Depth and type of substrate influence the ability of Nasonia vitripennis to locate a host
Depth and type of substrate influence the ability of Nasonia vitripennis to locate a host
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DOI：
10.1093/jis/14.1.58
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发表时间：
2014-05-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Haubruge, Eric
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作者：
Frederickx, Christine;Dekeirsschieter, Jessica;Haubruge, Eric
拟寄生昆虫的觅食行为包括寄主的栖息地和随后寄主的位置。不同种类的寄生蜂对寄主的搜索受基质、基质湿度和光照水平的影响。然而，寄生蜂集中搜索努力的深度是另一个重要的生态特征，并在定位宿主方面起着重要作用。在这里，我们调查了蛹寄生蜂，丽翅夜蛾步行者（Hytera：Pteromalidae），穿透和杀死苍蝇蛹位于不同深度的基板的能力。三种不同类型的基板进行了测试：壤土，堆肥，蛭石基板。在壤土和堆肥中，所有的寄生活动仅限于直接放置在表面上的腐殖土。蛭石中的寄生活性表明，随着基质深度的增加，蛹的平均寄生数量逐渐减少。这些结果表明，蝇蛹位于较深的基板受到寄生的N。丽翅凤蝶
The foraging behaviour of a parasitoid insect species includes the host's habitat and subsequent location of the host. Habitats substrate, substrate moisture, and light levels can affect the host searching of different species of parasitoids. However, the depth at which parasitoids concentrate their search effort is another important ecological characteristic and plays an important role in locating a host. Here, we investigated the ability of a pupal parasitoid, Nasonia vitripennis Walker (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae), to penetrate and kill fly pupae located at different depths of the substrate. Three different types of substrate were tested: loam soil, compost, and vermiculite substrate. In both loam soil and compost, all of the parasitism activity was restricted to pupae placed directly on the surface. Parasitism activity in vermiculite showed that the average number of pupae parasitized decreased with depth of substrate. These results suggest that fly pupae situated deeper in the substrate are less subjected to parasitism by N. vitripennis.