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Role of host vibration and cuticular hydrocarbons in host location and recognition by Haplogonatopus oratorius (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)

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Haplogonatopus oratorius (Westwood) (Hymenoptera, Dryinidae) is a parasitoid wasp of the small brown planthopper, Laodelphax striatella Stål (Homoptera, Delphachidae). To evaluate host location and recognition by H. oratorius, we investigated the behavioral response of female wasps to volatiles, vibration signals, and cuticular hydrocarbons emitted by L. striatella. The wasps did not show any positive response to host or plant volatiles but were strongly attracted to a playback of host calling vibrations and host hydrocarbons. These results suggest that the host hydrocarbons and vibration signals are important cues for the identification of suitable host resources.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Dr. T. Hirowatari (Kyushu University), Dr. S. Kamitani (Kyushu University), Dr. T. Murakami (Kyushu University), Dr. H. Nishino (Hokkaido University), Dr. T. Takeda (Kyushu University), Dr. T. Takuma (Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute), Dr. M. Tsuda (Kyushu Unviersity) and Dr. T. Ueno (Kyushu University) for their advice on the study design, the editor-in-chief, Dr. S. Sonoda and two anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments on the manuscript. We are grateful to Dr. K. Kanmiya (Kurume University) for providing planthopper acoustic data. Thanks are also due to Dr. H. Yasui (Kyushu University), Mr. K. Kanou, and Mr. Y. Tatsumi for their help rearing the insects, Dr. Y. Sugawara, and Mr. S. Koriyama for assistance in experiments. This study was partly supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI, JP19H00942; JP19K06824) and Fujiwara Natural History Foundation.

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  1. Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Science, Kyushu University, Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan

    Tetsuya Hirota

  2. Current affiliation: Agro-Kanesho Co. Ltd. Yuuki, Ibaraki, 307-0001, Japan

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  3. Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan

    Toshiharu Mita

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Hirota, T., Mita, T. Role of host vibration and cuticular hydrocarbons in host location and recognition by Haplogonatopus oratorius (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae). Appl Entomol Zool 56, 107–113 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13355-020-00718-2

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