Adult Emergence, Courtship, Mating, and Ovipositional Behavior ofTetrastichus gallerucae(Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a Parasitoid of the Elm Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
作者:
Michael R. Hamerski,
Richard W. Hall,
期刊:
Environmental Entomology
(OUP Available online 1989)
卷期:
Volume 18,
issue 5
页码: 791-794
ISSN:0046-225X
年代: 1989
DOI:10.1093/ee/18.5.791
出版商: Oxford University Press
关键词: Insecta;Hymenoptera;biological control;Pyrrhalta
数据来源: OUP
摘要:
Reproductive behavior of the egg parasitoidTetrastichus gallerucae(Fonscolombe) is described. Males show the same distinct behavioral pattern before and after copulation. Males were aggressive toward other males on or near parasitized egg masses. No overt female courtship behavior was observed. Males mated more than once, but females were unreceptive after a successful copulation. Oviposition and associated behavior for each female was>8 h on elm leaf beetle,Xanthogaleruca(=Pyrrhalta)luteola(Müller), egg masses of 20 eggs. Females did not show any egg guarding or external marking behavior. Possible costs of female ovipositional behavior and male guarding behavior are discussed.
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