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Importance of nutrition and host availability on oogenesis and oviposition of Cephalonomia stephanoderis (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

I. Lauzière
Affiliation:
Département de Phytologie, Centre de Recherches en Horticulture, Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, G1K 7P4
G. Pérez-Lachaud*
Affiliation:
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Apdo. Postal 36, Tapachula 30700, Chiapas, Mexico
J. Brodeur
Affiliation:
Département de Phytologie, Centre de Recherches en Horticulture, Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, G1K 7P4
*
*En Naurous, 31590 Verfeil, France Fax: (33) 561 55 61 54 E-mail: jean-paul.lachaud@wanadoo.fr

Abstract

A variety of host and non-host meals were tested for their potential in triggering oogenesis and oviposition in females of Cephalonomia stephanoderis Betrem, a synovigenic parasitoid of the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari). The consumption of non-host meals or meals composed of honey and crushed host eggs or pupae was insufficient to initiate oogenesis. The presence of suitable hosts for oviposition appeared essential for inducing oogenesis and oviposition in this parasitoid. Whereas females may host-feed on all developmental stages of H. hampei, these were not equally suitable in stimulating oogenesis and oviposition. In no-choice tests, oogenesis and oviposition were observed only in females supplied with fully-developed larvae, prepupae and pupae. Direct contact with hosts apparently stimulated egg maturation and egg-laying. Delaying the allocation of energy to egg production until suitable hosts are available for oviposition may be an adaptive attribute of a parasitoid of a concealed and patchily distributed host such as H. hampei.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2001

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