Local mate competition in the solitary parasitoid wasp Ooencyrtus kuvanae

2010 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 1071-1077 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ummat Somjee ◽  
Kelly Ablard ◽  
Bernard Crespi ◽  
Paul W. Schaefer ◽  
Gerhard Gries
Keyword(s):  
Parasitoid Wasp ◽  
Local Mate Competition ◽  
Mate Competition ◽  
Local Mate ◽  
Solitary Parasitoid ◽  
Ooencyrtus Kuvanae

scholarly journals Local mate competition modifies the costs of mating in a mostly monandrous parasitoid wasp

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 417-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca A Boulton ◽  
Nicola Cook ◽  
E V (Ginny) Greenway ◽  
Georgina L Glaser ◽  
Jade Green ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parasitoid Wasp ◽  
Local Mate Competition ◽  
Mate Competition ◽  
Local Mate

scholarly journals Sex ratios under asymmetrical local mate competition in the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis

2006 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Shuker ◽  
Ido Pen ◽  
Stuart A. West
Keyword(s):  
Sex Ratios ◽  
Parasitoid Wasp ◽  
Local Mate Competition ◽  
Mate Competition ◽  
Nasonia Vitripennis ◽  
Local Mate

scholarly journals Offspring sex ratio shifts of the solitary parasitoid wasp, Trichopria drosophilae (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae), under local mate competition

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Li ◽  
Yu Wang ◽  
Cheng-Jie Zhu ◽  
Min Zhang ◽  
Hao-Yuan Hu
Keyword(s):  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Parasitoid Wasp ◽  
Female Offspring ◽  
Mate Competition ◽  
Offspring Sex Ratio ◽  
Pupal Parasitoid ◽  
Offspring Sex ◽  
Local Mate ◽  
Solitary Parasitoid ◽  
Single Foundress

Localmate competition (LMC) models predict a female-biased offspring sex ratio when a single foundress oviposits alone in a patch and an increasing proportion of sons with increasing foundress number. We tested whether the solitary pupal parasitoid, Trichopria drosophilae (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae), adjusted offspring sex ratio with foundress number when parasitizing Drosophila melanogaster pupae. Mean number of female offspring was higher than that of males, with a male proportion of 26 ± 16% when only one foundress oviposited. However, male proportion reached 58 ± 26%, 48 ± 22%, and 51 ± 19% in three-, five and seven-foundress cohorts. That the male proportion of offspring increased with foundress number is consistent with LMC models.

Effects of constrained females on offspring sex ratios of Nasonia vitripennis in relation to local mate competition theory

2004 ◽  
Vol 82 (12) ◽  
pp. 1969-1974 ◽  
Author(s):  
B H King ◽  
J A D'Souza
Keyword(s):  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Virgin Female ◽  
Parasitoid Wasp ◽  
Local Mate Competition ◽  
Mate Competition ◽  
Nasonia Vitripennis ◽  
Competition Theory ◽  
Local Mate ◽  
Mated Female

Empirical studies of how constrained females affect sex ratio are few. Constrained females are those that can produce only sons (e.g., in haplodiploid species, females that have not mated or older females that have used up their sperm). In the parasitoid wasp Nasonia vitripennis (Walker, 1836), failure to mate soon after emergence increased the probability of a female being constrained and thus affected sex ratio directly. Local mate competition theory shows that whether a female is constrained can also affect sex ratio indirectly by affecting what sex ratio other females produce. However, this was not the case in N. vitripennis. A female's sex ratio was not significantly different when she was with another young mated female versus a virgin female or an old mated female depleted of sperm. These results suggest that N. vitripennis females may be unable to recognize whether another female is constrained. The increased proportion of sons in response to other females relative to when alone did not persist the day after exposure.

Reproductive strategies of two forms of flightless males in a non-pollinating fig wasp under partial local mate competition

2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 691-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
ZHEN-JI WANG ◽  
YAN-QIONG PENG ◽  
STEPHEN G. COMPTON ◽  
DA-RONG YANG
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Strategies ◽  
Local Mate Competition ◽  
Mate Competition ◽  
Fig Wasp ◽  
Local Mate

scholarly journals Female dispersal and isolation-by-distance ofNasonia vitripennispopulations in a local mate competition context

2009 ◽  
Vol 132 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernd K. Grillenberger ◽  
Jürgen Gadau ◽  
R. Bijlsma ◽  
Louis van de Zande ◽  
Leo W. Beukeboom
Keyword(s):  
Isolation By Distance ◽  
Local Mate Competition ◽  
Mate Competition ◽  
Local Mate ◽  
Female Dispersal
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