scholarly journals First evidence of wasp brood development inside active nests of a termite with the description of a previously unknown potter wasp species

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (23) ◽  
pp. 12663-12674
Author(s):  
Helder Hugo ◽  
Marcel G. Hermes ◽  
Bolívar R. Garcete‐Barrett ◽  
Iain D. Couzin
Keyword(s):  
Wasp Species ◽  
Brood Development

Psenulus meridionalis Beaumont, 1937, a digger wasp species new to the fauna of Poland (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae)

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Olszewski ◽  
Bogdan Wiśniowski ◽  
Agata Kostro-Ambroziak ◽  
Tadeusz Pawlikowski ◽  
Hanna Piekarska-Boniecka
Keyword(s):  
Wasp Species ◽  
Digger Wasp

scholarly journals Expansion and accelerated evolution of 9-exon odorant receptors in Polistes paper wasps

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew W Legan ◽  
Christopher M Jernigan ◽  
Sara E Miller ◽  
Matthieu F Fuchs ◽  
Michael J Sheehan
Keyword(s):  
Gene Family ◽  
Odorant Receptor ◽  
Receptor Gene ◽  
Gene Tree ◽  
Gene Family Evolution ◽  
Paper Wasp ◽  
Gene Copy ◽  
Evolutionary Divergence ◽  
Wasp Species ◽  
Or Gene

Abstract Independent origins of sociality in bees and ants are associated with independent expansions of particular odorant receptor (OR) gene subfamilies. In ants, one clade within the OR gene family, the 9-exon subfamily, has dramatically expanded. These receptors detect cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs), key social signaling molecules in insects. It is unclear to what extent 9-exon OR subfamily expansion is associated with the independent evolution of sociality across Hymenoptera, warranting studies of taxa with independently derived social behavior. Here we describe odorant receptor gene family evolution in the northern paper wasp, Polistes fuscatus, and compare it to four additional paper wasp species spanning ∼40 million years of evolutionary divergence. We find 200 putatively functional OR genes in P. fuscatus, matching predictions from neuroanatomy, and more than half of these are in the 9-exon subfamily. Most OR gene expansions are tandemly arrayed at orthologous loci in Polistes genomes, and microsynteny analysis shows species-specific gain and loss of 9-exon ORs within tandem arrays. There is evidence of episodic positive diversifying selection shaping ORs in expanded subfamilies. Values of omega (d  N/dS) are higher among 9-exon ORs compared to other OR subfamilies. Within the Polistes OR gene tree, branches in the 9-exon OR clade experience relaxed negative (purifying) selection relative to other branches in the tree. Patterns of OR evolution within Polistes are consistent with 9-exon OR function in CHC perception by combinatorial coding, with both natural selection and neutral drift contributing to interspecies differences in gene copy number and sequence.

scholarly journals Sight of parasitoid wasps accelerates sexual behavior and upregulates a micropeptide gene in Drosophila

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shimaa A. M. Ebrahim ◽  
Gaëlle J. S. Talross ◽  
John R. Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Behavioral Response ◽  
Mutational Analysis ◽  
Parasitoid Wasp ◽  
Parasitoid Wasps ◽  
Wasp Species ◽  
Defensive Responses ◽  
Vast Range

AbstractParasitoid wasps inflict widespread death upon the insect world. Hundreds of thousands of parasitoid wasp species kill a vast range of insect species. Insects have evolved defensive responses to the threat of wasps, some cellular and some behavioral. Here we find an unexpected response of adult Drosophila to the presence of certain parasitoid wasps: accelerated mating behavior. Flies exposed to certain wasp species begin mating more quickly. The effect is mediated via changes in the behavior of the female fly and depends on visual perception. The sight of wasps induces the dramatic upregulation in the fly nervous system of a gene that encodes a 41-amino acid micropeptide. Mutational analysis reveals that the gene is essential to the behavioral response of the fly. Our work provides a foundation for further exploration of how the activation of visual circuits by the sight of a wasp alters both sexual behavior and gene expression.

scholarly journals Isodontia Mexicana (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae), a New Invasive Wasp Species in the Fauna of Ukraine Reared from Trap-Nests in the Crimea

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. V. Fateryga ◽  
Yu. V. Protsenko ◽  
V. Yu. Zhidkov
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
North American ◽  
Southern Coast ◽  
Wasp Species ◽  
Positive Identification ◽  
Trap Nests ◽  
The Crimea ◽  
Adult Wasp ◽  
First Time

Abstract Isodontia mexicana (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae), a New Invasive Wasp Species in the Fauna of Ukraine Reared from Trap-Nests in the Crimea. Fateryga, A. V., Protsenko, Yu. V., Zhidkov, V. Yu. - Th e North American wasp Isodontia mexicana was found for the first time in Ukraine in trap-nests operated near Pushkino (southern coast of the Crimea) in 2012. Th ree nests contained five cocoons, from which only one adult wasp emerged in 2013, allowing the positive identification; other cocoons were either empty (one) or destroyed by Melittobia acasta (three). Such a find of a newly established invasive species in Ukraine represents the easternmost point in its European range and possibly the most remarkable jump-dispersal event in its distribution.

scholarly journals Native parasitoids and their potential to control the invasive leafminer,Cameraria ohridellaDESCH. & DIM. (Lep.: Gracillariidae)

2008 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Klug ◽  
R. Meyhöfer ◽  
M. Kreye ◽  
M. Hommes
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Litter ◽  
Parasitic Wasp ◽  
Horse Chestnut ◽  
Parasitoid Species ◽  
Wasp Species ◽  
Native Parasitoids ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Pnigalio Agraules ◽  
Potential Efficiency

AbstractIn spite of the fact that since the end of the eighties, the horse chestnut leafminer,Cameraria ohridella, has established itself throughout Europe, native predators such as ants and birds are not attuned to this neozoic species. In contrast, several parasitic wasp species already started to exploit the invasive horse chestnut leafminer, but until now parasitation rates are quite low, mainly because of asynchrony in the lifecycles of parasitoids and host. Only the removal of leaf litter, in which pupae hibernate, is at the moment a strategy to reduce the infestation level in the next year. Unfortunately, not only hibernating horse chestnut leafminers but also parasitoids are removed, and important resources for biocontrol are unused. In the current study, we investigated the potential efficiency of the horse chestnut leafminer parasitoid complex extracted from leaf litter in defined environments. Parasitoids were released at different densities to investigate density dependence in parasitation rates.Although seven different species were released in our experiments, onlyPnigalio agraulesturned out to be responsible for biocontrol ofC. ohridella. We recorded parasitation rates of up to 35%. Overall, parasitation rates were independent of the leafminer density but increased fourfold if ten times more parasitoid individuals were released. Unfortunately, none of the parasitoid species could be established in the experimental units in the long run. Results are compared to other parasitoid-leafminer systems, and promotion of horse chestnut leafminer parasitoids to support natural selection and biological control of the horse chestnut leafminer is discussed.

scholarly journals Twelve oak gall wasp species (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) new to the Turkish fauna

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 962-964
Author(s):  
Serap MUTUN ◽  
Serdar DİNÇ
Keyword(s):  
Gall Wasp ◽  
Wasp Species

scholarly journals A behavior-manipulating virus relative as a source of adaptive genes for parasitoid wasps

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Di Giovanni ◽  
David Lepetit ◽  
Matthieu Boulesteix ◽  
Yohann Coute ◽  
Marc Ravallec ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Evolutionary Origin ◽  
Parasitoid Wasps ◽  
Viral Origin ◽  
Wasp Species ◽  
Ecological Interaction ◽  
Virus Like Particles ◽  
Domestication Process ◽  
Close Relatives ◽  
Reproductive Apparatus

To circumvent host immune response, some hymenopteran endo-parasitoids produce virus-like structures in their reproductive apparatus that are injected into the host together with the eggs. These viral-like structures are absolutely necessary for the reproduction of these wasps. The viral evolutionary origin of these viral-like particles has been demonstrated in only a few cases of wasp species all belonging to the Ichneumonoidea superfamily. In addition, the nature of the initial virus-wasp association remains unknown for all. This is either because no closely related descendant infects the wasps, because it has not been sampled yet, or because the virus lineage went extinct. In this paper, we show that the virus-like particles (VLPs) produced by endoparasitoids of Drosophila belonging to the Leptopilina genus (superfamily Cynipoidea) do have a viral origin, solving the debate on their origin. Furthermore, the ancestral donor virus still has close relatives infecting one of the wasp species, thus giving us insights on the ecological interaction that possibly allowed the domestication process. Intriguingly, this contemporary virus is both vertically and horizontally transmitted and has the particularity to manipulate the superparasitism behavior of the wasp. This raises the possibility that behavior manipulation has been instrumental in the birth of such association between wasps and viruses.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document