Oviposition and offspring survival within eggs of European corn borer: discrimination of the host embryo by female Trichogramma nubilale

Oviposition preference and offspring survival relative to the location of the host embryo was tested in the egg parasitoid Trichogramma nubilale on European corn borer host eggs. Females preferentially oviposited near to the embryo on hosts about 24 h old. Survival of Trichogramma was lower when females oviposited far from the embryo, and a higher proportion of host embryos hatched. Females did not show preferences for drilling or oviposition within very young hosts relative to where the embryo would develop, and these eggs did not produce wasps or host larvae. Female behavior was apparently adaptive in day-old hosts, not to very young hosts.     

四环素对孤雌产雌松毛虫赤眼蜂生殖表型及适合度的影响

共生菌Wolbachia能够诱导许多节肢动物发生产雌孤雌生殖现象。由于该菌无法在宿主细胞外离体培养,人们常采用抗生素处理获得Wolbachia去除或滴度降低的宿主种群,用以研究Wolbachia对宿主的调控作用,但抗生素可能会对宿主产生附加效应。前人研究主要集中在抗生素处理是否可以恢复感染寄生蜂的两性生殖,较少关注抗生素对宿主适合度的影响。本研究利用不同浓度四环素(0、5 mg/mL、15 mg/mL和25 mg/mL)连续饲喂5代来明确四环素对产雌孤雌生殖的松毛虫赤眼蜂Trichogramma dendrolimi适合度的影响。研究结果如下:(1)随各浓度四环素处理世代的增加,雌蜂的繁殖力先降低后升高。在F_1代、F_2代和F_5代中,雌蜂繁殖力随四环素浓度的增加而显著下降,但在F_3代和F_4代中,抗生素浓度对雌蜂繁殖力无显著差异;(2)在四环素不同浓度处理下,F_1代和F_3代的羽化率与对照无显著差异,在F_2代、F_4代和F_5代中,四环素对羽化率存在负面影响;(3)经四环素处理的松毛虫赤眼蜂子代雄性比显著高于对照组。在5 mg/mL的四环素处理条件下,松毛虫赤眼蜂子代雄性比随处理世代的增加而升高,但在25 mg/mL的四环素处理条件下随世代的增加先升高后下降。结果表明:四环素能够使孤雌产雌松毛虫赤眼蜂恢复两性生殖,但对松毛虫赤眼蜂的适合度存在不利影响。此外,随着四环素处理世代的增加,松毛虫赤眼蜂对抗生素产生了一定的适应能力。     

Behavioural study of plasticity in host preferences of Trichogramma maidis (Hym.: Trichogrammatidae)

Abstract. To test the relative importance of genetic and environmental factors in host preferences of Trichogramma maidis Pint. & Voeg., a polyphagous parasitoid, the oviposition behaviour was analysed on two host species: Anagasta kuehniella used for mass rearing) and Ostrinia nubilalis a target pest). Females were compared according to the species on which they had been reared, and to that on which they had an oviposition experience. To quantify an oviposition sequence, the most frequent behavioural succession was established for each experimental situation, individual sequences were then compared with this standard one to count the number of additional behaviours. An affinity coefficient positively related to host acceptance was then calculated from these additional behaviours. A preference for O.nubilalis versus A kuehniella appeared, but rearing on A. kuehniella enhanced the level of spontaneous affinity for this unnatural host. These initial preferences were modified by an oviposition experience: the affinity for a given host was higher after an oviposition on the same species, which suggests a female's ability to learn. This learning ability was higher on the non-preferred host, which led to an equivalent final parasitic performance on both hosts. Moreover, the learning ability was specific to a given host, since the oviposition on a given species did not provide any improvement in the level of affinity for the other species.     

孤雌产雌生殖品系松毛虫赤眼蜂产卵强度对Wolbachia诱导的其生殖表型的影响

[目的]松毛虫赤眼蜂Trichogramma dendrolimi是一种用于鳞翅目害虫生物防治的重要卵期寄生蜂.本研究旨在明确孤雌产雌生殖品系松毛虫赤眼蜂的产卵强度对其体内Wolbachia滴度及Wolbachia诱导的孤雌产雌生殖表型的影响.[方法]在室内调查了3个处理组松毛虫赤眼蜂雌蜂不同产卵强度(每日仅1 h供寄...     

Factors influencing parasitism of Trichogramma dendrolimi on eggs of the Asian corn borer, Ostrinia furnacalis

Laboratory studies were made to determine the capacity of Trichogramma dendrolimi to parasitize eggs of Ostrinia furnacalis, as affected by the rearing host species, substrate of host eggs, host age, original locality of host populations, and cold storage of host eggs. Wasps reared from eggs of Antheraea pernyi showed parasitic capacity on eggs of O. furnacalis on average twice as high as that of the wasps reared from eggs of Corcyra cephalonica. When the age of O. furnacalis eggs at 26 °C increased from 0–6 h to 18–24 h, the proportion of wasps that successfully parasitized host eggs, the number of host eggs parasitized, and the rate of parasitization all decreased by >50%. The number of O. furnacalis eggs parasitized per female T. dendrolimi increased with the number of host eggs available, and reached 22.9 in a 24 h period. However, the parasitic capacity of female T. dendrolimi on eggs of O. furnacalis laid on plant leaves was similar to that of O. furnacalis eggs laid on wax paper. Levels of parasitism of O. furnacalis eggs from two widely separated localities, i.e. Changchun (43.50° N, 125.20° E) and Hangzhou (30.18° N, 120.07° E), were similar. Cold storage of O. furnacalis eggs at 4 °C for 5 days did not affect parasitization. Results obtained in this study indicate that although O. furnacalis is a less preferred and less suitable host than many other hosts, such as Dendrolimus punctatus, Actias selene ningpoane, Philosamia cynthia, A. pernyi, C. cephalonica, within the host-species range of T. dendrolimi, the parasitoid has the potential to achieve 50–60% or even higher rates of parasitization of O. furnacalis eggs in corn fields under suitable conditions, and could be used in the biological control of the pest.     

Wolbachia感染对拟澳洲赤眼蜂寿命、生殖力和嗅觉反应的影响

研究了通过共享同一寄主卵,短管赤眼蜂Trichogramma pretiosum体内共生的Wolbachia被水平传递到拟澳洲赤眼蜂T. confusum体内后,Wolbachia对新宿主拟澳洲赤眼蜂的影响。结果表明： Wolbachia的侵染能使拟澳洲赤眼蜂进行不完全的产雌孤雌生殖,增加拟澳洲赤眼蜂子代雌性比例,但却导致了雌蜂寿命缩短和繁殖力降低的生理损失。Wolbachia感染的当代处女蜂及其建立的种群连续5代(F₁～F₅),其子代雌蜂百分率分别为79.17%、76.60%、68.66%、72.58%、68.15%和64.06%,基本上呈现出逐代降低的趋势,并越来越接近对照的63.85%。处女蜂及F₁～F₅代雌蜂的平均寿命分别为4.33、5.50、5.60、6.68、7.32和7.50天,而未感染交配雌蜂寿命为7.59 天;处女蜂及F₁～F₅代雌蜂平均产卵量分别为11.33、70.00、86.41、93.90、102.92和124.38粒/雌,除F₅代外,均显著低于未感染交配雌蜂的产卵量134.81粒/雌。用四臂嗅觉仪测定了Wolbachia新宿主拟澳洲赤眼蜂对寄主小菜蛾的嗅觉反应,结果表明Wolbachia的侵染具轻微干扰拟澳洲赤眼蜂嗅觉反应的负面影响。未感染Wolbachia的拟澳洲赤眼蜂及Wolbachia供体短管赤眼蜂对寄主小菜蛾具较强的嗅觉反应,其雌蜂在小菜蛾腹部鳞片正己烷提取液和小菜蛾卵表正己烷提取液处理区内滞留时间显著或极显著长于对照区。而感染Wolbachia的拟澳洲赤眼蜂F₂代和F₃代雌蜂,尽管在小菜蛾腹部鳞片正己烷提取液处理区内滞留时间比对照区长,但没有达到显著水平;其F₂代雌蜂在小菜蛾卵表正己烷提取液处理区内滞留时间与对照区相比,也没有达到显著水平。随Wolbachia在拟澳洲赤眼蜂种群中垂直感染代数的增加,拟澳洲赤眼蜂对寄主小菜蛾的嗅觉反应恢复正常,在Wolbachia感染后的 F₄～F₆代,雌蜂在两种提取液处理区内的滞留时间均显著或极显著长于对照区。     

中国斯赤眼蜂属一新种(膜翅目:赤眼蜂科)(英文)

本文记述赤眼蜂科Trichogrammatidae斯赤眼蜂属SoikiellaNowicki一新种,亚洲斯赤眼蜂Soikiellaasiaticasp.nov.,新种与S．mongibelli相似,主要区别为：新种为褐色,体长0．9－1．0mm;雌虫触角棒节显著膨大呈卵圆形,长为宽的2倍;前翅翅面纤毛规则排列成行;而后者为黑色,体长1．13mm;棒节较细长,长为宽的2．5倍;前翅翅面仅有13列纤毛排列成行,其余散乱分布;两者易于区别。     

A NEW SPECIES OF SOIKIELLA NOWICKI (HYMENOPTERA: TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE) FROM CHINA

Abstract In this paper, Soikiella asiatica sp. nov. is described with illustrations of antenna and forewing of female adult. This new species is collected from Liaoning Province. All type specimens are deposited in the Department of Plant Protection of Shenyang Agricultural University.