Parasitoid wasp virulence [PDF]
Fly, 2013 In nature, larvae of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster are commonly infected by parasitoid wasps. Following infection, flies mount an immune response termed cellular encapsulation in which fly immune cells form a multilayered capsule that covers and kills the wasp egg.
Nathan T. Mortimer
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Cuticular Hydrocarbon Polymorphism in a Parasitoid Wasp. [PDF]
J Chem Ecol, 2023 AbstractCuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) are major constituents of the cuticular lipid layer of insects. They serve not only as a barrier to desiccation, but often additionally mediate communication at close range. The compositions of the CHC profiles, i.e., the specific compounds and their relative amounts, usually differ between species.
Pokorny T, Ruther J.
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Immune Cell Production Is Targeted by Parasitoid Wasp Virulence in a Drosophila-Parasitoid Wasp Interaction. [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 The interactions between Drosophila melanogaster and the parasitoid wasps that infect Drosophila species provide an important model for understanding host–parasite relationships. Following parasitoid infection, D. melanogaster larvae mount a response in which immune cells (hemocytes) form a capsule around the wasp egg, which then melanizes, leading to ...
Trainor JE, Kr P, Mortimer NT.
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High Microsatellite but No Mitochondrial DNA Variation in an Invasive Japanese Mainland Population of the Parasitoid Wasp Melittobia sosui. [PDF]
Ecol EvolAbe J, Takahashi JI, Tsuchida K.
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Parasitoid Wasp Community Dynamics in Vineyards Following Insecticide Application
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022 In order to integrate parasitoid wasps in agroecosystems as biological control agents, we need to understand how insecticides affect the parasitoids in the crops and their surroundings.
Bracha Schindler +3 more
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High hemocyte load is associated with increased resistance against parasitoids in Drosophila suzukii, a relative of D. melanogaster. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Among the most common parasites of Drosophila in nature are parasitoid wasps, which lay their eggs in fly larvae and pupae. D. melanogaster larvae can mount a cellular immune response against wasp eggs, but female wasps inject venom along with their eggs
Balint Z Kacsoh, Todd A Schlenke
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Comparing and contrasting development and reproductive strategies in the pupal hyperparasitoids Lysibia nana and Gelis agilis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) [PDF]
, 2007 In most animals, the optimal phenotype is determined by trade-offs in life-history traits. Here, I compare development and reproductive strategies in two species of solitary secondary hyperparasitoids, Lysibia nana and Gelis agilis, attacking pre-pupae ...
Harvey, J.A.
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Diversity of parasitoid wasps in conventional and organic guarana (Paullinia cupana var. sorbilis) cultivation areas in the Brazilian Amazon [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2019 We surveyed parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera) in two guarana plantations in the central Brazilian Amazon (one conventionally, and one organically managed), as well as in adjacent forest and edge areas between crop and forest.
Karine SCHOENINGER +3 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 Parasitoid wasps are a diverse group of parasitoid insects that play a crucial role in biological control and integrated pest management programs due to their wide range of host species and complex behaviors.
Wei Zhang +5 more
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