The Canadian Entomologist
- The Canadian Entomologist / Volume 137 / Issue 02 / April 2005, pp 230-232
- Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 2005
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/n04-090 (About DOI), Published online: 02 April 2012
Articles
Evidence for kairomones used by the egg parasitoid Anaphes victus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) when searching for its host1
M. Cournoyera1 and Guy Boivina1 c1 p1
a1 Department of Natural Resource Sciences, Macdonald Campus of McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada H9X 3V9
Because the detectability of host eggs is low, egg parasitoids rely on infochemicals other than those from the host egg itself, such as host plant synomones (Nordlund 1994; Meiners et al. 2000) and adult host kairomones (Nordlund et al. 1983; Nordlund 1994; Colazza et al. 1999; Meiners et al. 2000). Egg kairomones are used only in the final stages of host selection (Kainoh et al. 1982; Strand and Vinson 1982, 1983; Nordlund et al. 1987; Meiners et al. 2000; Takasu and Nordlund 2001).
(Received September 29 2004)
(Accepted February 15 2005)
Correspondence:
c1 Corresponding author (e-mail: boiving@agr.gc.ca).
p1 Present address: Horticultural Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, 430 boulevard Gouin, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada J3B 3E6.
Footnotes
1 Contribution 355/2005.03.03R of the Centre de recherche et de développement en horticulture, Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada, Saint-Jeansur-Richelieu, Québec, Canada.
