Pupation Site Selection and Enemy Avoidance in the Introduced Pine Sawfly (Diprion similis)

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (sp7) ◽  
pp. B19-B31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathaniel T. Wheelwright ◽  
Liam U. Taylor ◽  
Benjamin M. West ◽  
Erin R. Voss ◽  
Sabine Y. Berzins ◽  
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1993 ◽  
Vol 125 (5) ◽  
pp. 825-830 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth A. Pivnick

AbstractMicroplitis mediator (Haliday), a braconid parasitoid reared on the bertha armyworm, Mamestra configurata (Walker), entered diapause at 16 °C and a 12L:12D (100%) or 14L:10D photoperiod (99%) but not at 16 °C or 21 °C under a 16L:8D photoperiod or at 21 °C and a 12L:12D photoperiod. Diapause development was accelerated by cold treatment; adults emerged from diapause more rapidly with increasing duration of cold exposure at least up to 120 days. The main pupation site was found to be on senescent canola leaves which formed a leaf litter on or near the plants. Nearly all unparasitized fourth-instar hosts (98–100%) were found on host plants, whether the conditions induced diapause or not. Only 16–23 and 0% of parasitoids pupated on host plants under conditions of non-diapause or diapause induction, respectively. Because the pupation site of the parasitoid depends on movement of the host, these results suggest that mature parasitoid larvae modify movement of their host.



1999 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 328-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi L. Melcher ◽  
Lee H. Townsend

Critical photoperiod, sensitive stage for diapause induction, and requirements for termination of diapause were studied in a colony of the introduced pine sawfly, Diprion similis (Hartig), established from a feral Kentucky population. We investigated induction of diapause in the laboratory under photoperiods of 10:14, 11:13, 12:12, 13:11, 14:10, 15:9, and 16:8 (L:D) in the first trial, and added a photoperiod of 9:15 (L:D) in the second trial. Individuals exposed to light periods ≤12:12 (L:D) entered diapause; individuals in a photoperiod > 13:11 (L:D) bypassed diapause. The sensitive stage was determined using reciprocal switches of diapause-inducing (9:15) and non-diapause inducing (16:8) L:D regimes. Our studies indicated that late instars of the introduced pine sawfly are significantly sensitive to photoperiod. Termination of diapause in D. similis did not require a cold or chilling period. All individuals from critical photoperiod trials were kept at 22°C to determine the duration of diapause. Diapausing individuals emerged from the cocoon after 82 to 105 d, compared to 6 to 23 d for individuals not entering diapause.



2000 ◽  
Vol 93 (4) ◽  
pp. 1391-1397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Miller ◽  
Michael W. Dryden ◽  
Alberto B. Broce ◽  
Daniel R. Suiter


2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 578-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Ringo ◽  
Harold Dowse
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1962 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thelma Finlayson

This is the third paper of a series on the taxonomy of cocoons and puparia, cast larval skins, and other remains of parasitic Hymenoptera and Diptera that are found in or near the remains of parasitized hosts hfter the parasites have emerged. It deals with the known Canadian parasites of the introduced pine sawfly, Diprion similis (Htg.); previous papers dealt with the known Canadian parasites of the European pine sawfly, Neodiprion sertifer (Geoff.) (Finlayson, 1960a) and the European spruce sawfly, Diprion hercyniae (Mtg.) (Finlayson, 1960b). Parasites of D. similis that werk encountered in either of the nvd previous papers in the series are not described or illustrated here.







1960 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 510-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. Coppel ◽  
J. E. Casida ◽  
W. C. Dauterman


1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Hallberg ◽  
Jan Löfqvist

An abdominal intertergal gland of the sawfly Neodiprion sertifer was found in both sexes of the sawfly N. sertifer, which is in contrast with Diprion similis, in which the gland is known only from the female. The gland lies laterally on each side of tergite II in the fat body between the tergite wall and trachea and opens into the fold of the arthrodial membrane between tergites II and III. The emission of secretion from the gland is controlled by a muscle opening the gland duct. Expansion of the lateral trachea probably forces the secretion out of the gland's lumen.The intertergal gland is a typical insect epidermal pheromone gland formed by three cell types: glandular, ductule, and hypodermal cells. The glandular cells have microvilli-lined cavities surrounded by numerous mitochondria. From these cavities arise ductules, surrounded by ductule cells, merging into other ductules that open into the lumen of the gland. The hypodermal cells underlie the cuticular walls of the lumen. This scheme is now well-known from many insect species as typical of epidermal pheromone glands with a draining duct. Finally, the possible function of the intertergal gland's secretion is discussed.



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