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Diversity of species and behavior of hymenopteran parasitoids of ants : a review
Jean Paul Lachaud
Gabriela Pérez Lachaud
Acceso Abierto
Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas
Hormigas;Parasitoides;Pseudisobrachium;Dissomphalus;Himenópteros;Población de insectos
Ants;Parasitoids;Pseudisobrachium;Dissomphalus;Hymenoptera;Insect populations
Resumen en inglés: "Reports of hymenopterans associated with ants involve more than 500 species, but only a fraction unambiguously pertain to actual parasitoids. In this paper, we attempt to provide an overview of both the diversity of these parasitoid wasps and the diversity of the types of interactions they have formed with their ant hosts. The reliable list of parasitoid wasps using ants as primary hosts includes at least 138 species, reported between 1852 and 2011, distributed among 9 families from 3 superfamilies. These parasitoids exhibit a wide array of biologies and developmental strategies: ecto- or endoparasitism, solitary or gregarious, and idio- or koinobiosis. All castes of ants and all developmental stages, excepting eggs, are possible targets. Some species parasitize adult worker ants while foraging or performing other activities outside the nest; however, in most cases, parasitoids attack ant larvae either inside or outside their nests. Based on their abundance and success in attacking ants, some parasitoid wasps like diapriids and eucharitids seem excellent potential models to explore how parasitoids impact ant colony demography, population biology, and ant community structure. Despite a significant increase in our knowledge of hymenopteran parasitoids of ants, most of them remain to be discovered. "
2012
Artículo
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. Vol. 2012 (2012), p. 1-24. ISSN: 1039-723X
Inglés
Público en general
CIENCIAS DE LA VIDA
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