HOST SELECTION BY INSECT PARASITOIDS
- S. Vinson
- Biology
- 1976
Parasitoids include a vast number of species of the so-called parasitic Hymenoptera, the Strepsiptera, and a few of the Diptera, primarily in the family Tachinidae.
The General Host Selection Behavior of Parasitoid Hymenoptera and a Comparison of Initial Strategies Utilized by Larvaphagous and Oophagous Species
- S. Vinson
- Biology
- 1 February 1998
The approach presented here first considers the biology of the host, which host stages are attacked, and how the host is utilized by the parasitoid, and a similar thesis, that developmental problems faced by egg parasitoids influence how these oophages locate hosts, is presented.
Insect Life: Invasion of the Red Imported Fire Ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
- S. Vinson
- Environmental Science
- 1997
The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, hereafter referred to as the imported fire ant , has received much press coverage since its introduction into the United States approximately 75…
Morphology of antennal gustatory sensilla and glands in some parasitoid Hymenoptera with hypothesis on their role in sex and host recognition
- N. Isidoro, F. Bin, S. Colazza, S. Vinson
- Biology
- 1996
Two functional areas, "touch and taste area" and "release and spread area", are proposed in an attempt to associate them with behavior and to clear some nomenclatural problems in different taxa.
Host Regulation by Insect Parasitoids
- S. Vinson, G. F. Iwantsch
- BiologyThe Quarterly review of biology
- 1 June 1980
The physiological and biochemical changes that occur after parasitoidism are described and include changes in hemolymph solutes, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nitrogen metabolism and excretion, as well as changes in select tissues including the endocrine and reproductive system of the host.
Host Suitability for Insect Parasitoids
- S. Vinson, G. F. Iwantsch
- Biology
- 1980
The coevolution of the parasitoid and host has resulted in a number of unique associations and whether a parasitoids is able to develop within a host may depend on the ability or inability of the parasites to regulate the host's physiology.
Alkadienes mediating courtship in the parasitoidCardiochiles nigriceps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
- T. C. Syvertsen, L. L. Jackson, G. J. Blomquist, S. Vinson
- BiologyJournal of Chemical Ecology
- 1 December 1995
Bioassays with three available alkadienes revealed that contact behaviors (antennation and mounting) are in part mediated by the (Z,Z)-7, 13-heptacosadiene and at least one other alkadiene in combination with other hydrocarbons found in males and females.
Distribution and density of polygyne fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Texas.
- S. Porter, A. Bhatkar, R. Mulder, S. Vinson, D. J. Clair
- SociologyJournal of Economic Entomology
- 1 June 1991
The high frequency of polygyny in Texas indicates that the fire ant problem in the state is much greater than previously realized.
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