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parasitoids, etc ; Mesozoic era; camouflage; evolution; fauna; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The Mesozoic is a key era for the rise of the modern insect fauna. Among the most important evolutionary events in Mesozoic insects are the radiation of holometabolous insects, the origin of eusocial and parasitoid insects, diversification of pollinating insects, and development of advanced mimicry and camouflage. These events are closely associated with the diversification of insect ecological be ...
parasitoids, etc ; evolution; food consumption; instars; parasitism; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Tritrophic interactions among plants, herbivorous insects and their parasitoids have been well studied in the past four decades. Recently, a new angle has been uncovered: koinobiont parasitoids, that allow their host to keep feeding on the plant for a certain amount of time after parasitism, indirectly alter plant responses against herbivory via the many physiological changes induced in their herb ...
parasitoids, etc ; experimental design; habitats; meta-analysis; parasitism; predation; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Ecological theory suggests that predators can either keep prey populations healthy by reducing parasite burdens or alternatively, increase parasitism in prey. To quantify the overall magnitude and direction of the effect of predation on parasitism in prey observed in practice, we conducted a meta‐analysis of 47 empirical studies. We also examined how study attributes, including parasite type and l ...
parasitoids, etc ; Araneus; Ichneumonidae; instars; pupation; silk; spiders; wasps; Show all 8 Subjects
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... The ichneumonid parasitoid Sinarachna nigricornis (Holmgren, 1860) was associated only with Araneus sturmi (Hahn, 1831) in the studied locality. The normal capturing orb web of A. sturmi was always vertical and had a median of 18 radii and 9 spirals in laboratory conditions. When spiders did not build capture webs, they built resting and molting webs which consisted of a few threads between the en ...
parasitoids, etc ; Conopidae; Xylocopa; carpenter bees; insect infestations; larvae; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Studies were conducted to explore the extent of conopid fly infestation in carpenter bee rearing. Conopid flies are larval parasitoids of carpenter bees. The samples were collected from fields, natural nesting sites and artificially domiciled nests. The seasonal incidences of conopid flies in Xylocopa were observed from January 2019 to June 2020. The biology of conopid flies revealed different sta ...
Junxia Zhang; John M. Heraty; Christopher Darling; Robert L. Kresslein; Austin J. Baker; Javier Torréns; Jean‐Yves Rasplus; Alan Lemmon; Emily Moriarty Lemmon
parasitoids, etc ; Eucharitidae; Perilampidae; entomology; hybrids; hyperparasitism; larvae; monophyly; paraphyly; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Planidia are free‐living, mobile first‐instar larvae that are notable in their ability to transition across different larval stages of their host, and for completing their development on the host prepupa as ectoparasitoids, effectively acting as larval‐pupal external koinobionts. Chalcidoid taxa with a planidium form a monophyletic group, the planidial larva clade (PLC). We conducted a phylogenomi ...
parasitoids, etc ; biological control; endosymbionts; horticulture; invasive species; taxonomy; Africa; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Classical biological control (CBC) is considered a safer and more sustainable alternative for management of alien-invasive species. This review presents recent advances in CBC of key horticultural insect pests using parasitoids in Africa. Several CBC programs have been undertaken targeting different insect pests of both fruits and vegetables, largely yielding outstanding success. Key obstacles imp ...
parasitoids, etc ; Arachnida; Insecta; agroecosystems; arthropods; corn; hybrids; insects; Indonesia; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Hervani D, Sari SP. 2022. The abundance of arthropods and natural enemies on two growth phases of hybrid corn, Solok District, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 23: 2966-2972. Solok District, West Sumatra, Indonesia is one of Indonesia's hybrid corn production regions. As yet, the study of arthropods is still limited. This study aimed to study the abundance and diversity of arthropods in the hybrid maize a ...
parasitoids, etc ; Spodoptera frugiperda; biopesticides; corn; insects; pest control; Africa; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The introduction of fall armyworm (FAW) Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on the African continent has led to paradigm shifts in pest control in maize systems, occasioned by year-round populations. The discovery of resident parasitoid species adapting to the new pest significantly informed decision-making toward avoiding highly hazardous synthetic insecticides to control th ...
parasitoids, etc ; Aenasius; females; introduced species; longevity; parasitism; progeny; tibia; Show all 8 Subjects
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... The absence of natural enemies in newly invaded areas is a key factor in the successful invasion of alien species. Whether a specific parasitoid can be domesticated to attack a nonnatural host that has no reported parasitic enemies in invasive areas remains unclear. Here, we analyzed two invasive mealybugs (PSS-Phenacoccus solenopsis and PSI-Phenacoccus solani) and a specific parasitoid of P. sole ...
parasitoids, etc ; Bethylidae; new species; phylogeny; research; taxonomic keys; China; Show all 7 Subjects
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... AbstractSpecies of the genus Foenobethylus Kieffer, 1913 are parasitoids wasps rarely collected and are only found in the Oriental region. In this study, based on both morphological and molecular evidence, we describe three new species from China: F. robusta Li & Chen, sp. nov., F. xinglongsensis Wang & Chen, sp. nov., and F. yunkaishanensis Chen & Luo, sp. nov. An updated key to species of the g ...
parasitoids, etc ; Eupelmus; Mantidae; Monodontomerus obscurus; egg masses; fauna; parasitism; Iran; Show all 8 Subjects
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... In total 23 oothecae of seven species of mantids from six genera Bolivaria Stål, 1877 (Rivetinidae), Elaea Stål, 1877 (Gonypetidae), Empusa Illiger, 1798 (Empusidae), Hierodula Burmeister, 1838 (Mantidae), Holaptilon Beier, 1964 (Gonypetidae), Iris Saussure, 1869 (Eremiaphilidae) were collected. About 69% of collected oothecae of mantids were parasitized by the Hymenoptera families, Torymidae and ...
parasitoids, etc ; alternative hosts; decline; insects; intraspecific competition; parasitism; phenology; temperature; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Climate change is altering the relative timing of species interactions by shifting when species first appear in communities and modifying the duration organisms spend in each developmental stage. However, community contexts, such as intraspecific competition and alternative resource species, can prolong shortened windows of availability and may mitigate the effects of phenological shifts on specie ...
parasitoids, etc ; Bemisia tabaci; Chrysopidae; Encarsia; cotton; parasitism; plant protection; India; Show all 8 Subjects
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... The study was done to understand the seasonal occurrence of whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gen) population and its predators and parasitoids in cotton crop in farmers’ fields in North West India. Roving field surveys were conducted in cotton growing districts of Punjab (Fazilka, Muktsar), Haryana (Sirsa) and Rajasthan (Sriganganagar and Hanumangarah) during June to October 2018. Whitefly population (adu ...
parasitoids, etc ; Adalia bipunctata; Harmonia axyridis; biodiversity; indigenous species; invasive species; Show all 6 Subjects
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... The Asian ladybird Harmonia axyridis is an invasive species that is rapidly spreading around the world. Occupying new territories, H. axyridis often causes a decrease in the biodiversity of native species of coccinellids, competing with them for food resources. A comparison of H. axyridis with six species of ladybirds was made in terms of the ratio of the number of individuals and the degree of in ...
parasitoids, etc ; centrioles; environmental DNA; microtubules; new species; phylogeny; pseudopodia; ultrastructure; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Aphelids (phylum Aphelida = Aphelidiomycota) are intracellular parasitoids of algae and represent one of the early-diverging or sister lineages of the kingdom Fungi. Although aphelids are a small group comprising four genera and 17 species, molecular phylogenetic analyses revealed that numerous environmental DNA sequences represent undescribed lineages, indicating their hidden diversity. Here, we ...
parasitoids, etc ; Chilo; Pyralidae; insects; instars; life tables; mortality; population dynamics; sugarcane; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Field and laboratory experiments were conducted to estimate life table and budgeting of sugarcane Plassey borer, Chilo tumidicostalis during 2015–16. The absolute population of C. tumidicostalis and its natural enemies has been used to prepare age-specific life tables and to determine generation-wise various key mortality factors acting on the population dynamics of the pest. Generation survival, ...
parasitoids, etc ; Drosophila; escape behavior; hemocytes; horizontal gene transfer; insects; superparasitism; venoms; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Both hosts and parasitoids evolved a diverse array of traits and strategies for their antagonistic interactions, affecting their chances of encounter, attack and survival after parasitoid attack. This review summarizes the recent progress that has been made in elucidating the molecular mechanisms of these adaptations and counter-adaptations in various Drosophila host–parasitoid interactions. For t ...
parasitoids, etc ; Polydnaviridae; food plants; parasitism; phenotype; phytophagous insects; plant damage; saliva; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Insect herbivores interact via plant-mediated interactions in which one herbivore species induces changes in plant quality that affects the performance of a second phytophagous insect that shares the food plant. These interactions are often asymmetric due to specificity in induced plant responses to herbivore attack, amount of plant damage, elicitors in herbivore saliva and plant organ damaged by ...
parasitoids, etc ; Baryscapus; agricultural research; leafcutter bees; nests; urban areas; wood; Argentina; Show all 8 Subjects
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... The nesting biology of the exotic bee Megachile (Eutricharaea) concinna Smith, 1879 and its negative interactions with other insects were studied. Trap nests made of wood were located in an urban environment in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, and surveyed during 26 months. The lifecycle and the structure of the nest of M. concinna are described. We also report six interactions between this bee a ...