Habitat Partitioning byTelenomus podisiandTrissolcus euschisti(Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) Between Herbaceous and Woody Host Plants
作者:
M. S. Okuda,
K. V. Yeargan,
期刊:
Environmental Entomology
(OUP Available online 1988)
卷期:
Volume 17,
issue 5
页码: 795-798
ISSN:0046-225X
年代: 1988
DOI:10.1093/ee/17.5.795
出版商: Oxford University Press
关键词: Insecta;Telenomus podisi;Trissolcus euschisti;habitat partitioning
数据来源: OUP
摘要:
Telenomus podisiAshmead andTrissolcus euschisti(Ashmead)are sympatric parasitoids of stink bug eggs. In field experiments,T. podisiparasitized significantly more egg masses on alfalfa,Medicago sativaL., than onhackberry,Celtis occidentalisL., andT. euschistiparasitized egg masses only on hackberry. There was no significant difference in the number of host egg masses parasitized 0–1 and 3–4.2 m above the ground byT. euschistiin black cherry,Prunus serotinaEhrhart, and hackberry trees. This is one of the few examples where sympatric solitary Hymenoptera that share a host resource subdivide their environment by host plant type. We suggest that the host plant type be considered when importing scelionids for stink bug control in classical biological control programs.
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