Male mate search for female emergence sites by a parasitic wasp

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 391-398

  Goh, Michelle Z ^a   Morse, Douglass H ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alabagrus texanus; Braconidae; Mate searching; Pheromone; Scramble competition; Swarming

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTANT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISPERSAL; EMERGENCE; HABITAT TYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MATE CHOICE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHEROMONE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SWARMING; WASP;

ALABAGRUS; BRACONIDAE; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 77955586649     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.05.021     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Alcock J., Kemp D.J. The scramble competition mating system of the sphecid wasp Palmodes praestans (Kohl). Journal of Natural History 2005, 39:2809-2814.
2. Andersson M. Sexual Selection 1994, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
3. Antolin M.F., Strand J.L. Mating system of Bracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Ecological Entomology 1992, 17:1-7.
4. Askew R.R. Parasitic Insects 1971, Heinemann, London.
5. Bateman A.J. Intra-sexual selection in Drosophila. Heredity 1948, 2:349-368.
6. Collatz J., Tolasch T., Steidle J.L.M. Mate finding in the parasitic wasp Cephalonomia tarsalis (Ashmead): more than one way to a female's heart. Journal of Chemical Ecology 2009, 35:761-768.
7. Danci A., Gries R., Schaefer P.W., Gries G. Evidence for four-component close-range sex pheromone in the parasitic wasp Glyptapanteles flavicoxis. Journal of Chemical Ecology 2006, 32:1539-1554.
8. Eggleton P. The male reproductive behaviour of Lytarmes maculipennis (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Ecological Entomology 1990, 15:357-360.
9. Emlen S.T., Oring L.W. Ecology, sexual selection, and the evolution of mating systems. Science 1977, 197:215-223.
10. von Frisch K. The Dance Language and Orientation of Bees 1967, Belknap Press, Cambridge, Massachuetts.
11. Godfray H.C.J. Parasitoids 1994, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
12. Gordh G., DeBach P. Courtship behavior in the Aphytis lingnanensis group, its potential usefulness in taxonomy, and a review of sexual behavior in the parasitic Hymenoptera (Chalc.: Aphelinidae). Hilgardia 1978, 46:37-75.
13. Hastings J.M., Dodson G.N., Heckman J.L. Male perch selection and the mating system of the robber fly, Promachus albifacies (Diptera: Asilidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 1994, 7:829-841.
14. McClure M., McNeil J.N. The effect of abiotic factors on the male mate searching behavior and the mating success of Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 2009, 22:101-110.
15. McClure M., Whistlecraft J., McNeil J.N. Courtship behavior in relation to the female sex pheromone in the parasitoid, Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 2007, 33:1946-1959.
16. Matthews R.W., Matthews J.O., Crankshaw O. Aggregation in male parasitic wasps of the genus Megarhyssa. I. Sexual discrimination, tergal stroking and description of associated anal structures and behavior. Florida Entomologist 1979, 62:3-8.
17. Morse D.H. Predator Upon a Flower 2007, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
18. Morse D.H. Four-level interactions: herbivore use of ferns and subsequent parasitoid-hyperparasitoid performance. Ecological Entomology 2009, 34:246-253.
19. Nealis V.G. Responses to host kairomones and foraging behaviour of the insect parasite Cotesia rubecula (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 1986, 64:2393-2398.
20. Nicholson A.J. The balance of animal populations. Journal of Animal Ecology 1933, 2:131-178.
21. van Nouhuys S., Kaartinen R. A parasitoid wasp uses landmarks while monitoring potential resources. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 2008, 275:377-385.
22. Nufio C.R., Papaj D.R. Host marking behavior in phytophagous insects and parasitoids. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 2001, 99:273-293.
23. Quimio G., Walter G.H. Swarming, delayed sexual maturation of males, and mating behavior of Fopius arisanus (Sonan) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 2000, 13:797-813.
24. Ridley M. A sib competitive relation between clutch size and mating frequency in parasitic Hymenoptera. American Naturalist 1993, 142:893-910.
25. Robacker D.C., Weaver K.M., Hendry L.B. Sexual communication and associative learning in the parasitic wasp Itoplectis conquisitor (Say). Journal of Chemical Ecology 1976, 2:39-48.
26. Rosenheim J.A. Host location and exploitation by the cleptoparasitic wasp Argochrysis armilla: the role of learning (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 1987, 21:401-406.
27. Ruehlmann T.E., Matthews R.W., Matthews J.R. Roles for structural and temporal shelter-changing by fern-feeding lepidopteran larvae. Oecologia 1988, 75:228-232.
28. Salt G. Experimental studies in insect parasitism. III. Host selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 1935, 114:413-435.
29. Seidelmann K. The race for females: the mating system of the red mason bee, Osmia rufa (L.) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 1999, 12:13-25.
30. Sheehan W., Wäckers F.L., Lewis W.J. Discrimination of previously searched, host-free sites by Microplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 1993, 6:323-331.
31. Shuster S.M., Wade M.J. Mating Systems and Strategies 2003, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
32. Southwood T.R.E. Observations on swarming in Braconidae (Hymenoptera) and Coniopterygidae (Neuroptera). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London A 1956, 32:80-82.
33. Stephens D.W., Krebs J.R. Foraging Theory 1986, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
34. Takasu K., Rains G.C., Lewis W.J. Comparison of detection ability of learned odors between males and females in the larval parasitoid Microplitis crocelpes. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 2007, 122:247-251.
35. Thornhill R., Alcock J. The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems 1983, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
36. Tinbergen N. The Study of Instinct 1951, Clarendon, Oxford.
37. Ueno T., Tanaka T. Self-host discrimination by a parasitic wasp: the role of short-term memory. Animal Behaviour 1996, 52:875-883.
38. Vet L.E.M., Lewis W.J., Papaj D.R., van Lenteren J.C. A variable response model for parasitoid foraging behavior. Journal of Insect Behavior 1990, 3:471-491.
39. Villagra C.A., Vasquez R.A., Niemeyer H.M. Olfactory conditioning in mate searching by the parasitoid Aphidius ervi (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 2008, 98:371-377.
40. Wade M.J., Arnold S.J. The intensity of sexual selection in relation to male sexual behaviour, female choice, and sperm precedence. Animal Behaviour 1980, 28:446-461.