schuster, rolf k. sivakumar, saritha
Laboratory trials were carried out to investigate the development of three entomophagous parasitoid wasps in preimaginal stages of Sarcophaga dux in monoinfections and mixed infections. Laboratory-raised postfeeding S. dux third-stage larvae were exposed to Brachymeria podagrica. After pupation, 50 of these fly puparia were brought in contact with ...
pádua, diego g. moreira-muñoz, andrés morales-fierro, vanezza araujo, rodrigo o.
Ichneumonidae, or Chilean Darwin wasps, are an important component of South American hymenopteran diversity, but the taxonomic and distributional knowledge on this insect is still deficient. Taking advantage of recently updated taxonomic knowledge, we assessed biogeographic relationships at the genus level and biodiversity spatial patterns along th...
wang, liyang hongxuan, wu wei, he lai, guihong junxi, li liu, siling zhou, qiang
A comprehensive and precise evaluation of Arthropoda diversity in agricultural landscapes can enhance biological pest control strategies. We used Malaise traps and sweep nets to collect insects from three double-cropping paddy fields. DNA was extracted from the ethanol preservative of the Malaise traps and from tissue samples of selected parasitoid...
Khazaali, Mahziar
Background: Ampulex compressa, the emerald jewel wasp, is a parasitoid wasp that uniquely incapacitates its cockroach prey. The species is notable for its neurologically active venom, which contains a complex mixture of peptides, primarily ampulexins, which facilitate behavioral manipulation of its host.Methods: We conducted comprehensive genomic a...
shapira, tal roth, tohar bar, adi coll, moshe mandelik, yael
Pollinators and natural enemies are essential ecosystem service providers influenced by land-use and by interactions between them. However, the understanding of the combined impacts of these factors on pollinator and natural enemy activities and their ultimate effects on plant productivity remains limited. We investigated the effects of local and l...
Zhang, Wei Li, Rong Li, Shuai Li, Shao-Yang Niu, Jinzhi Wang, Jin-Jun
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Microbiology Spectrum
Parasitoid wasp populations have developed persistent beneficial symbiotic relationships with several viruses through repeated evolution. However, there have been limited reports on RNA viruses in parasitoid wasps of tephritid flies, a significant pest group affecting fruits and vegetables. This study explores the diversity of RNA viruses in three ...
Ruther, Joachim Schmitt, Thomas Stökl, Johannes
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Pollmann, Marie Kuhn, Denise König, Christian Homolka, Irmela Paschke, Sina Reinisch, Ronja Schmidt, Anna Schwabe, Noa Weber, Justus Gottlieb, Yuval
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Ecology and evolution
The pteromalid parasitoid Lariophagus distinguendus (Foerster) belongs to the Hymenoptera, a megadiverse insect order with high cryptic diversity. It attacks stored product pest beetles in human storage facilities. Recently, it has been shown to consist of two separate species. To further study its cryptic diversity, strains were collected to compa...
Xiong, Xiao Geden, Christopher J. Bergstralh, Dan T. White, Roxie L. Werren, John H. Wang, Xu
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Frontiers in Microbiology
Introduction Nosema is a diverse genus of unicellular microsporidian parasites of insects and other arthropods. Nosema muscidifuracis infects parasitoid wasp species of Muscidifurax zaraptor and M. raptor (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), causing ~50% reduction in longevity and ~90% reduction in fecundity. Methods and Results Here, we report the first a...
Heisserer, Camille Muller, Héloïse Jouan, Véronique Musset, Karine Periquet, Georges Drezen, Jean-Michel Volkoff, Anne-Nathalie Gilbert, Clément
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Molecular Biology and Evolution
Increasing numbers of horizontal transfer (HT) of genes and transposable elements are reported in insects. Yet the mechanisms underlying these transfers remain unknown. Here we first quantify and characterize the patterns of chromosomal integration of the polydnavirus (PDV) encoded by the Campopleginae Hyposoter didymator parasitoid wasp (HdIV) in ...
