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Investigating the effects of symbiotic fungi on the flight behaviour of Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2016

Mark A. Sarvary ,
Ann E. Hajek ,
Katalin Böröczky ,
Robert A. Raguso  and
Miriam F. Cooperband
Mark A. Sarvary*
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853-2601, United States of America
Ann E. Hajek
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853-2601, United States of America
Katalin Böröczky
Affiliation:
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, United States of America
Robert A. Raguso
Affiliation:
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, United States of America
Miriam F. Cooperband
Affiliation:
United States Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Center for Plant Health Science and Technology, Otis Laboratory, 1398W. Truck Rd., Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, 02542, United States of America
*
1Corresponding author (e-mail: mas245@cornell.edu).
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Abstract

The invasive woodwasp Sirex noctilio Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) is obligately associated with the symbiotic white rot fungus Amylostereum areolatum (Chaillet ex Fries) Boidin (Basidiomycota: Amylosteraceae), and shows positive chemotaxis to volatiles emitted by this symbiont. After introduction to North America, S. noctilio was collected carrying another fungus species Amylostereum chailletii (Persoon) Boidin, used symbiotically by native North American Sirex Linnaeus. We conducted flight behaviour studies in a walk-in flight tunnel to evaluate specificity of the attraction of mated and unmated S. noctilio to its primary symbiont, A. areolatum, versus the alternative symbiont, A. chailletii. Fewer unmated than mated S. noctilio females responded to either of the fungi. Unmated females showed no landing preference but mated S. noctilio females were attracted to A. areolatum although avoidance of A. chailletii was not complete. Chemical analysis demonstrated major differences in the volatile profiles of the two fungal species. Sesquiterpenes dominated the A. areolatum samples, whereas only two aromatic volatiles were consistently present in the native A. chailletii.

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Behaviour & Ecology
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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 148 , Issue 5 , October 2016 , pp. 543 - 551
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© Entomological Society of Canada 2016 

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