scholarly journals First record of an apparently rare fig wasp feeding strategy: obligate seed predation

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 492-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
RONG WANG ◽  
ASHLEY MATTHEWS ◽  
JOANNE RATCLIFFE ◽  
LOUISE J. BARWELL ◽  
YAN-QIONG PENG ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seed Predation ◽  
Feeding Strategy ◽  
First Record ◽  
Fig Wasp

First evidence for tooth-tooth occlusion in a ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota

2021 ◽  
pp. SP521-2021-141
Author(s):  
Chang-Fu Zhou ◽  
Xinyue Wang ◽  
Jiahao Wang
Keyword(s):  
Early Cretaceous ◽  
Feeding Strategy ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Tooth Wear ◽  
First Record ◽  
Jehol Biota ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Dimensional Reconstruction ◽  
Supplementary Material ◽  
Ct Data

AbstractCtenochasmatid pterosaurs flourished and diversified in the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota. Here, a partial mandible of Forfexopterus is described based on a three-dimensional reconstruction using high-resolution X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) data. The first nine pairs of functional teeth of the rostral dentition revealed along with their replacements. The functional teeth are evenly arranged with a tooth density of 2.2 teeth/cm. The tooth crown is distinctly reduced from its base to the tip, and framed by two weak ridges, possibly as a pair of vestigial carinae. The replacement teeth are sharp and pointed, and have erupted slightly against the medial surface of the functional teeth. Surprisingly, tooth wear is observed in this specimen, the first record of tooth-tooth occlusion in ctenochasmatids. The wear facets exhibit high-angled lingual and lower-angled labial facets, implying a tooth-tooth occlusion in pterosaur clade. This discovery indicates that the Jehol ctenochasmatids possibly employed a more active feeding strategy than other filter-feeding pterosaurs (e.g. Ctenochasma, Pterodaustro, Gnathosaurus).Supplementary material at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5722060

First record of the fig wasp genus Diaziella Grandi (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Sycoecinae) from the Asian mainland with description of two new species from China

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1337 (1) ◽  
pp. 39 ◽  
Author(s):  
SIMON VAN NOORT ◽  
YAN-QIONG PENG ◽  
JEAN-Y RASPLUS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Fig Wasp ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Host Relationships ◽  
First Time ◽  
Asian Mainland

Diaziella bizarrea van Noort & Rasplus sp. nov. is described from specimens reared from Ficus glaberrima and Diaziella yangi van Noort & Rasplus sp. nov. is described from specimens reared from Ficus curtipes in Xishuangbanna, China. Together with a new record of Diaziella macroptera Grandi from Thailand this is the first time the genus has been recorded from the Asian mainland. Previously the twelve described species of Diaziella were known from the islands of Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi and the Philippines. Images are provided for both sexes of the two new species and for the female of D. macroptera. A key is included to all described species of Diaziella. An online key is available at: http://www.figweb.org/Fig_wasps/Pteromalidae/Sycoecinae/Key/ Diaziella.htm. Host relationships and biology are discussed.

scholarly journals Seed predation by the wrinkle-faced batCenturio senex: a new case of this unusual feeding strategy in Chiroptera

2016 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 726-733 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Villalobos-Chaves ◽  
Sergio Padilla-Alvárez ◽  
Bernal Rodríguez-Herrera
Keyword(s):  
Seed Predation ◽  
Feeding Strategy

scholarly journals First record of a non-pollinating fig wasp (Hymenoptera: Sycophaginae) from Dominican amber, with estimation of the size of its host figs

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (35-36) ◽  
pp. 2237-2247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando H. A. Farache ◽  
Jean-Yves Rasplus ◽  
Dany Azar ◽  
Rodrigo A. S. Pereira ◽  
Stephen G. Compton
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Fig Wasp ◽  
Dominican Amber

scholarly journals Tritrophic interactions involving a dioecious fig tree, its fig pollinating wasp and fig nematodes

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Jauharlina ◽  
Hartati Oktarina ◽  
Rina Sriwati ◽  
Natsumi Kanzaki ◽  
Rupert J. Quinnell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nematode Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Fig Wasp ◽  
Fig Wasps ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Population Sizes ◽  
Fig Tree ◽  
Ficus Hispida ◽  
Fig Trees ◽  
New Generation

AbstractMany species of fig trees (Ficus spp., Moraceae) have nematodes that develop inside their inflorescences (figs). Nematodes are carried into young figs by females of the trees’ host-specific pollinating fig wasps (Agaonidae) that enter the figs to lay their eggs. The majority of Asian fig trees are functionally dioecious. Pollinators that enter figs on female trees cannot reproduce and offspring of any nematodes they carry will also be trapped inside. The biology of the nematodes is diverse, but poorly understood. We contrasted the development of nematodes carried by the pollinating fig wasp Ceratosolen solmsi marchali into figs on male and female trees of Ficus hispida in Sumatra, Indonesia. Figs were sampled from both male and female trees over a six-month period, with the nematodes extracted to record their development of their populations inside the figs. Populations of three species of nematodes developed routinely inside figs of both sexes: Caenorhabditis sp. (Rhabditidae), Ficophagus cf. centerae and Martininema baculum (both Aphelenchoididae). This is the first record of a Caenorhabditis sp. associated with F. hispida. Mean numbers of nematodes reached around 120-140 in both male and female figs. These peak population sizes coincided with the emergence of the new generation of adult fig wasps in male fig trees. We conclude that figs on female trees can support development and reproduction of some nematode species, but the absence of vectors means that their populations cannot persist beyond the lifetime of a single fig. Just like their fig wasp vectors, the nematodes cannot avoid this routine source of mortality.

First record of the superfamily Proctotrupoidea from French Polynesia (Hymenoptera)

2020 ◽  
Vol 125 (4) ◽  
pp. 404-406
Author(s):  
Thibault Ramage
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
French Polynesia ◽  
Society Islands ◽  
First Time

A Helorid wasp, Helorus ruficornis Förster, 1856, is reported for the first time on Tahiti (Society Islands), which is also the first record of both Proctotrupoidea and family Heloridae in French Polynesia. The potential hosts of Helorus ruficornis in French Polynesia are discussed.

FIRST RECORD AND INITIAL HYDROACOUSTIC STOCK ASSESSMENT OF POLLAN COREGONUS AUTUMNALIS PALLAS IN LOUGH ALLEN, IRELAND

2010 ◽  
Vol 110 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Harrison ◽  
Fiona L. Kelly ◽  
Robert S. Rosell ◽  
Trevor W.S. Champ ◽  
Lynda Connor ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stock Assessment ◽  
First Record

FIRST RECORD OF MANTIDS (MANTODEA: INSECTA) FROM INDIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
SHVETA PATEL ◽  
RAJENDRA SINGH
Keyword(s):  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
First Record ◽  
Target Area ◽  
Extensive Survey ◽  
First Time

Extensive survey of mantids in the northeastern Uttar Pradesh was conducted. Two mantid species were recorded for the first time from the target area, viz.: Pyrgomantis pallida, 1917 and Bactromantis mexicana.

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