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Insects Can Count: Sensory Basis of Host Discrimination in Parasitoid Wasps Revealed. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
The solitary parasitoid Leptopilina heterotoma is one of the best studied organisms concerning the ecology, behaviour and physiology of host discrimination. Behavioural evidence shows that L.
Sara Ruschioni, Joop J A van Loon, Hans M Smid, Joop C van Lenteren   +3 more
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Morphology‐based phylogeny of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) aligns with phylogenomics and informs higher‐level systematics

Cladistics, EarlyView.
Abstract We present a morphology‐based backbone phylogeny of Cerambycidae beetles inferred by parsimony analyses using 77 adult characters scored for 101 species. This phylogeny is largely consistent with recent phylogenomic studies regarding key placements (e.g., Parandrini stat. rev. within Prioninae, Necydalini stat. rev.
Burcu Şabanoğlu Şimşek, Aslak Kappel Hansen, Alexey Solodovnikov   +2 more
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Plant Domestication Affects the Oviposition Behavior and Performance of Ganaspis kimorum, a Parasitoid of Drosophila suzukii

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
In this study, we investigated the effects of blueberry domestication on the oviposition behavior and performance of Ganaspis kimorum, a parasitoid of Drosophila suzukii. Domestication of blueberries reduced the oviposition‐searching behavior of the parasitoid but enhanced parasitoid performance, including offspring performance. Additionally, blueberry
Yahel Ben‐Zvi, Cesar Rodriguez‐Saona
wiley   +1 more source

Using a Generic Blend of Pheromones to Simultaneously Attract a Diversity of Elaterid Beetle Species Native to Eastern North America

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
We assessed attraction of eight elaterid species to a “generic” pheromone blend containing their eight known pheromones or sex attractants. All eight species were attracted by their specific attractants, as expected. Six species were attracted to the blend, but the remaining two species were strongly inhibited by unknown blend components.
Rachel M. Rusen, Jocelyn G. Millar, Thomas C. McElrath, Lawrence M. Hanks   +3 more
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Descripción anatómica de los órganos genitales y glándulas secretoras abdominales del escarabajo Ulomoides dermestoides (fairmare 1893) (Coleoptera:Tenebrionidae)

Tecnología en Marcha, 2009
Ulomoides dermestoides es un coleóptero tenebriónido reportado como plaga de granos almacenados, el cual presenta potencial biotecnológico para la bioprospección, al atribuírsele propiedades farmacológicas.
Randall E. Chacón-Castro, Vladimir Villalba-Velásquez, Ileana Moreira-González   +2 more
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Ovipositor Internal Microsculpture in the Relic Silverfish Tricholepidion gertschi (Insecta: Zygentoma)

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2011
The microsculpture on the inside surface of the ovipositor of the relic silverfish Tricholepidion gertschi (Wygodzinsky, 1961) (Insecta: Zygentoma) was studied with scanning electronic microscopy for the first time.
Natalia A. Matushkina
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Laboratory Biology, Immature and Adult Morphology of Trichopria drosophilae (Perkins) (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae), Parasitoids of Drosophila Flies

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
This study investigates the laboratory biology and morphology of the parasitoid Trichopria drosophilae, which targets Drosophila flies, including the invasive Drosophila suzukii. Key findings include a detailed description of the parasitoid's egg, three larval instars, and pupal stage, as well as unique behaviors such as siblicide and encapsulation in ...
Alex Gumovsky, Jana Collatz, Lesia Tymochko, Lars Krogmann   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The changing use of the ovipositor in host shifts by ichneumonid ectoparasitoids of spiders (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae)

Parasite, 2018
Accurate egg placement into or onto a living host is an essential ability for many parasitoids, and changes in associated phenotypes, such as ovipositor morphology and behaviour, correlate with significant host shifts.
Takasuka Keizo, Fritzén Niclas R., Tanaka Yoshihiro, Matsumoto Rikio, Maeto Kaoru, Shaw Mark R.   +5 more
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Circumscription of the Ganaspis brasiliensis (Ihering, 1905) species complex (Hymenoptera, Figitidae), and the description of two new species parasitizing the spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura, 1931 (Diptera, Drosophilidae) [PDF]

Journal of Hymenoptera Research
Based on host specificity and distribution data, it has been hypothesized that Ganaspis brasiliensis (Ihering, 1905), a natural enemy of the horticultural pest spotted-wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii Matsumura, 1931 (SWD), was composed of multiple ...
Jeffrey Sosa-Calvo, Mattias Forshage, Matthew L. Buffington   +2 more
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On the Morphology of the Ovipositor of Certain Anthomyian Genera*

Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 1921
This difficult family of flies has caused not only the systematist but also the economic entomologist no little misapprehension due to the unsatisfactory conception of existing taxonomic characters. The generic definitions are also ambiguous and are at present undergoing a thorough revision.
openaire   +3 more sources