Taxonomy of Cocoons and Puparia, and their Contents, of Canadian Parasites of Diprion similis (Htg.) (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae)

1962 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-282 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thelma Finlayson
Keyword(s):  
Neodiprion Sertifer ◽  
Pine Sawfly ◽  
The Third ◽  
Parasitic Hymenoptera ◽  
Diprion Similis ◽  
European Pine Sawfly

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.

Taxonomy of Cocoons and Puparia, and their Contents, of Canadian Parasites of Neodiprion sertifer (Geoff.) (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae)

1960 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thelma Finlayson
Keyword(s):  
Host Species ◽  
Neodiprion Sertifer ◽  
Taxonomic Significance ◽  
Pine Sawfly ◽  
Economic Significance ◽  
Parasitic Hymenoptera ◽  
European Pine Sawfly

This is the first of a danned series of pauers on the taxonomy of the 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 after the parasites have emerged. The study is based. at least initially, on the host species so that the keys and descriptions may be of use to those who work on the host species as such and who wish to name parasite remains they encounter. The parasites of Diprionidae will be dealt with first, because of the economic significance of these sawflies. The present paper deals with the known Canadian parasites of the European pine sawfly, Neodiprion sertifer (Geoff.), and includes descriptions of the structures that are of taxonomic significance and of the methods used in their study; these descriptions will be in general applicable to the species to be discussed in subsequent papers.

CANDLING AND SIGHTING TECHNIQUES USED IN LASER INVESTIGATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN PINE SAWFLY, NEODIPRION SERTIFER (HYMENOPTERA: DIPRIONIDAE)

1967 ◽  
Vol 99 (6) ◽  
pp. 670-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald W. Kobylnyk
Keyword(s):  
Laser Treatment ◽  
Light Transmission ◽  
Transmitted Light ◽  
Neodiprion Sertifer ◽  
Accurate Assessment ◽  
Pine Sawfly ◽  
Avian Eggs ◽  
Egg Shell ◽  
European Pine Sawfly ◽  
Zoology Department

Laser treatment of larval and pupal stages within cocoons of Neodiprion sertifer (Geoff.) requires an accurate assessment of viability and the antero-posterior alignment of the cocoon content. The use of the candling technique to assess qualitative features of avian eggs depends on the translucency of the egg shell and the differences in light transmission by other elements within it (Romanoff and Romanoff 1949). Transmitted-light methods have been employed for insects within cocoons by Cushman (1913) and Hanna (1935). A type of candling technique different from previous methods and which was developed in the Zoology Department, University of Guelph, enables N. sertifer cocoon content to be ascertained and is herein described.

Effects of Temperatures of Rearing on Reproduction of Aptesis basizona (Grav.) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

1961 ◽  
Vol 93 (9) ◽  
pp. 799-801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thelma Finlayson
Keyword(s):  
Cold Storage ◽  
Reproductive Capacity ◽  
Neodiprion Sertifer ◽  
Immature Stages ◽  
Pine Sawfly ◽  
Pine Sawflies ◽  
European Pine Sawfly

Aptesis basizona (Grav.), a parasite of pine sawflies in Europe, was propagated at Belleville, Ont. (Green, 1938) for release against the European spruce sawfly, Diprion hercyniae (Htg.), the European pine sawfly, Neodiprion sertifer (Geoff.) and other Diprionidae. Development of the insects in the laboratory was allowed to continue until feeding was completed and cocoons were spun, and was then retarded by placing the insects in cold storage pending shipment to release areas. Frequently stock for propagation was incubated after a period of cold storage, and occasionally the schedule was interrupted by decreases in the reproductive capacity of the adults. It seemed that there was some relationship between the fertility of the adults and the temperatures at which the immature stages were held, both while feeding and after they had reached the fully-fed stage. Experiments were initiated to investigate this hypothesis.

scholarly journals Sequence Analysis of the Genome of the Neodiprion sertifer Nucleopolyhedrovirus

2004 ◽  
Vol 78 (13) ◽  
pp. 7036-7051 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandra Garcia-Maruniak ◽  
James E. Maruniak ◽  
Paolo M. A. Zanotto ◽  
Aissa E. Doumbouya ◽  
Jaw-Ching Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ring Finger ◽  
Open Reading Frames ◽  
Neodiprion Sertifer ◽  
Pine Sawfly ◽  
Culex Nigripalpus ◽  
Conserved Genes ◽  
European Pine Sawfly ◽  
Conserved Core ◽  
Reading Frames ◽  
Core Genes

ABSTRACT The genome of the Neodiprion sertifer nucleopolyhedrovirus (NeseNPV), which infects the European pine sawfly, N. sertifer (Hymenoptera: Diprionidae), was sequenced and analyzed. The genome was 86,462 bp in size. The C+G content of 34% was lower than that of the majority of baculoviruses. A total of 90 methionine-initiated open reading frames (ORFs) with more than 50 amino acids and minimal overlapping were found. From those, 43 ORFs were homologous to other baculovirus ORFs, and 29 of these were from the 30 conserved core genes among all baculoviruses. A NeseNPV homolog to the ld130 gene, which is present in all other baculovirus genomes sequenced to date, could not be identified. Six NeseNPV ORFs were similar to non-baculovirus-related genes, one of which was a trypsin-like gene. Only one iap gene, containing a single BIR motif and a RING finger, was found in NeseNPV. Two NeseNPV ORFs (nese18 and nese19) were duplicates transcribed in opposite orientations from each other. NeseNPV did not have an AcMNPV ORF 2 homolog characterized as the baculovirus repeat ORF (bro). Six homologous regions (hrs) were located within the NeseNPV genome, each containing small palindromes embedded within direct repeats. A phylogenetic analysis was done to root the tree based upon the sequences of DNA polymerase genes of NeseNPV, 23 other baculoviruses, and other phyla. Baculovirus phylogeny was then constructed with 29 conserved genes from 24 baculovirus genomes. Culex nigripalpus nucleopolyhedrovirus (CuniNPV) was the most distantly related baculovirus, branching to the hymenopteran NeseNPV and the lepidopteran nucleopolyhedroviruses and granuloviruses.

Virus Diseases of Sawflies

1955 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 124-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. T. Bird
Keyword(s):  
Introduced Species ◽  
Virus Disease ◽  
Neodiprion Sertifer ◽  
Virus Diseases ◽  
Pine Sawfly ◽  
Pristiphora Erichsonii ◽  
Larch Sawfly ◽  
Polyhedrosis Virus ◽  
European Pine Sawfly

Although a virus disease of the larch sawfly, Pristiphora erichsonii (Htg.), has not been discovered, polyhedrosis viruses of several other Tenthredinids are known. They have been used to control infestations of two introduced species: the European spruce sawfly, Diprion hercyniae (Htg.), (Bird, 1954) and the European pine sawfly, Neodiprion sertifer (Geoffr.), (Bird, 1950, 1952, 1953; Dowden, 1953). Unfortunately, the viruses of these, as well as the viruses of several other species tested, are not pathogenic to the larch sawfly. Some viruses, however, appear to he pathogenic to more than one species. J. M. Burk of this laboratory found, for example, that a polyhedrosis virus affecting the native jackpine sawfly, Neudiprion americanus banksianae Roh., is pathogenic to N. sertifer, N. nanulus Schedl, and D. hercyniae.

PHOTOPERIODISM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROPEAN PINE SAWFLY, NEODIPRION SERTIFER (GEOFF.)

1965 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. R. Sullivan ◽  
D. R. Wallace
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Period ◽  
Neodiprion Sertifer ◽  
Pine Sawfly ◽  
European Pine Sawfly

Photoperiods of 0 to 24 hours at 21 °C did not influence the length of the larval developmental period of N. sertifer or the weight of larvae at cocoon spinning. Upon incubation of cocoons in darkness, most of the larvae from 4- to 15-hour photoperiods metamorphosed without an intervening prepupal diapause, and emerged as adults 27 to 35 days after cocoon spinning. Individuals from the 0-, 20-, and 24-hour photoperiods underwent a prepupal diapause of 2 to 3 weeks before morphogenesis, and emerged as adults 44 to 55 days after cocooning. The transition from diapause to non-diapause is induced by a photoperiod of about 16 hours.

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