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Genomic analysis reveals an exogenous viral symbiont with dual functionality in parasitoid wasps and their hosts.

PLoS Pathogens, 2020
Insects are known to host a wide variety of beneficial microbes that are fundamental to many aspects of their biology and have substantially shaped their evolution.
Kelsey A Coffman, Gaelen R Burke
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Estimating some demographic parameters of Aphidius matricariae Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), the parasitoid of the greenbug aphid, Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), at different temperatures

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2020
Some demographic parameters of the indigenous parasitoid, Aphidius matricariae Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing the greenbug, Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), were estimated at 3 different temperatures (20, 25, and 30 ±
Maryam Rashki, Asghar Shirvani, Fatemeh Hajrahmatollahi   +2 more
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Venom Proteins from Parasitoid Wasps and Their Biological Functions

Toxins, 2015
Parasitoid wasps are valuable biological control agents that suppress their host populations. Factors introduced by the female wasp at parasitization play significant roles in facilitating successful development of the parasitoid larva either inside ...
Sébastien J. M. Moreau, Sassan Asgari
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A novel negative-stranded RNA virus mediates sex ratio in its parasitoid host. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2017
Parasitoid wasps are important natural enemies of arthropod hosts in natural and agricultural ecosystems and are often associated with viruses or virion-like particles.
Fei Wang, Qi Fang, Beibei Wang, Zhichao Yan, Jian Hong, Yiming Bao, Jens H Kuhn, John H Werren, Qisheng Song, Gongyin Ye   +9 more
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Ovipositor characteristics differ between two parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Figitidae) of Drosophila suzukii (Diptera, Drosophilidae) in an adventive landscape [PDF]

Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2023
Different ovipositor characteristics among parasitoid species that share similar niches are associated with different wasp life histories and selective pressures.
Nathan G. Earley, Paul K. Abram, Robert G. Lalonde, Chandra E. Moffat   +3 more
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Genetic, morphometric, and molecular analyses of interspecies differences in head shape and hybrid developmental defects in the wasp genus Nasonia

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2021
Males in the parasitoid wasp genus NasoniaNasonia vitripennis and Nasonia giraultidoublesexgiraultivitripennisN. longicornisN. vitripennisN.
Lorna B Cohen, Rachel Jewell, Dyese Moody, Deanna Arsala, John H Werren, Jeremy A Lynch   +5 more
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Circadian Activity and Clock Genes in Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae: Implications for Field Applications and Circadian Clock Mechanisms of Parasitoid Wasps

Insects, 2023
Despite the importance of circadian rhythms in insect behavior, our understanding of circadian activity and the molecular oscillatory mechanism in parasitoid wasp circadian clocks is limited.
Ziwen Teng, Mengran Huo, Yanan Zhou, Yuqi Zhou, Yunjie Liu, Yan Lin, Qi Zhang, Zhiqi Zhang, Fanghao Wan, Hongxu Zhou   +9 more
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Mgat1-dependent N-glycosylation of membrane components primes Drosophila melanogaster blood cells for the cellular encapsulation response. [PDF]

PLoS Pathogens, 2012
In nature, larvae of the fruitfly Drosophila melanogaster are commonly infected by parasitoid wasps, and so have evolved a robust immune response to counter wasp infection.
Nathan T Mortimer, Balint Z Kacsoh, Erin S Keebaugh, Todd A Schlenke   +3 more
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First record from Italy of Zatypota anomala (Ichneumonidae, Ephialtini), a parasitoid of the cribellate spider Dictyna pusilla (Araneae, Dictynidae)

Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 2017
The polysphinctine wasp Zatypota anomala (Holmgren, 1860), a koinobiont ecto-parasitoid of spiders in the family Dictynidae, was recorded in Italy for the first time.
Korenko, Stanislav
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New parasitoid associations and geographical range extensions of Sceliphron Klug, 1801 (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Brazil

Revista Chilena de Entomología, 2022
We record for the first time the Darwin wasp species Photocryptus nigrosignatus (Kriechbaumer, 1901) parasitizing nests of the solitary wasp Sceliphron fistularium (Dahlbom, 1843) in the Amazonas state, Brazil, and provide new distribution records for ...
Alexandre Somavilla, Marcio L. Oliveira
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