New #study reports the first records of two #parasitoid #wasps from the Aphaereta and Elasmosoma genera in the Xinjiang Region of China, following #specimen collection by Malaise traps.
Also, Aphaereta debilitata and #subgenus Atopandrium are recorded from China for the first time ⤵️
What was thought to be 1 well-known #parasitoid #wasp species (𝘈𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘨𝘮𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘴) turned out to be minimum 23.
New study describes 14 new species from the Western Palaearctic - the first multi-species treatment in 66 years for the region ⤵️
@leibnizlib.bsky.social @smnstuttgart.bsky.social
Dichrogaster aestivalis, a Phygadeuontine ichneumonid. Parasitoids of cocooned Neuroptera. #Ichneumonidae #parasitoid
New #OpenAccess research in #RESEcolEnt
Do #aphid endosymbiotic bacteria influence #parasitoid searching behaviour through changes in aphid #honeydew production?
doi.org/10.1111/een.70073
#VOC #GCMS
@sheborg.bsky.social @robwilsonmncn.bsky.social @callomac.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
An unconventional three-domain odorant-binding protein decodes contrasting host pheromones in the parasitoid wasp Anastatus japonicus #OBP #hostpheromones #parasitoid
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
<Eupelmus (Eupelmus) urozonus> Dalman – a new egg #parasitoid of <Thaumetopoea pityocampa> (Denis & Schiffermüller) in #Bulgaria, open access paper, just published; doi.org/10.48027/hnb...
#Hymenoptera #Eupelmidae #Lepidoptera #Notodontidae
New #OpenAccess work in #RESAgForestEnt
Application of novel molecular diagnostic method to examine the spatio-temporal trends of #Carcelia iliaca, a #parasitoid of #OPM (#Thaumetopoea processionea)
doi.org/10.1111/afe.70036
@jordancuff.bsky.social @chrisranger.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social
This week in our #Hymenoptera identification course, students observed live how #Parasitoid wasps of the genus Lysiphlebus parasitize aphids — directly in their own petridish. 🐝👀
For us, this is what university #Teaching is about: Connecting theory, observation, and real-world application 📚🔬🌍
Graphical abstract Lammers (2026)
New publication: #Lipids as currency in #parasitoid competition: #Interactions between two #lipidscavenging species.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ji...
New #OpenAccess work in #RESAgForestEnt
Degree of #insecticide exposure and access to #nectar impact #survival of #Trissolcus japonicus, a hymenopteran #parasitoid, in flowering border strips
doi.org/10.1111/afe.70034
@jordancuff.bsky.social @chrisranger.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social
Happy #waspwednesday everyone! Here's the latest article from wasp HQ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In a nutshell - controlling crop pests using parasitoid wasps is evolutionarily resilient to resistance evolution in pests because parasitoids are cool #science #evolution #parasitoid
Ussurohelcon mellicentralis
🔎Researchers have expanded the known #biodiversity of Southeast Asia by identifying six new species of the #parasitoid #wasp from the genus 𝘜𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘯.
This study also represents the first time the #genus has been recorded in Vietnam ⤵️ doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#newspecies #taxonomy
New study in #RESAgForestEnt
Augmentative release of two #parasitoid species decreased #Drosophila hosts without mutual suppression in a #vineyard
doi.org/10.1111/afe.70020
#Biocontrol #Viticulture
@jordancuff.bsky.social @chrisranger.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
New work in #RESAgForestEnt
Host identity and quality drive #parasitoid fitness and have implications for #biocontrol
doi.org/10.1111/afe.70029
#Ichneumonidae #Pyralidae #InsectRearing #ShortComm
@jordancuff.bsky.social @chrisranger.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social
Lipid release from the host pupal #fat bodies is essential for T. drosophilae embryonic development, and an LpR protein (TdOGS08990) mediates lipid uptake from the #host hemolymph into the #parasitoid wasp eggs.
rebrand.ly/be8096
Leptopilina japonica. Credit: article authors.
Drosophila suzukii. Credit: article authors.
New #OpenAccess research in #RESAgForestEnt
State of the spread of the exotic #parasitoid wasp #Leptopilina japonica tracking the route of its invasive host fly #Drosophila suzukii in France
doi.org/10.1111/afe.70025
#SWD
@jordancuff.bsky.social @chrisranger.bsky.social @ukladybirds.bsky.social
Happy to share that our paper is published in Systematic Parasitology. We describe a new species of Telenomus from India using an integrative taxonomic approach.
Read from here: rdcu.be/eZrRB
#hymenoptera #parasitoidwasp #host #parasitoid #DNA
Been adding a lot of new species to ichsofna.org. Here's a stunning species of as yet unidentified Glypta from Wyoming. It's no trivial task to ID these since there are 316 Glypta species in North America!
#insect #entomology #ichneumonidae #parasitoid
New review of the #parasitoid #wasp genus 𝘏𝘺𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳 in Switzerland examined 1,046 specimens, identifying 53 species, 46 recorded for the first time, including the newly described 𝘏𝘺𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪: doi.org/10.3897/alpe...
@unibe.ch @nhm-london.bsky.social
#newspecies #biodiversity
Newly designed PCR multiplex can help recognize and amplify #DNA specific to four #parasitoid #wasp species that attack the #invasive Roseau cane scale (𝘕𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘸𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴) in the Mississippi River Delta. See the full article here: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
New research article! 📰
Kajiwara and Yamauchi observed O. cremieri wasps hovering near Lasius capitatus ant nests, documenting female pushing competition over ant larvae 🐜
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s000...
#SocialInsects #EvolutionaryInteractions #Competition #Hybrizontinae #LasiusCapitatus #Parasitoid
New #OpenAccess research by @fabrizia-ratto.bsky.social et al. in #RESInsectConsDiv
Floral resource strips enhance #parasitoid #abundance & #diversity in apple #orchards and promote agroecological advances in a South African biosphere reserve
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70041
@manusaunders.bsky.social
Dual interference with host #neuropeptide signaling allows #parasitoid wasp to hijack sugar metabolism of its moth host - involving the help of parasitoid’s symbiotic virus!
Xue-Xin Chen and coworkers
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Parasitoid (Parasitology 🧬)
In evolutionary ecology, a parasitoid is an organism that lives in close association with its host at the host's expense, eventually resulting in the death of the host. Parasitoidism is one of six major evolutionary strategies within parasitism, distinguished by the […]
Here are the figures for the two new Ctenichneumon species. How many differences can you spot??
#entomology #Ichneumonidae #parasitoid #insects #taxonomy #newspecies
Happy #waspwednesday everyone. The #parasitoid wasp Tachardiaephagus somervilli saved the #christmasislandcrabs from extinction by controlling an invasive mealybug and its symbiotic ant which was eating the crabs #waspstotherescue read more here www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
Very preliminary but below should be a #newspecies and the first record of the #ichneumonid genus Patroclus in the US! This newly collected singleton specimen is from central Utah but Patroclus is neotropical, getting as far north as Mexico.
#taxonomy #insects #wasps #Hymenoptera #parasitoid
Some aliens I found at work today 👽
I believe that they're the pupae of a bio-control, parasitoid wasp
#parasitoid #wasp #fascinating #nature #horticulture #insect #amazing
Tachinid #parasitoid emerging from #monarch #butterfly chrysalis... The larva was never exposed, but field collected leaves were fed to the caterpillar. Many tachinids lay their eggs on leaves, only to be consumed by caterpillars, later consuming the caterpillars from the inside out
