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ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES OF LARVAL PARASITOIDS OF THE ALFALFA WEEVIL (COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

Robert V. Dowell  and
David J. Horn
Robert V. Dowell
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Ohio State University, Columbus
David J. Horn
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Ohio State University, Columbus
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Abstract

Three species of Hymenoptera comprise the guild of parasitoids utilizing alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica, larvae in Ohio. Where all three coexist, there has been a yearly increase in parasitization by Bathyplectes anurus and concomitant decreases in Bathyplectes curculionis and Tetrastichus incertus. We conclude that B. anurus dominance is due to its precise synchronization with peak host numbers, its high reproductive capacity, competitive superiority, and rapid search and handling. Domination of ephemeral hosts by such a parasitoid is in agreement with the general conclusions of Force, and Ehler and van den Bosch. B. curculionis and T. incertus compensate for imperfect synchrony with multivoltism and vagility (both spp.), aggregation and rapid search (B. curculionis), or random search and gregarious development (T. incertus).

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 109 , Issue 5 , May 1977 , pp. 641 - 648
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1977

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