Life‐history strategies in parasitoid wasps: a comparative analysis of 'ovigeny'

MA Jervis, GE Heimpel, PN Ferns… - Journal of Animal …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Ecologists concerned with life‐history strategies of parasitoid wasps have
recently focused on interspecific variation in the fraction of the maximum potential lifetime …

A review of the biology of the pincer wasps (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)

EG Virla, G Moya‐Raygoza… - Austral …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Because of their frequency, abundance, and unique morphological and biological traits, the
Dryinidae (pincer wasps) are among the most important parasitoids of nymphs and adults of …

The life-cycle

MA Jervis, MJW Copland, KS Shameer… - Jervis's Insects as Natural …, 2023 - Springer
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The evolution of host-feeding behaviour in insect parasitoids.

GE Heimpel, TR Collier - 1996 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Theoretical and empirical developments in studies on the behavioural ecology of host
feeding by insect parasitoids are reviewed. The physiology of host feeding is summarized …

Parasitoids of Asian rice planthopper (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) pests and prospects for enhancing biological control by ecological engineering

GM Gurr, J Liu, DMY Read, JLA Catindig… - Annals of applied …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The brown planthopper (BPH) Nilaparvata lugens, whitebacked planthopper (WBPH)
Sogatella furcifera and smaller BPH Laodelphax striatellus increasingly exhibit resistance to …

A review of methods for determining dietary range in adult parasitoids

MA Jervis, NAC Kidd, M Walton - Entomophaga, 1992 - Springer
Despite the potential importance of adult nutrition in the ecology of parasitoids, information
on the range of natural foods they exploit is confined to a relatively small number of species …

[HTML][HTML] An updated host-parasite catalogue of world Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea)

A Guglielmino, M Olmi, C Bückle - Zootaxa, 2013 - biotaxa.org
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Feeding and survival in parasitic wasps: sugar concentration and timing matter

G Siekmann, B Tenhumberg, MA Keller - Oikos, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Sugar consumption can increase the longevity and lifetime fecundity of many species of
parasitic wasps. Consequently, for these insects the availability of sugar sources in the field …

Host Feeding, Egg Maturation, Resorption, and Longevity in the Parasitoid Aphytis melinus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)

TR Collier - Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 1995 - academic.oup.com
I investigated several physiological factors associated with host feeding in the parasitoid,
Aphytis melinus DeBach. Host feeding refers to the consumption of host tissues or fluids by …

Flowers to selectively enhance the fitness of a host-feeding parasitoid: adult feeding by Tuta absoluta and its parasitoid Necremnus artynes

MV Balzan, FL Wäckers - Biological Control, 2013 - Elsevier
Several parasitoids require both host and non-host resources, such as nectar, for
maintenance, survival and egg maturation. However, the impact of sugar feeding has …