scholarly journals Egg laying rather than host quality or host feeding experience drives habitat estimation in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (24) ◽  
pp. 14015-14022
Author(s):  
Mareike Koppik ◽  
Andra Thiel ◽  
Thomas S. Hoffmeister
Keyword(s):  
Parasitic Wasp ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
Host Quality ◽  
Host Feeding ◽  
Nasonia Vitripennis ◽  
Feeding Experience

scholarly journals Single and Double Infections with Wolbachia in the Parasitic Wasp Nasonia vitripennis Effects on Compatibility

Genetics ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 143 (2) ◽  
pp. 961-972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Jeanne Perrot-Minnot ◽  
Li Rong Guo ◽  
John H Werren
Keyword(s):  
Genomic Dna ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Parasitic Wasp ◽  
Pcr Amplification ◽  
Bacterial Strains ◽  
Nasonia Vitripennis ◽  
Larval Diapause ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Reproductive Incompatibility ◽  
Infected Line

Abstract Wolbachia are cytoplasmically inherited bacteria responsible for reproductive incompatibility in a wide range of insects. There has been little exploration, however, of within species Wolbachia polymorphisms and their effects on compatibility. Here we show that some strains of the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis are infected with two distinct bacterial strains (A and B) whereas others are singly infected (A or B). Double and single infections are confirmed by both PCR amplification and Southern analysis of genomic DNA. Furthermore, it is shown that prolonged larval diapause (the overwintering stage of the wasp) of a double-infected strain can lead to stochastic loss of one or both bacterial strains. After diapause of a double-infected line, sublines were produced with AB, A only, B only or no Wolbachia. A and B sublines are bidirectionally incompatible, whereas males from AB lines are unidirectionally incompatible with females of A and B sublines. Results therefore show rapid development of bidirectional incompatibility within a species due to segregation of associated symbiotic bacteria.

NOTES ON MATING BEHAVIOR AND OVIPOSITION OF CHRYSOCHARIS LARICINELLAE (HYMENOPTERA: EULOPHIDAE), A PARASITE OF THE LARCH CASEBEARER (COLEOPHORA LARICELLA)

1967 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 326-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. W. Quednau
Keyword(s):  
Mating Behavior ◽  
Fourth Instar ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
Feeding Pattern ◽  
Host Feeding ◽  
Chemical Surface ◽  
Coleophora Laricella ◽  
Host Mortality

AbstractChrysocharis laricinellae (Ratz.) mated readily in the laboratory when several individuals of both sexes were held together in a vial. The courtship dance performed by the male is described. Parasite females develop mature eggs 3 days after emergence and are apparently capable of resorbing the eggs if hosts are not available, and to produce new ones after host-feeding. Storage of eggs in the ovary for 5 months at 55°F and sterility (phasic castration) of certain individuals is reported. Longevity of egg-laying females at 75°F was about 1 month less than that of parasites that had been denied contact with hosts. Odor apparently plays little or no role in the location of the larch casebearer larvae by C. laricinellae, but chemical surface stimuli seem to exist on the surface of a mine or case of Coleophora laricella (Hbn.). The parasite is also stimulated by vibrations of the host in its case. The oviposition and host-feeding pattern of C. laricinellae is described. Host-feeding on fourth-instar larvae of the larch casebearer contributed little to host mortality.

scholarly journals The comparative biology of second sex ratio evolution within a natural population of a parasitic wasp, Nasonia vitripennis.

Genetics ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 124 (2) ◽  
pp. 385-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
S H Orzack
Keyword(s):  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Parasitic Wasp ◽  
Comparative Biology ◽  
Significant Heterogeneity ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Nasonia Vitripennis ◽  
Second Sex ◽  
Sex Ratio Adjustment ◽  
Optimality Models ◽  
Isofemale Strains

Abstract Correlation and regression analyses indicate that isofemale strains extracted from a population of the parasitic wasp, Nasonia vitripennis, differ in the fit of their second sex ratios (those produced in previously parasitized hosts) to the predictions of the theory of optimal facultative sex ratio adjustment. Under the theory's simple assumptions about population structure, there is significant heterogeneity of fitnesses among the isofemale strains. The reasons underlying these types of heterogeneity must be understood before we can make statements about the nature of sex ratio evolution in this species. These results suggest that comparative analyses are essential for testing the qualitative predictions of optimality models.

Intraspecific variability in associative learning in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 593-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mareike Koppik ◽  
Thomas S. Hoffmeister ◽  
Sven Brunkhorst ◽  
Melanie Kieß ◽  
Andra Thiel
Keyword(s):  
Associative Learning ◽  
Parasitic Wasp ◽  
Intraspecific Variability ◽  
Nasonia Vitripennis

Host feeding experience affects host plant odour preference of the polyphagous leafminerLiriomyza bryoniae

2012 ◽  
Vol 146 (2) ◽  
pp. 286-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Radžiutė ◽  
Vincas Būda
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Host Feeding ◽  
Feeding Experience

scholarly journals Physiological and biochemical responses to thermal stress vary among genotypes in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis

2019 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 103909 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Hidalgo ◽  
Erika Beaugeard ◽  
David Renault ◽  
Franck Dedeine ◽  
Charlotte Lécureuil
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Stress ◽  
Parasitic Wasp ◽  
Nasonia Vitripennis ◽  
Biochemical Responses ◽  
Physiological And Biochemical

Could hosts considered as low quality for egg-laying be considered as high quality for host-feeding?

2009 ◽  
Vol 55 (8) ◽  
pp. 694-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sébastien Lebreton ◽  
Eric Darrouzet ◽  
Claude Chevrier
Keyword(s):  
Egg Laying ◽  
Host Feeding ◽  
High Quality

scholarly journals Lifetime gains of host-feeding in a synovigenic parasitic wasp

2004 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 436-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Giron ◽  
S. Pincebourde ◽  
J. Casas
Keyword(s):  
Parasitic Wasp ◽  
Host Feeding
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