Eur. J. Entomol. 106 (4): 595-598, 2009 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2009.074

The effect of the age of the serpentine leafminer Liriomyza trifolii (Diptera: Agromyzidae) on parasitism by the parasitoid wasp Gronotoma micromorpha (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae)

Yoshihisa ABE
Biosystematics Laboratory, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan; e-mail: y_abe@scs.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Gronotoma micromorpha is a solitary egg-pupal and larval-pupal parasitoid. In a previous study, the developmental time of this parasitoid decreased with the age of its leaf miner host, Liriomyza trifolii, being significantly longer when the host was 0-day old (= 0-24 h old egg) than when 4 days old (mature larva) at the time of parasitization at 25°C. In the present study, the suitability and acceptability of 0 and 4 day old L. trifolii as hosts for G. micromorpha, and the ovipositional preference of this parasitoid for these two developmental stages of the host were examined. No significant difference was found in the size of the parasitoid offspring that emerged from hosts parasitized at these two developmental stages. There was no significant difference in the acceptability of the two developmental stages of L. trifolii in no choice tests, but 4 day old larvae were preferred to 0 day old eggs in choice tests. Moreover, parasitization of eggs by G. micromorpha did not appear to result in more of the eggs dying before they hatched. Non-reproductive killing (host feeding and host stinging without oviposition) of host eggs by this parasitoid was also not detected.

Keywords: Host suitability, host acceptance, ovipositional preference, host feeding, host stinging

Received: April 23, 2009; Revised: June 6, 2009; Accepted: June 6, 2009; Published: November 20, 2009  Show citation

ACS AIP APA ASA Harvard Chicago Chicago Notes IEEE ISO690 MLA NLM Turabian Vancouver
ABE, Y. (2009). The effect of the age of the serpentine leafminer Liriomyza trifolii (Diptera: Agromyzidae) on parasitism by the parasitoid wasp Gronotoma micromorpha (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae). EJE, 106(4), 595-598. doi: 10.14411/eje.2009.074
Share...
Download citation
  • BibTeX (.bib)
  • Bookends (.ris)
  • EasyBib (.ris)
  • EndNote (.enw)
  • EndNote 8 (.xml)
  • ISI WoS (.isi)
  • Medlars (.medlars)
  • Mendeley (.ris)
  • MODS (.xml)
  • Papers (.ris)
  • RefWorks (.txt)
  • RefManager (.ris)
  • RIS (.ris)
  • MS Word (.xml)
  • Zotero (.ris)
    • Open full article

    References

    1. ABE Y. 2001: Egg-pupal and larval-pupal parasitism in the parasitoid Gronotoma micromorpha (Hymenoptera: Eucoilidae). Appl. Entomol. Zool. 36: 479-482 Go to original source...
    2. ABE Y. 2006: Exploitation of the serpentine leafminer Liriomyza trifolii and tomato leafminer L. bryoniae (Diptera: Agromyzidae) by the parasitoid Gronotoma micromorpha (Hymenoptera: Eucoilidae). Eur. J. Entomol. 103: 55-59 Go to original source...
    3. ABE Y. & KONISHI K. 2004: Taxonomic notes on Gronotoma (Hymenoptera: Eucoilidae) parasitic on the serpentine leafminer, Liriomyza trifolii (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Esakia 44: 103-110 Go to original source...
    4. ABE Y. & TAHARA M. 2003: Daily progeny production and thermal influence on development and adult longevity of the leafminer parasitoid, Gronotoma micromorpha (Hym., Eucoilidae). J. Appl. Entomol. 127: 477-480 Go to original source...
    5. ARAKAKI N., OISHI T. & NODA H. 2001: Parthenogenesis induced by Wolbachia in Gronotoma micromorpha (Hymenoptera: Eucoilidae). Entomol. Sci. 4: 9-15
    6. BEARDSLEY JR. J.W. 1988: Eucoilid parasites of agromyzid leafminers in Hawaii (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea). Proc. Hawaii. Entomol. Soc. 28: 33-47
    7. BENNETT D.M. & HOFFMANN A.A. 1998: Effects of size and fluctuating asymmetry on field fitness of the parasitoid Trichogramma carverae (Hymneoptera: Trichogrammatidae). J. Anim. Ecol. 67: 580-591 Go to original source...
    8. BRODEUR J., GEERVLIET J.B.F. & VET L.E.M. 1998: Effects of Pieris host species on life history parameters in a solitary specialist and gregarious generalist parasitoid (Cotesia species). Entomol. Exp. Appl. 86: 145-152 Go to original source...
    9. CHAU A. & MACKAUER M. 2001: Host-instar selection in the aphid parasitoid Monoctonus paulensis (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Aphidiinae): assessing costs and benefits. Can. Entomol. 133: 549-564 Go to original source...
    10. CLAUSEN C.P. 1954: The egg-larval host relationship among the parasitic Hymenoptera. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agr. Portici. 33: 119-133
    11. COLINET H., SALIN C., BOIVIN G. & HANCE T.H. 2005: Host age and fitness-related traits in a koinobiont aphid parasitoid. Ecol. Entomol. 30: 473-479 Go to original source...
    12. DOUTT R.L. 1959: The biology of parasitic Hymenoptera. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 4: 161-182 Go to original source...
    13. ELLERS J., VAN ALPHEN J.J.M. & SEVENSTER J.G. 1998: A field study of size-fitness relationships in the parasitoid Asobara tabida. J. Anim. Ecol. 67: 318-324 Go to original source...
    14. GAULD I. & BOLTON B. 1988: The Hymenoptera. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, 332 pp
    15. GODFRAY H.C.J. 1994: Parasitoids. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, 473 pp
    16. HARVEY J.A., KADASH K. & STRAND M.R. 2000: Differences in larval feeding behavior correlate with altered developmental strategies in two parasitic wasps: implications for the sizefitness hypothesis. Oikos 88: 621-629 Go to original source...
    17. HOPPER K.R. & KING E.G. 1984: Preference of Microplitis croceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) for instars and species of Heliothis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Environ. Entomol. 13: 1145-1150 Go to original source...
    18. HURLBUTT B. 1987: Sexual size dimorphism in parasitoid wasps. Biol. J. Linn. Soc . 30: 63-89 Go to original source...
    19. JOHNSON M.W. 1993: Biological control of Liriomyza leafminers in the Pacific Basin. Micronesica (Suppl.) 4: 81-92
    20. KAZMER D.J. & LUCK R.F. 1995: Field tests of the size-fitness hypothesis in the egg parasitoid Trichogramma pretiosum. Ecology 76: 412-425 Go to original source...
    21. KING B.H. 1987: Offspring sex ratios in parasitoid wasps. Quart. Rev. Biol. 62: 367-396 Go to original source...
    22. KONISHI K. 1998: An illustrated key to the hymenopterous parasitoids of Liriomyza trifolii in Japan. Misc. Pub. Nat. Inst. Agro-Environ. Sci. 22: 27-76
    23. LUCK R.F. & NUNNEY L. 1999: A Darwinian view of host selection and its practical implications. In Hawkins A. & Cornell H.V. (eds): Theoretical Approaches to Biological Control. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 283-303 Go to original source...
    24. NEVEU N., KRESPI L., KACEM N. & NENON J.-P. 2000: Host-stage selection by Trybliographa rapae, a parasitoid of the cabbage root fly Delia radicum. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 96: 231-237 Go to original source...
    25. NICOL C.M.Y. & MACKAUER M. 1999: The scaling of body size and mass in a host-parasitoid association: influence of host species and stage. Entomol. Exp. Appl. 90: 83-92 Go to original source...
    26. PRIJONO D., ROBINSON M., RAUF A., BJORKSTEN T. & HOFFMANN A.A. 2004: Toxicity of chemicals commonly used in Indonesian vegetable crops to Liriomyza huidobrensis populations and the Indonesian parasitoids Hemiptarsenus varicornis, Opius sp., and Gronotoma micromorpha, as well as the Australian parasitoids Hemiptarsenus varicornis and Diglyphus isaea. J. Econ. Entomol. 97: 1191-1197 Go to original source...
    27. QUICKE D.L.J. 1997: Parasitic Wasps. Chapman & Hall, London, 470 pp
    28. RAUF A., SHEPARD B.M. & JOHNSON M.W. 2000: Leafminers in vegetables, ornamental plants and weeds in Indonesia: surveys of host crops, species composition and parasitoids. Int. J. Pest Manag. 46: 257-266 Go to original source...
    29. ROITBERG B.D., BOIVIN G. & VET L.E.M. 2001: Fitness, parasitoids, and biological control: an opinion. Can. Entomol. 133: 429-438 Go to original source...
    30. ROSENHEIM J.A. & ROSEN D. 1991: Foraging and oviposition decisions in the parasitoid Aphytis lingnanensis: distinguishing the influences of egg load and experience. J. Anim. Ecol. 60: 873-893 Go to original source...
    31. TOKUMARU S. & ABE Y. 2003: Effects of temperature and photoperiod on development and reproductive potential of Liriomyza sativae, L. trifolii, and L. bryoniae (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Jpn. J. Appl. Entomol. Zool. 47: 143-152 [in Japanese with English abstr] Go to original source...
    32. VET L.E.M., DATEMA A., JANSSEN A. & SNELLEN H. 1994: Clutch size in a larval-pupal endoparasitoid: consequences for fitness. J. Anim. Ecol. 63: 807-815 Go to original source...
    33. VINSON S.B. 1976: Host selection by insect parasitoids. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 21: 109-133 Go to original source...
    34. VINSON S.B. 1998: The general host selection behavior of parasitoid Hymenoptera and a comparison of initial strategies utilized by larvaphagous and oophagous species. Biol. Contr. 11: 79-96 Go to original source...
    35. VINSON S.B. & IWANTSCH G.F. 1980: Host suitability for insect parasitoids. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 25: 397-419 Go to original source...
    36. VISSER M.E. 1994: The importance of being large: the relationship between size and fitness in females of the parasitoid Aphaereta minuta (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). J. Anim. Ecol. 63: 963-978 Go to original source...
    37. WEST S.A., FLANGAN K.W. & GODFRAY H.C.J. 1996: The relationship between parasitoid size and fitness in the field, a study of Achrysocharoides zwoelferi (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). J. Anim. Ecol. 65: 631-639 Go to original source...
    38. WISHART G. & MONTEITH E. 1954: Trybliographa rapae (Westw.) (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), a parasite of Hylemya spp. (Diptera: Anthomyiidae). Can. Entomol. 86: 145-154 Go to original source...
    39. YOSHIMOTO C.M. 1963: Synopsis of Polynesian Cynipoidea (Hymenoptera: Eucoilidae). Pacif. Ins. 5: 433-443

    This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original publication is properly cited. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.


    Return to the content