Phoridae (Diptera) parasitizing Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) select older prepupal hosts

Title:

Phoridae (Diptera) parasitizing Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) select older prepupal hosts

Creator:

Hurst, Gregory D. D., McMeechan, Fiona K., and Majerus, Michael E. N.

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:9942c442-fca2-4c88-a0fa-cb368f1c89ab
uuid:9942c442-fca2-4c88-a0fa-cb368f1c89ab

Subject:

Host selection, Coccinellidae, Coccinella septempunctata, natural enemies, and Phoridae

Type:

article, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

Phorids parasitizing Coccinella septempunctata, the seven spot ladybird, attend host prepupae and parasitize them at the point of ecdysis to the pupal stage. In this system, oviposition rates would be maximized through the choice of older pre-pupal hosts in preference to young ones. Field study revealed that old pre-pupal hosts were indeed more likely to be attended by phorids than young pre-pupae. We tested the hypothesis that this was due to a preference by simultaneously offering phorids an old and a young prepupal host in a choice test. The results suggest that phorids do indeed distinguish between host prepupae on the basis of age, choosing the older prepupa.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
policy:public

Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 1998 Volume:95 | Number:1

Harvested from:

CDK

Metadata only:

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