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The roles of foraging environment,host species,and host diet for a generalist pupal parasitoid
Authors:J.H. Reudler  S. van Nouhuys
Affiliation:1. Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland;2. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland;3. Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract:Even for parasitoids with a wide host range, not all host species are equally suitable, and host quality often depends on the plant the host feeds on. We compared oviposition choice and offspring performance of a generalist pupal parasitoid, Pteromalus apum (Retzius) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), on two congeneric hosts reared on two plant species under field and laboratory conditions. The plants contain defensive iridoid glycosides that are sequestered by the hosts. Sequestration at the pupal stage differed little between host species and, although the concentrations of iridoid glycosides in the two plant species differ, there was no effect of diet on the sequestration by host pupae. The rate of successful parasitism differed between host species, depending on the conditions they were presented in. In the field, where plant‐associated cues are present, the parasitoid used Melitaea cinxia (L.) over Melitaea athalia (Rottemburg) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), whereas more M. athalia were parasitised in simplified laboratory conditions. In the field, brood size, which is partially determined by rate of superparasitism, depended on both host and plant species. There was little variation in other aspects of offspring performance related to host or plant species, indicating that the two host plants are of equal quality for the hosts, and the hosts are of equal quality for the parasitoids. Corresponding to this, we found no evidence for associative learning by the parasitoid based on their natal host, so with respect to these host species they are truly generalist in their foraging behaviour.
Keywords:iridoid glycosides     Melitaea athalia        Melitaea cinxia        Plantago lanceolata     preference‐performance     Pteromalus apum     pupal parasitism     Veronica spicata     Hymenoptera  Pteromalidae  Lepidoptera  Nymphalidae
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