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Biology and host selection behaviour of the aphid hyperparasitoid Alloxysta victrix in association with the primary parasitoid Aphidius colemani and the host aphid Myzus persicae
Authors:Tessa R. Grasswitz  Benjamin D. Resse
Affiliation:(1) School of Agriculture, Harper Adams University College, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 8NB, UK;(2) Environmental Analysis Ltd., Burgess Road, Hastings, East Sussex, UK
Abstract:The biology of the aphid hyperparasitoid Alloxysta victrix was investigated with respect to its interaction with the primary parasitoid Aphidius colemani and the host aphid Myzus persicae. Laboratory investigations of host selection behaviour indicated that naive A. victrix females could rapidly distinguish between unparasitized aphids and those parasitized by A. colemani, but showed little tendency to discriminate between aphids parasitized by the primary parasitoid three, five, seven, or ten days earlier (even though the latter were already mummified). Host suitability studies, in contrast, indicated that aphids parasitized by A. colemani became progressively less suitable as the primary parasitoid developed. When aphids were exposed to A. victrix more than seven days after being parasitized by A. colemani, survivorship of both primary and secondary parasitoid species decreased, with a significantly higher proportion of mummies producing no viable adult parasitoid of either species. The developmental period (egg to adult eclosion) of surviving hyperparasitoids was also longer in older host stages, and females developed significantly more slowly than males (14.2 days versus 13.6 days, respectively). The sex ratio of hyperparasitoid broods emerging from all host stages was consistently male-biased (31–46% female), but adult longevity was higher for females than for males (37.1 days versus 23.6 days).
Keywords:Braconidae  Cynipidae  developmental period  host suitability  Hymenoptera  longevity
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