Host-feeding and egg maturation byPachycrepoideus vindemiae |
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Authors: | D S Phillips |
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Institution: | (1) Ecology Centre, University of Sunderland, SR1 3SD Sunderland, UK |
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Abstract: | Pachycrepoideus vindemiae Rondani (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) is a facultative hyperparasitoid ofDrosophila parasitoids in Europe. FemaleP. vindemiae host-feed from the same hosts into which they lay eggs and this enables them to mature additional eggs.P. vindemiae females were allowed to host-feed from puparia containingDrosophila melanogaster Meigen (Diptera: Drosophilidae) pupae or pupae ofAsobara tabida Nees (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Wasps which had host-fed carried significantly more eggs; the species of host which was fed
from had no significant effect on the number of mature eggs in the ovaries. Host-feeding caused no significant reduction in
the size of the emerging offspring.P. vindemiae were allowed to forage over patches containing different frequencies of the two host species. No significant oviposition
preference was found but there were marked host-feeding preferences which were affected by the age of the host pupae. It is
suggested that these preferences were due to the physical nature of the hosts which were fed from. |
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Keywords: | host feeding preference Pachycrepoideus vindemiae parasitoid |
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