ECLOSION, MATING, AND GROOMING BEHAVIOR OF THE PARASITOID FLY PSEUDACTEON CURVATUS (DIPTERA: PHORIDAE)

ECLOSION, MATING, AND GROOMING BEHAVIOR OF THE PARASITOID FLY PSEUDACTEON CURVATUS (DIPTERA: PHORIDAE)

Phorid flies from the genus Pseudacteon are parasitoids of Solenopsis ants. Recent efforts of controlling imported fire ants in the United States have focused on rearing and releasing these flies as biocontrol agents. We studied eclosion, mating, and grooming behavior of Pseudacteon curvatus Borgmei...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Florida entomologist 2002-12, Vol.85 (4), p.563-566
Hauptverfasser: Wuellner, Clare T, Porter, Sanford D, Gilbert, Lawrence E
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Abdomen
Ants
Biocontrol
biological control agents
Eclosion
Fire ants
grooming
Insect behavior
Insect reproduction
Insect swarms
laboratory rearing
Legs
Mass Rearing
Mating behavior
parasites
parasites of insect pests
Parasitoids
Phoridae
Research Papers
sexual reproduction
Solenopsis invicta
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Zusammenfassung:Phorid flies from the genus Pseudacteon are parasitoids of Solenopsis ants. Recent efforts of controlling imported fire ants in the United States have focused on rearing and releasing these flies as biocontrol agents. We studied eclosion, mating, and grooming behavior of Pseudacteon curvatus Borgmeier in an effort to increase understanding of its biology. The sex ratio of eclosing flies in the lab was 1:1. The flies emerged only in the morning and were protandrous. Mating in the lab occurred on the substrate and did not require disturbed ants. Males and probably also females mated multiply.
ISSN:0015-4040
1938-5102
DOI:10.1653/0015-4040(2002)085[0563:EMAGBO]2.0.CO;2