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Microbial Odorant Detection Guides Drosophila Parasitoids Seeking Hosts in Fermenting Fruits

Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 39, 13 July 2026.
Yeast microbes in fermenting fruits attract both host flies and their parasitoid wasps. Female Leptopilina boulardi detect yeast‐emitted ethyl esters via two olfactory receptors, LbouOR167 and LbouOR136. A conserved residue, Leu159, is critical for binding these compounds, enabling female wasps to locate host‐rich habitats.
Yueqi Lu, Lan Pang, Wenqi Shi, Ting Feng, Zhi Dong, Yifeng Sheng, Sicong Zhou, Longtao Yu, Hao Guo, Ying Wang, Jiani Chen, Jianhua Huang   +11 more
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Effects of Abiotic Factors on HIPV‐Mediated Interactions between Plants and Parasitoids

BioMed Research International, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015
In contrast to constitutively emitted plant volatiles (PV), herbivore‐induced plant volatiles (HIPV) are specifically emitted by plants when afflicted with herbivores. HIPV can be perceived by parasitoids and predators which parasitize or prey on the respective herbivores, including parasitic hymenoptera.
Christine Becker, Nicolas Desneux, Lucie Monticelli, Xavier Fernandez, Thomas Michel, Anne-Violette Lavoir, Johannes Stökl   +6 more
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What is the potential for artificial selection of insect biological control traits? A systematic review of their genetic variation, heritability, and evolvability

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 173, Issue 6, Page 463-497, June 2025.
Growing interest in optimizing biocontrol traits, particularly due to Nagoya Protocol constraints, necessitates understanding their heritability and genetic variation. This systematic review of 5209 studies on arthropod biocontrol agents yielded 94 relevant articles, with 42 providing heritability values.
Sophie R. Chattington, Jiaqi Chen, Bart A. Pannebakker, Kelley Leung   +3 more
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Chemical Ecology of Egg Parasitoids Associated with True Bugs

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012
Parasitoids representing some 15 families of Hymenoptera develop in insect eggs; three of these families, Platygastridae (= Scelionidae), Mymaridae, and Encyrtidae, are associated with Heteroptera. Several species of heteropteran egg parasitoids are or may be important for biological pest control.
Eric Conti, Stefano Colazza, Jeffrey R. Aldrich   +2 more
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Deroplax silphoides (Thun.) (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae), a new recorded insect species on Dodonaea viscosa (L.), and its egg parasitoid Trissolcus basalis Woll. (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) in Egypt

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, 2019
The scutellerid shield bug, Deroplax silphoides (Thun.) (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae), is a new recorded insect species (in Egypt) attacking the ornamental plant, Dodonaea viscosa (L.). The bug feeds by sucking sap from flowers and green seeds of this plant
Monir M. El Husseini, Salama I. Askar, Ata A. Ata   +2 more
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The first mitochondrial genome for the wasp superfamily Platygastroidea: the egg parasitoidTrissolcus basalis

Genome, 2012
The nearly complete mitochondrial (mt) genome of an egg parasitoid, Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston), was sequenced using both 454 and Illumina next-generation sequencing technologies. A portion of the noncoding region remained unsequenced, possibly owing to the presence of repeats.
Mao, Meng, Valerio, Alejandro, Austin, Andrew D, Dowton, Mark, Johnson, Norman F   +4 more
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Nectar‐inhabiting bacteria differently affect the longevity of co‐occurring egg parasitoid species by modifying nectar chemistry

Annals of Applied Biology, Volume 186, Issue 2, Page 204-215, March 2025.
Floral nectar is a sugar‐rich resource which is essential for covering the energetic and nutritional requirements of adult parasitoids. Recent research has shown that floral nectar is ubiquitously colonized by microbes, however how nectar‐inhabiting microbes affect parasitoid performance is poorly investigated.
Evgenia Sarakatsani, Jay Darryl L. Ermio, Shahinoor Rahman, Patrizia Bella, Alfonso Agrò, Mirella Lo Pinto, Ezio Peri, Stefano Colazza, Bart Lievens, Michael Rostás, Antonino Cusumano   +10 more
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Testing the habituation assumption underlying models of parasitoid foraging behavior [PDF]

PeerJ, 2017
Background Habituation, a form of non-associative learning, has several well-defined characteristics that apply to a wide range of physiological and behavioral responses in many organisms.
Paul K. Abram, Antonino Cusumano, Katrina Abram, Stefano Colazza, Ezio Peri   +4 more
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Complementary effects of pollination and biocontrol services enable ecological intensification in macadamia orchards

Ecological Applications, Volume 34, Issue 8, December 2024.
Abstract In many crops, both pollination and biocontrol determine crop yield, whereby the relative importance of the two ecosystem services can be moderated by the landscape context. However, additive and interactive effects of pollination and biocontrol in different landscape contexts are still poorly understood. We examined both ecosystem services in
Mina Anders, Catrin Westphal, Valerie M. G. Linden, Sina Weier, Peter J. Taylor, Ingo Grass   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inter and intra-guild interactions in egg parasitoid species of the soybean stink bug complex

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2002
The objective of this research was to evaluate the parasitism behavior of Telenomus podisi Ashmead, Trissolcus basalis (Wollaston) e Trissolcus urichi Crawford (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) on eggs of Nezara viridula L., Euschistus heros F., Piezodorus ...
Sujii Edison Ryoiti, Costa Maria Luiza Marcico, Pires Carmen Silvia Soares, Colazza Stefano, Borges Miguel   +4 more
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