Puparial Factors in Host Location by Spalangia endius (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

We studied the parasitism capacity of Spalangia endius as a pupal parasite of Bactocera dorsalis after switching hosts. We used pupae of B. dorsalis and M. domestica as the hosts and studied parasitism by S. endius in the laboratory. The parasitism capacities were compared at different host densities and different parasitoid ages. The two functional responses of S. endius fitted a Holling Type II equation. More M. domestica were parasitized than B. dorsalis at all the densities. The ability of S. endius to control M. domestica was α/Th (parasitism capacity) = 32.1950, which was much stronger than that of control B. dorsalis, which was α/Th = 4.7380. The parasitism rate of wasps that had parasitized B. dorsalis had decreased by the emergence time of parasitoids. These results suggest that the parasitoid-pest ratio should be 1:25 to maintain a relatively stable parasitism rate for control of B. dorsalis. The S. endius colony reared on M. domestica successfully controlled a low-density population of B. dorsalis in the lab. We provide evidence suggesting that the parasitism capacity of S. endius needs to be improved.

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Detecting host location attacks in SDN-based networks

2020 29th Wireless and Optical Communications Conference (WOCC) ◽

10.1109/wocc48579.2020.9114932 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Sonali Sen Baidya ◽

Rattikorn Hewett

Keyword(s):

Host Location

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Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles Can Serve as Host Location Cues for a Generalist and a Specialist Egg Parasitoid

Journal of Chemical Ecology ◽

10.1007/s10886-011-0047-9 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 37 (12) ◽

pp. 1304-1313 ◽

Cited By ~ 47

Author(s):

M. F. G. V. Peñaflor ◽

M. Erb ◽

L. A. Miranda ◽

A. G. Werneburg ◽

J. M. S. Bento

Keyword(s):

Plant Volatiles ◽

Host Location ◽

Egg Parasitoid ◽

Induced Plant Volatiles ◽

Herbivore Induced Plant Volatiles

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Oviposition‐induced plant cues: do they arrest Trichogramma wasps during host location?

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata ◽

10.1111/j.1570-7458.2005.00245.x ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 115 (1) ◽

pp. 207-215 ◽

Cited By ~ 79

Author(s):

Nina E. Fatouros ◽

Gabriella Bukovinszkine’Kiss ◽

Lucas A. Kalkers ◽

Roxina Soler Gamborena ◽

Marcel Dicke ◽

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Keyword(s):

Host Location

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Sublethal effects of imidacloprid exposure on Spalangia endius, a pupal parasitoid of filth flies

BioControl ◽

10.1007/s10526-016-9776-6 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 62 (1) ◽

pp. 53-60 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Edwin R. Burgess ◽

Aspen Kremer ◽

Sherine F. Elsawa ◽

B. H. King

Keyword(s):

Sublethal Effects ◽

Pupal Parasitoid ◽

Spalangia Endius ◽

Filth Flies

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Host location and selection by the symbiotic sargassum crab Portunus sayi: the role of chemical, visual and tactile cues

Symbiosis ◽

10.1007/s13199-018-0561-4 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 76 (2) ◽

pp. 177-185

Author(s):

Lorin E. West ◽

W. Randy Brooks

Keyword(s):

Host Location ◽

Tactile Cues

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Caligids-potential pathogens for marine finfish aquaculture in Mexico?

Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research ◽

10.3856/vol44-issue3-fulltext-1 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 433-441

Author(s):

Francisco Neptalí Morales-Serna ◽

Juan Manuel Martínez-Brown ◽

Rosa Maria Medina-Guerrero ◽

Emma Josefina Fajer-Ávila

Keyword(s):

Coastal Waters ◽

Host Location ◽

Current Knowledge ◽

Control Strategies ◽

Sea Lice ◽

Ecological Studies ◽

Parasitic Copepods ◽

The Family ◽

And Control ◽

Finfish Aquaculture

Parasitic copepods of the family Caligidae, the so-called sea lice, may be deleterious to marine or brackish finfish aquaculture. To date, biological and ecological studies of sea lice have been mostly restricted to species from cold or temperate regions. In Mexico there are some records of sea lice species on marine fishes; however, the research regarding their biology and ecology has been scarce. It is possible that a high biodiversity of sea lice is distributed in coastal waters of Mexico; therefore, their significance as pathogenic parasites should increase. The purpose of this review is to outline the current knowledge of the life cycle, host location, ecology, effect on fish health, and control strategies of sea lice in order to establish supportive basis for natural resource management and control of parasites and diseases of marine fish cultured in Mexico.

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