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Multi-trait mimicry of ants by a parasitoid wasp [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2015 Many animals avoid attack from predators through toxicity or the emission of repellent chemicals. Defensive mimicry has evolved in many species to deceive shared predators, for instance through colouration and other morphological adaptations, but mimicry hardly ever seems to involve multi-trait similarities. Here we report on a wingless parasitoid wasp
Malcicka, M. +6 more
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G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2021 Males in the parasitoid wasp genus NasoniaNasonia vitripennis and Nasonia giraultidoublesexgiraultivitripennisN. longicornisN. vitripennisN.
Lorna B Cohen +5 more
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Life-history traits in closely related secondary parasitoids sharing the same primary parasitoid host: evolutionary opportunities and constraints [PDF]
, 2009 Thus far, few studies have compared life-history traits amongst secondary parasitoids attacking and developing in cocoons of their primary parasitoid hosts.
Harvey, J.A. +2 more
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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.
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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 +3 more
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The costs and benefits of multiple mating in a mostly monandrous wasp [PDF]
, 2015 Funding: NERC DTGThe taxonomically widespread nature of polyandry remains a puzzle. Much of the empirical work regarding the costs and benefits of multiple mating to females has, for obvious reasons, relied on species that are already highly polyandrous.
Boulton, Rebecca +3 more
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Differing success of defense strategies in two parasitoid wasps in protecting their pupae against a secondary hyperparasitoid [PDF]
, 2011 During their larval development, endoparasitoids are known to dispose of host resources in several different ways. Some parasitoid wasps consume most or all tissues of the host, whereas others consume a small fraction of host resources and either ensure ...
Jeffrey A Harvey +5 more
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Extrinsic Inter- and Intraspecific Competition in Parasitoid Wasps
Annual Review of Entomology, 2022 The diverse ecology of parasitoids is shaped by extrinsic competition, i.e., exploitative or interference competition among adult females and males for hosts and mates. Adult females use an array of morphological, chemical, and behavioral mechanisms to engage in competition that may be either intra- or interspecific.
Ode, Paul J. +2 more
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Evolution of flexible biting in hyperdiverse parasitoid wasps [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2022 One key event in insect evolution was the development of mandibles with two joints, which allowed powerful biting but restricted their movement to a single degree of freedom. These mandibles define the Dicondylia, which constitute over 99% of all extant insect species.
Thomas van de Kamp +11 more
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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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