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Impact of host behavioral defenses on parasitization efficacy of a larval and adult parasitoid

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Koinobiont parasitoid females when attacking host species are faced with barriers at various levels, host behavioral defenses represent one of these barriers. We present data of the effects of host behavioral defenses on host preference of larval and adult parasitoid. We quantified the effects of defensive behaviors of the exotic host, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas), and the indigenous host, Coleomegilla maculata lengi Timberlake (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), on the handling time and attack preference of the indigenous parasitoid, Dinocampus coccinellae Schrank (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Successful egg development was also recorded as a consequence of host behavioral defense and unsuitability. Female parasitoids were offered in an interspecific choice test, adult or larvae of both H. axyridis and C. maculata, and in an intraspecific choice test, larval and adult stage of H. axyridis. Adult H. axyridis exhibited a greater number of defensive behaviors compared to adult C. maculata or larval H. axyridis resulting in significantly longer handling time by the parasitoid. Our results suggest that host acceptance cues used by the generalist parasitoid D. coccinellae are inadequate to evaluate adult H. axyridis. These results provide support to the hypothesis that H. axyridis represents an evolutionary trap for D. coccinellae.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Danielle Thibodeau, Josiane Vaillancourt, Julie Frenette, Mathilde Lheureux for technical help in insect rearing and experiments and Mick Wu for help in statistics. We also thank two anonymous reviewers for valuable comments on this manuscript. This study was supported by a grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to Dr. D. Coderre and a grant from Hydro-Québec to A. Firlej.

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  1. Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université de Montréal, 4101 Sherbrooke est, Montréal, H1X 2B2, QC, Canada

    Annabelle Firlej

  2. Université du Québec à Montréal, Case postale 8888, succursale centre-ville, Montréal, H3C 3P8, QC, Canada

    Éric Lucas

  3. Université du Québec, 475 rue du Parvis, Québec, G1K 9H7, QC, Canada

    Daniel Coderre

  4. Centre de Recherche et de Développement en Horticulture, Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, J3B 3E6, QC, Canada

    Guy Boivin

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An erratum to this article can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10526-010-9274-1

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Firlej, A., Lucas, É., Coderre, D. et al. Impact of host behavioral defenses on parasitization efficacy of a larval and adult parasitoid. BioControl 55, 339–348 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-009-9262-5

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