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Kairomone stimulates increased probes and host stings in a cleptoparasitoid
Author(s) -
Jaloux Bruno,
Monge Jean Paul
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
physiological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-3032
pISSN - 0307-6962
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2006.00495.x
Subject(s) - ovipositor , biology , host (biology) , kairomone , stimulus (psychology) , venom , stimulation , parasitoid , zoology , anatomy , hymenoptera , ecology , neuroscience , psychology , psychotherapist
. Eupelmus vuilleti acts as a cleptoparasitoid when encountering a host parasitized by Dinarmus basalis . The encounter of a parasitized host stimulates an increasing number of ovipositor probes directly above the parasitized host, an increasing number of host stings and the destruction of approximately 40% of the D. basalis eggs. The stimulation of ovipositor probes appears to be due to the detection of a stimulus that is different from the stimulus allowing interspecific host discrimination. It appears that a proteinacious substance produced by the D. basalis venom gland and deposited on the edge of the drilled hole induces probing behaviour of E. vuilleti .