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Sound and vibration are not obligatory host finding stimuli for the bark beetle parasite,Coeloides brunneri [Hymenoptera: Braconidae]

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Previous researchers, have speculated or concluded thatCoeloides brunneri Viereck females detect their bark beetle hosts by perception of the vibrations or sound made by boring larvae. However, when placed on logs containing various actively mining stages ofDendroctonus pseudotsugae Hopkins,C. brunneri females actively searched for the host only on logs infested with young or maturing brood larvae, and oviposited only in logs with maturing brood larvae. Moreover, when offered larvae in logs that had been frozen at approximately − 50°C, and then allowed to thaw at room temperature for 2 days, they found the motionless, dead larvae, and oviposited through the bark on to them. Therefore,C. brunneri is able to find ist host by perception of some stimulus (or stimuli) other than sound or vibration.

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Les chercheurs précédents ont émis l'hypothèse, voire conclu, que les femelles deCoeloides brunneri Viereck détectent les Scolytes hôtes en percevant les vibrations ou le bruit émis par des larves foreuses. Pourtant, après qu'on les ait placées sur des troncs contenant desDendroctonus pseudotsugae Hopkins, à des stades différents de développement, engagées dans un forage intensif, les femelles deC. brunneri cherchèrent activement leur hôte uniquement sur des troncs infestés de couvées de larves jeunes ou proches de leur maturité, et pondirent uniquement sur les troncs contenant des couvées proches de leur maturité. De plus, lorsqu'on leur a offert des larves dans des troncs qui avaient été gelés à une température d'environ − 50°C, et dégelés à la température ambiante pendant deux' jours, elles trouvèrent les larves immobiles et mortes et pondirent sur ces larves à travers l'écorce. Par conséquentC. brunneri est capable de trouver son hôte en percevant un autre stimulus (ou d'autres stimuli) que le bruit ou la vibration.

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Richerson, J.V., Borden, J.H. Sound and vibration are not obligatory host finding stimuli for the bark beetle parasite,Coeloides brunneri [Hymenoptera: Braconidae] . Entomophaga 16, 95–99 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02370692

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