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Parasitic behaviour and developmental morphology of Anastatus japonicus reared on the factitious host Antheraea pernyi

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 September 2024

Run-Zhi Wang ,
Xu Chen ,
Talha Tariq ,
Rui-E Lv ,
Yong-Ming Chen Open the ORCID record for Yong-Ming Chen [Opens in a new window]  and
Lian-Sheng Zang
Run-Zhi Wang
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticides; Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
Xu Chen
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticides; Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
Talha Tariq
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticides; Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
Rui-E Lv
Affiliation:
Institute of Walnut, Longnan Economic Forest Research Institute, Longnan 746000, China
Yong-Ming Chen*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticides; Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
Lian-Sheng Zang
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Green Pesticides; Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
*
Corresponding author: Yong-Ming Chen; Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

The egg parasitoid Anastatus japonicus is a key natural enemy in the biological control of various agricultural and forestry pests. It is particularly used against the brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys and the emerging defoliator pest Caligula japonica in East Asia. It has been proved that the eggs of Antheraea pernyi can be used as a factitious host for the mass production of A. japonicus. This study systematically documented the parasitic behaviour and developmental morphology exhibited by A. japonicus on the eggs of A. pernyi. The parasitic behaviour of A. japonicus encompassed ten steps including searching, antennation, locating, digging, probing, detecting, oviposition, host-feeding, grooming, and resting. Oviposition, in particular, was observed to occur in three stages, with the parasitoids releasing eggs during the second stage when the body remained relatively static. Among all the steps of parasitic behaviour, probing accounted for the longest time, constituting 33.1% of the whole time. It was followed by digging (19.3%), oviposition (18.5%), antennation (9.6%), detecting (7.4%), and the remaining steps, each occupying less than 5.0% of the total event time. The pre-emergence of adult A. japonicus involves four stages: egg (0 to 2nd day), larva (3rd to 9th day), pre-pupa (10th to 13th day), pupa (14th to 22nd day), and subsequent development into an adult. Typically, it takes 25.60 ± 0.30 days to develop from an egg to an adult at 25℃. This information increases the understanding of the biology of A. japonicus and may provide a reference for optimising reproductive devices.

Keywords

Anastatus japonicasbiological controldevelopmental morphologyegg parasitoidparasitic behaviour
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 114 , Issue 5 , October 2024 , pp. 663 - 673
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