Host Discrimination of an Aphid Hyperparasitoid, <i>Dendrocerus carpenteri</i> （Hymenoptera: Megaspilidae）: Behavioral Process and Chemical Characteristics of Host Marks

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  • Shibuya Mari
    Department of Life Science and Agriculture, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
  • Matsubara Takayo
    Department of Life Science and Agriculture, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
  • Yasuda Tetsuya
    National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
  • Nakashima Yoshitaka
    Department of Life Science and Agriculture, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

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  • アブラムシの高次寄生蜂<i>Dendrocerus carpenteri</i>（ハチ目：オオモンクロバチ科）の既寄生寄主識別：行動過程とマーカーの化学的特性
  • アブラムシの高次寄生蜂Dendrocerus carpenteri(ハチ目:オオモンクロバチ科)の既寄生寄主識別 : 行動過程とマーカーの化学的特性
  • アブラムシ ノ コウジ キセイバチ Dendrocerus carpenteri(ハチモク:オオモンクロバチカ)ノ キキセイキシュ シキベツ : コウドウ カテイ ト マーカー ノ カガクテキ トクセイ

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Abstract

Dendrocerus carpenteri（Curtis）and Asaphes suspensus（Nees）are common aphid hyperparasitoids that attack braconid parasitoids in mummified aphids. In this study, we investigated the host discrimination behavior of D. carpenteri in hosts parasitized by each of these hyperparasitoid species, and compared the behavioral process and chemical characteristics of host marks involved in host discrimination. Females of D. carpenteri significantly avoided host mummies parasitized by D. carpenteri and A. suspensus. The avoidance behavior was observed soon after antennal drumming（tapping on the mummy surface）in cases of host mummies parasitized either by D. carpenteri or A. suspensus. This demonstrates that chemical markers deposited on the mummy surface are important cues for host discrimination, regardless of the hyperparasitoid species. Methanol extracts of mummy cases separated from hosts previously oviposited by D. carpenteri induced oviposition avoidance behavior, while methanol and hexane extracts for markers deposited by A. suspensus were active. The adaptive role of the markers in mediating host discrimination by the two hyperparasitoid species and implications for possible use of the semiochemicals involved in future biological control programs are discussed.

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