular Hydrocarbon Variation in the Desert Ant Cataglyphis niger

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.
Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) are a ubiquitous component of ant cuticles that are used for a wide range of chemical signaling functions, especially recognition. Here we tested for a genetic basis of CHC variation in the desert ant Cataglyphis niger. We applied a genomic mapping approach to discover associations between CHCs and 20 quantitative trait ...
Shani Inbar, Besan Saied, Pnina Cohen, Zeev Frenkel, Yoann Pellen, Abraham B. Korol, Eyal Privman   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Potential Drivers of Successful Biocontrol: A Perspective on Parasitoids

New Zealand Journal of Zoology, Volume 53, Issue 1, March 2026.
Parasitoids are central to classical biological control, yet predicting their long‐term effectiveness post release remains challenging. In Aotearoa New Zealand, three Microctonus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) species have been used against pest weevils, but key aspects of their biology remain poorly understood.
Meeran Hussain, Elahe Parvizi, Mark R. McNeill, Ang McGaughran   +3 more
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Coevolution and Functional Effects of Endosymbiotic Rickettsia in Leptocybe invasa Fisher & LaSalle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) Across China

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2026.
Two distinct lineages of L. invasa and the dominant endosymbiont, Rickettsia, was identified, followed by an analysis of its infection density across various developmental stages and tissues of L. invasa. Furthermore, two distinct strains of the Rickettsia endosymbiont were detected, and the phylogenetic relationships between these strains and their L.
Xiu Xu, Leming Zhou, Jinting Xie, Junjue Li, Chunhui Guo, Zhende Yang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parasitoids of flies collected in chicken viscera in Itumbiara, Goiás, Brazil Parasitóides de moscas coletadas em vísceras de galinha em Itumbiara, Goiás

Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2003
Este estudo teve como objetivo determinar as espécies de parasitoides associados com moscas coletadas em vísceras de galinha, em Itumbiara, Goiás. Armadilhas contendo vísceras de galinha como isca foram utilizadas para atrair a moscas.
C.H. Marchiori, L.A. Pereira, O.M. Silva Filho, L.C.S. Ribeiro, V.R. Borges   +4 more
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Miniature masterminds : neurobiology of brain scaling in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis [PDF]

, 2018
The parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis is a small insect that can vary over ten times in adult body weight, ranging from 40 to 438 µg. Due to this interesting characteristic and due to its overall small size (1.5-2.5 mm in length), N.
Groothuis, Jitte
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Offspring counts from Nasonia vitripennis females

, 2015
This data file contains the male and female offspring counts from Nasonia vitripennis focal females (AsymC strain). Focal females were fed either a control diet or a diet supplemented with a DNA methylation inhibitor.
Shuker, David, Eran Tauber (514223), Bart Pannebakker (3291672), Nicola Cook (3284883), Cook, Nicola, David Shuker (3291669), Tauber, Eran, Pannebakker, Bart   +7 more
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The Post-mating Switch in the Pheromone Response of Nasonia Females Is Mediated by Dopamine and Can Be Reversed by Appetitive Learning

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2018
The olfactory sense is of crucial importance for animals, but their response to chemical stimuli is plastic and depends on their physiological state and prior experience.
Maria Lenschow, Michael Cordel, Tamara Pokorny, Magdalena M. Mair, John Hofferberth, Joachim Ruther   +5 more
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Exposure to the neonicotinoid imidacloprid disrupts sex allocation cue use during superparasitism in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis [PDF]

, 2016
N.C., J.G., and D.M.S. were funded by Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) grant (NE/J024481/1). P.R.W. was funded by a University of Stirling Impact Fellowship.1.
Whitehorn, Penelope R, NICOLA COOK, Shuker, David M, Whitehorn, Penelope R., PENELOPE R. WHITEHORN, JADE GREEN, Cook, Nicola, Green, Jade, Shuker, David M., DAVID M. SHUKER   +9 more
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Two ways of finding a host: A specialist and a generalist parasitoid species (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2011
Two closely related parasitoid wasp species with different host specificities were used for experimental studies on the biology of host finding, a crucial element of parasitoid life history: The habitat and host specialist Nasonia vitripennis and the ...
Ralph S. PETERS
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Factors influencing activity levels in Nasonia vitripennis [PDF]

, 1997
The effects of mating status and competition for suitable hosts on the overall activity and flight behavior of Nasonia vitripennis were investigated by observing the wasps\u27 activity in a terrarium setting. N . vitripennis is a small, nonmigratory wasp
Grimm, Katherine
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