Gregarious-parasitoid-exploitation

Guides

• Lysibia

  Lysibia is a genus of hyperparasitoid wasps in the family Ichneumonidae. The best-studied species, Lysibia nana, is a solitary secondary idiobiont hyperparasitoid that attacks pre-pupae and pupae of gregarious braconid parasitoids in the genus Cotesia, particularly C. glomerata. These wasps are winged, synovigenic (emerging without mature eggs), and do not host-feed as adults. They locate hosts using chemical cues including kairomones from the primary parasitoid and herbivore-induced plant volatiles. The genus is part of the overwintering Apanteles-Tetrastichus-Lysibia complex associated with pierid butterfly hosts.

  hyperparasitoidparasitoidIchneumonidaeCotesiaPierisbiological-controlmultitrophic-interactionschemical-ecologykairomonesHIPVssynovigenicidiobiontgregarious-parasitoid-exploitation