Especificidad y denso-dependencia inversa en parasitoides con oviposición fuera del hospedador: el caso de Mallophora ruficauda (Diptera: Asilidae) en la Pampa Argentina
Abstract
We study the specificity and density dependence phenomena associated to the parasitism, in a host parasitoid system whose females do not have common host search behavior. We studied the system composed by the soil white worms (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and the bee hunter robber fly Mallophora ruficauda Wiedemann 1828 (Diptera: Asilidae). The study was conducted in the nearness of eight apiaries located in the provinces of Buenos Aires and Entre Ríos, during the month of June of 1997. The robber fly possesses a 0.69 preference index in the election of his host, indicating that it is lightly selective toward Cyclocephala signaticollis (90% of parasitism). Phenomena of inverse density dependence were observed when analyzing at small scale the variable abundance of worms in the soil (ln) and percentage of parasitism (In) using lineal regression and “Jackknife” estimations. This result indicates that the parasitoid saturates their possibilities to parasite more hosts as the abundance of the latter increases in the soil. This phenomenon could be linked to the particular egg laying characteristics of the parasitoid. Eggs are not lay directly on the host, but on high vegetation taking advantage of the wind for the dispersion of its larvae. The host-parasitoid encounter could be bound to the simultaneous coincidence in the space of the distribution of the hosts and the larvae parasitoids in the soil.
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Caswell, H. 1989. Matrix population models.Sinauer,Sunderland, Massachussets, EE.UU. 328 pp.
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De Roos, A., E. McCauley y W.G. Wilson. 1991. Mobility versus density-limited predator-prey dynamics on different spatial scales.Proceedings of the RoyalSociety of London, Series B, Biological Sciences, 246:117-122.
Dennis, D.S. y L. Knutson. 1988. Descriptions of pupae ofSouth American robber flies (Diptera, Asilidae). Annals of Entomological Society of America 81:851-864.
Dennis, B. y M.L. Taper. 1994. Density dependence in time series observations of natural populations: estimation and testing. Ecological Monographs 64:205-224.
De Santis, L.G. 1989. El moscardón cazador de abejas. Revista Industria Apícola 1:16-24. Coopertiva Apícola Limitada del Oeste-de Mones Cazón, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
DeSantis L. y L.G. Cornejo. 1990. El moscardón cazador de abejas“ Mallophora ruficauda”. Conferencia de la Cooperativa Apícola Limitada del Oeste de Mones Cazón, 25 de Agosto de 1990. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 17 pp.
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Hassell, M.P. y R.M. May. 1988. Spatial heterogeneity and the dynamics of parasitoid-host systems. Annales Zoologoci Fennici 25:55-61.
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Heads, P.A. y J.H. Lawton. 1983. Studies on the natural enemy complex of the holly leaf-miner: the effects of scale on the detection of aggregative responses and the implications for biological control. Oikos 40:267-276.
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Huffaker, C.B. yP.S. Messenger (eds.). 1976. Theory and practice of biological control. AcademicPress, Nueva York, EE.UU. 788 pp.
Liljesthröm, G.G. y C. Bernstein. 1990. Density dependence and regulation in the system Nezara viridula (L.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), host andTrichopoda giaconzellii (Blanchard) (Diptera: Tachinidae). Oecologia 84:45-52.
Murdoch, W.W. 1970. Aggregation of parasitoids and the detection of density dependence in the field. Oikos 50:137-141.
Murdoch, W.W. 1994. Population regulation in theory and practice. Ecology 75:271-287.
Murdoch, W.W. y C.J. Briggs. 1996. Theory for biological control: recent developments. Ecology 77:2001- 2013.
Murdoch, W.W. y A.Stewart-Oaten. 1989. Aggregation by parasitoids and predators: effects on equilibrium and stability. American Naturalist 134:288-310.
Murdoch, W.W., J.D. Reeve, C.E. Huffaker y C.E. Kennet. 1984. Biological control of scale insects and ecologicaltheory. American Naturalist 123:288-310.
Murdoch, W.W., J. Chesson y P.L. Chesson. 1985. Biological control in theory and practice. American Naturalist 125:344-366.
Murdoch,W.W.,C.J.Briggs,R.M. Nisbet,W.S.C. Gurney y A.Stewart-Oaten. 1992. Aggregation and stability in metapopulation models. American Naturalist 140:41-58.
Musso, J.J. 1983. Nutritive and ecological requirements of robber flies (Diptera: Brachycera: Asilidae). Entomologic Generalis 9:35-50.
PROMEX-SAGyP1993.Situación y perspectivas delmercado nacional e internacional deMiel.Buenos Aires, Argentina. 20 pp.
Rabinovich,J. 1980.Introducción a la ecología de poblaciones animales.CECSA,México. 313 pp.
Rahinovich, M. y J.C. Corley. 1997. An important new predator of honey bees. The robber fly Mallophora ruficauda Wiedemann (Diptera-Asilidae)in Argentina. AmericanBee Journal 137:303-306.
Remedi deGavotto,A.L. 1964.Ciclo biológico de Cyclocephala signaticollis Burm. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) y caracteres específicos de su larva. INTA. Revista de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Serie 5 1:151-161.
Sill, A. 1985. Evolution, predator avoidance and unsuccessful predation. American Naturalist 125:153-157.
Sill, A. 1993. Effects of ecologicalinteractions on foragers diet: competition, predatorrisk, parasitismand prey behaviour. Pp. 182-207.In: Hughes, R.N.(ed.). Diet Selection. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, Reino Unido.
Stiling,P.L. 1987.Tile frecuency of density dependence in insect host-parasitoid systems. Ecology 68:844-856.
Vuegen, C. y A.J. Tricco. 1993. Análisis demercado y factibilidad económica de la actividad apícola. PRODIP, INTA EEA Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Tricco,A.J. y I.Bertani. 1994.Situación y perspectivas delmercado internacional demiel.Carpeta de Economía Agrícola. Comercialización y Mercados. INTA EEA Pergamino, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Tumlinson, J.H., W.J. Lewis y L.E.M. Vet. 1993. Identificación de sus patrones por las avispas parásitas. Investigación y Ciencia 200:46-53.
Walde, S.J. y W.W. Murdoch. 1988.Spatial density dependence in parasitoids. AnnualReview of Entomology 33:441-466.
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Castelo, M. K., & Capurro, A. F. (2000). Especificidad y denso-dependencia inversa en parasitoides con oviposición fuera del hospedador: el caso de Mallophora ruficauda (Diptera: Asilidae) en la Pampa Argentina. Ecología Austral, 10(1), 089–101. Retrieved from https://ojs.ecologiaaustral.com.ar/index.php/Ecologia_Austral/article/view/1601
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