Self-/conspecific discrimination and superparasitism strategy in the ovicidal parasitoidEchthrodelphax fairchildii(Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)

Authors :: Yoshihiro Y. Yamada
Emi Ito
Source :: Insect Science. 21:741-749
Publication Year :: 2014
Publisher :: Wiley, 2014.
Abstract: Superparasitism in solitary parasitoids results in fatal competition between the immature parasitoids, and consequently only one individual can emerge. In the semisolitary ovicidal parasitoid Echthrodelphax fairchildii (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae), 2 adults can emerge under superparasitism with a short interval (

Subjects :: biology
Ecology
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fungi
Zoology
Self recognition
Hymenoptera
Dryinidae
biology.organism_classification
Short interval
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Competition (biology)
Parasitoid
Insect Science
parasitic diseases
Agronomy and Crop Science
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Sex ratio
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