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Biology and Life History of the Bamboo Gall Maker, Aiolomorphus rhopaloides Walker (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae)

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Aiolomorphus rhopaloides (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) induces galls on two species of bamboo, Phyllostachys heterocycla and Phyllostachys bambusoides (Monocotyledoneae: Gramineae) in Japan. Our work showed eight hymenopteran species, including A. rhopaloides, emerge from bamboo galls. Larvae of A. rhopaloides appear in galls in July, with the percentage of larvae decreasing in September, before over-wintering as pupae. The percentage of parasitoids in galls is low in July, but increases until winter. The percentages of inquiline Diomorus aiolomorphi emerging from the overwintering galls are relatively high, suggesting that inquilines might be a key mortality factor of bamboo galls. Females of A. rhopaloides with ca. 80 mature eggs in their ovaries start emerging from galls from mid-April to early May just after the bud burst of P. heterocycla and emergence continues during bud elongation. Phenological asynchrony between adult emergence and bud burst may have a large influence on the population dynamics of the gall maker A. rhopaloides; a slight advance or delay in emergence may reduce suitable oviposition sites, causing population fluctuations. Although more bamboo galls are found on longer branches, selection of longer branches for oviposition does not result in higher offspring survival.

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  1. Laboratory of Forest Protection, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8601, Japan

    Ei’ichi Shibata

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  1. Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, 305-8687, Japan

    Kenichi Ozaki Ph.D.

  2. Kyushu University Museum, 1-5-12 Matsuzaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 813-0035, Japan

    Junichi Yukawa D.Agr. (Former Director) (Former Director)

  3. Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, 2 Hirano, Otsu, 520-2113, Japan

    Takayuki Ohgushi Ph.D. (Professor) (Professor)

  4. Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, 86011-5640, USA

    Peter W. Price Ph.D. (Regents’ Professor Emeritus) (Regents’ Professor Emeritus)

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Shibata, E. (2006). Biology and Life History of the Bamboo Gall Maker, Aiolomorphus rhopaloides Walker (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae). In: Ozaki, K., Yukawa, J., Ohgushi, T., Price, P.W. (eds) Galling Arthropods and Their Associates. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-32185-3_17

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