The influence of female age and host size on the sex ratio of the parasitoid Opius concolor

The sex ratio of the progeny of single females parasitizing large hosts favoured the females (sex ratio=0.26); but on small hosts favoured the males (0.73). No differences in mortality of the sexes were detected. The sex ratio was independent of female age when large hosts were used. The percentage of males observed in the progeny of the first day of female oviposition was significantly greater than the mean, irrespective of the age at which female oviposition began. When females were exposed to small hosts, a greater percentage of females was observed in the progeny from the last days of oviposition.

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Résumé L'influence de la taille de l'hôteret de l'âge de la femelle sur le taux sexuel de la descendance a été étudiée sur le parasitoïde Opius concolor Szépl.Le taux sexuel de la descendance des femelles isolées est favorable aux femelles (t.s.=0,26) quand elles ont à leur disposition des hôtes de grande taille, tandis qu'avec des hôtes petits le taux sexuel est favorable aux mâles (t.s.=0.73). On n'a pas détecté de mortalité différentielle des sexes.Les pourcentage de mâles obtenu le premier jour de ponte des femelles sur les hôtes de grande taille est significativement différent de la moyenne, indépendamment de l'âge de la femelle à ce moment. Cependant, sur des hôtes petits, bien que restant favorable aux mâles dans l'ensemble, une plus grande proportion de femelles à partir des premiers jours de ponte a pu être observée.

     

寄生于斑潜蝇的蝇茧蜂简介

本文简介我国寄生于斑潜蝇的 7种中国新记录种蝇茧蜂形态特征、寄主和分布等。     

Virus-like particules in the poison glant of the parasitic wasp Opius concolor

Virus-like particles (VLP's) have been found in the poison glands of adult females of the parasitic wasp Opius concolor Szèpl. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). These VLP's are found in the secretory cells either free in the cytoplasm or within cytoplasmic vesicles, sometimes associated to a secretory apparatus. Negative staining of these VLP's has revealed the occurrence of two different particles. The first type exhibits icosahedral symmetry (diameter around 70nm) and hollow surface spikes, this morphology being typical of the genus Cypovirus (Reoviridae). The other type is pleomorphic and presents an envelope with clubshaped projections (diameter ranging from 30 to 60nm), as classical textbook examples of Coronaviruses, but smaller. Function and full characterisation of these particles are not yet known.     

几种杀虫剂对南美斑潜蝇及其寄生蜂潜蝇茧蜂的毒力

测定了阿维菌素、灭蝇胺、杀虫单、毒死蜱、灭多威、顺式氯氰菊酯6种杀虫剂对南美斑潜蝇2龄幼虫、成虫及其寄生蜂潜蝇茧蜂的室内毒力,并考察了灭蝇胺、阿维菌素和杀虫单对南美斑潜蝇的田间防效。在所研究浓度下,阿维菌素、灭蝇胺对2龄幼虫的毒力较高,但对南美斑潜蝇成虫和潜蝇茧蜂的毒力较低;杀虫单对南美斑潜蝇成虫、2龄幼虫和潜蝇茧蜂的毒力均较高;毒死蜱、灭多威、顺式氯氰菊酯对南美斑潜蝇2龄幼虫的毒力较低,而对潜蝇茧蜂的毒力较高。田间条件下,灭蝇胺、阿维菌素和杀虫单都对田间南美斑潜蝇具有较高防效。     

Analysis of a laboratory method to test the effects of pesticides on adult females of Opius concolor (Hym., Braconidae), a parasitoid of the olive fruit fly,Bactrocera oleae (Dip., Tephritidae)

The laboratory test described in the present paper assesses pesticide effects on the ‘most exposed’ life stage of the parasitic wasp Opius concolor, and it has been developed and interpreted according to the guidelines of the IOBC/WPRS Working Group ‘Pesticides and Beneficial Organisms ‘. The evaluation of results is based on longevity and parasitism of adult females exposed to afresh residue of pesticide on a glass surface. Longevity measurements were based on the time of exposure required to cause 50% mortality (LT₅₀) and were compared to a standard control LT₅₀ in order to calculate the reduction caused by the pesticide. Parasitism was surveyed by means of three sequential determinations: the number of days that females were seen parasitizing, the mean number of attacked hosts and the progeny size per female. These determinations were also compared to a control to calculate the impact of pesticides. Using this ‘worst case’ situation, pesticides reducing the beneficial capacity of O. concolor below the IOBC threshold for harmlessness may be recommended for field use in combination with this wasp.     

Adult experience modifies attraction of the leafminer parasitoidOpius dissitus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to volatile semiochemicals

Oviposition-experienced females of Opius dissitus Muesebeck, a braconid parasitoid of Liriomyza sativaeBlanchard, preferentially landed on leafminer-infested rather than uninfested lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) plants in a flight tunnel assay. Both naive and oviposition-experiencedparasitoids responded strongly to odors of infested lima bean plants in a four-arm olfactometer in comparison with odors of uninfested plants, suggesting that volatile semiochemicals are used in host location. Parasitoids with an oviposition experience on lima bean (lima-experienced) spent significantly more time in the infested odor than naive individuals, however, eggplant-experienced wasps did not spend significantly more time in the infested odor field than naive wasps. When parasitoids reared on leafminers in lima bean were provided a choice between the odor of infested lima bean and the odor of infested eggplant or cotton, naive and lima-experienced wasps preferred infested lima odor. An oviposition experience on the other plant species resulted in a dramatic shift in preference. It was concluded that the experience effect was due, at least in part, to associative learning, as has been reported for other parasitoids. The parasitoids may perceive unconditioned stimuli during host contact and oviposition on an infested leaf and may associate those stimuli with volatile semiochemicals emanating from the leaf or host. Subsequently, the volatiles associated with the presence of hosts are used in directing the search for hosts.     

温度对黄腹潜蝇茧蜂功能反应的影响

在17,21,25,29和33℃下测定了黄腹潜蝇茧蜂OpiuscaricivoraeFischer对美洲斑潜蝇LiriomyzasativaeBlanchard的功能反应。结果表明,在17~33℃范围内的各个温度下的功能反应均能用HollingII型圆盘方程较好地拟合。各温度下的功能反应参数存在着显著差异,33℃下的瞬时攻击率比17~29℃下的显著地高,而17℃低温和33℃高温下的处置时间比21,25和29℃的显著延长,25℃下的处理时间最短,相同寄主密度下寄生率在25℃达到最高。     

黄色潜蝇茧蜂发育起点温度与有效积温的研究

在15-30℃温度范围内,观察了不同梯度温度下黄色潜蝇茧蜂Opius flavus Weng etChen生长发育的历期,并对实验数据采用直线性回归的方法处理。结果表明：黄色潜蝇茧蜂卵、幼虫、蛹的发育起点温度分别为8.518℃、9.909℃和8.656℃,其有效积温分别为60.27日度、65.75日度和87.78日度;卵——成虫的发育起点温度是9.631℃,有效积温为203.04日度。     

LEARNING BEHAVIOUR OF OPIUS CONCOLOR SZLEPLIGETI (HYMENOPTERA: BRACONIDAE) IN HOST DISCRIMINATION

Abstract Laboratory experiment on learning behaviour of Opius concolor in host discrimination was conducted. The superparasitism by both the "inexperienced" and "experienced" wasps at the highest ratio of parasitoid: host (1: 0. 9) was significantly higher than those at two low ratios (1: 5 and 1: 10). The distributions of the eggs of O . concolor females in hosts examined by dissection showed that the eggs laid by both "inexperienced" and "experienced females" at 1: 0. 9 ratio did not agree with the Poisson distribution. However, at 1: 5 ratfio the eggs laid by "experienced" ones did not agree with Poisson distribution, whereas by inexperienced ones agreed with Poisson distribution. On the contrary. the eggs laid both by "inexperienced" and "experienced" wasps at 1: 10 ratio agreed with the Poisson distribution. The results of experiment on the self-superparasitism indicated that both "experienced" and "inexperienced" single females, in 6 h at ratio 1: 5, could carry out on superparasitization.     

Flexible patch time allocation by the leafminer parasitoid, Opius dimidiatus

Abstract.

• 1 The ability to use flexible decision rules can be an advantage to parasitoid females searching for patchily-distributed hosts. In a series of laboratory experiments the hypothesis that Opius dimidiatus, a solitary parasitoid of the chrysanthemum leafminer (Liriomyza trifolii), adjusts the time she allocates to searching for her larval hosts in response to both patch qualities and experiences with hosts was tested by varying such patch parameters as area, presence of host mines and density of host mines, and by allowing ovipositions and encounters with parasitized hosts.
• 2 Though leaf area was not a factor, the presence of host mines in a leaf did increase the time a female O.dimidiatus spent searching, over time spent on unmined leaves.
• 3 When host mine density was increased, females responded by increasing their search period in a density-dependent manner, suggesting a perception of patch quality.
• 4 Ovipositions in hosts caused females to reset their‘giving-up time’(GUT), or increase search intensity, by adding an amount of search time that increased with each successive oviposition. Conversely, encounters with parasitized (unsuitable) hosts incremented the GUT, but by an amount that decreased with each successive encounter.