AVOIDANCE MECHANISMS OF 3 PIERIS BUTTERFLY SPECIES AGAINST THE PARASITOID WASP APANTELES-GLOMERATUS
AVOIDANCE MECHANISMS OF 3 PIERIS BUTTERFLY SPECIES AGAINST THE PARASITOID WASP APANTELES-GLOMERATUS
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2311.1990.tb00798.x
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发表时间:
1990-05-01
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
SATO, Y
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作者:
OHSAKI, N;SATO, Y
Experimental studies have shown that larvae of three Pieris butterflies, P. rapae L., P. melete Menetries and P. napi L., are attacked by a parasitoid wasp, Apanteles glomeratus L. Although P. rapae larvae are parasitized heavily in the field, P. melete and P. napi are infrequently parasitized successfully because they possess mechanisms for encapulating parasitoid larvae and for avoiding paratitism. This study examines spatial and temporal variation in rates of parastitism of the three Pieris species by A. glomeratus in the field. We attempted to determine whether P. rapae possesses any means of avoiding parasitism by this wasp, and then to deduce why both P. melete and P. napi have more distinctive avoidance mechnisms than P. rapae. Our results indicatee that in temporary habitats, which are the main habitats of P. rapa, P. rapae is able to escape A. glomeratus in time and space by colonizing new habitats before the parasitoid arrives. In permanent habitats, however, such escape is not possible. P. rapae larvae lack physiological or behavioural avoidance mechanisms of reducing parasitism rates in permanent habitats. P. melet and P. napi, in contrast, line only in permanent habitats, where the parasitic pressure is potentially high, and evolved active avoidance mechanisms.