Multitrophic web of insects associated with Piptadenia gonoacantha (Mart.) Macbr. (Fabaceae) and their relationship with resource traits

Morales-Silva, Tiago; Monteiro, Ana Cristina Andrade; Faria, Lucas Del Bianco

doi:10.1007/s11829-018-9602-4

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“…Macbr. (Sari and Ribeiro-Costa, 2011;Morales-Silva and Modesto-Zampieron, 2016;Morales-Silva et al, 2018). According to our data and laboratory observations we can hypothesize that the lepidopterans are the first herbivores to occupy the fruits of E. contortisiliquum (Table 2, Figure 1).…”

Section: Lepidopterasupporting

confidence: 57%

“…For Eulophidae we found four Horismenus individuals. Species of Horismenus were previously observed as Bruchinae parasitoids in many studies with leguminous plants (Hetz and Johnson, 1988;Tuller et al, 2015;Wood et al, 2017;Morales-Silva et al, 2018). Thus, in this study we can hypothesize that Horismenus individuals are Merobruchus bicoloripes parasitoids due to the absence of other herbivorous hosts in the fruits from which these individuals emerged.…”

Section: Hymenopteramentioning

confidence: 53%

“…However, the possibility of these parasitoids to also use Coleoptera hosts is not excluded, since there are records of them in the literature (Whitehead, 1975;Gagnepain and Rasplus, 1989). In contrast, other studies have shown the importance of bruchine beetles in the sustainment of leguminous plant food webs, such as Senegalia tenuifolia (L.) Britton and Rose, S. adstringens and P. gonoacantha (Sari and Ribeiro-Costa, 2011;Tuller et al, 2015;Morales-Silva and Modesto-Zampieron, 2016;Maia et al, 2018;Morales-Silva et al, 2018). Horismenus Walker (Eulophidae) was the only parasitoid found associated with Bruchinae in the present study.…”

Section: Lepidopteramentioning

confidence: 99%

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Herbivore, parasitoid and hyperparasitoid insects associated with fruits and seeds of Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong (Fabaceae)

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This study aimed to inventory the herbivore insects associated with Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong (Fabaceae) fruits and seeds and their primary and secondary parasitoids. Six samples collected between May and October 2013 yielded 210 fruits, from which 326 insects of six orders emerged: Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Thysanoptera and Psocoptera. Coleoptera (five families) was represented by the seed consumers Merobruchus bicoloripes Pic, Stator sp. Bridwell (Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae), two species of Silvanidae, one species of Scolytinae (Curculionidae), one species of Nitidulidae and one species of Cerambycidae. The cerambycid was also observed forming galleries on fruit mesocarp. Immature individuals of Lepidoptera were observed consuming the fruits and seeds. From the seven Hymenoptera families, only two species were associated with Coleoptera, being Horismenus Walker sp. (Eulophidae) as parasitoid of M. bicoloripes, and Neoheterospilus falcatus (Marsh) (Braconidae) as parasitoid of Scolytinae. The Lepidoptera parasitoids represented four genera: Pseudophanerotoma Zetel, Chelonus Panzer (Braconidae), Orgilus Nees (Braconidae) and Goniozus Forster (Bethylidae). The host associations for the reared parasitoids Bracon Fabricius (Braconidae), Pimplinae sp. (Ichneumonidae) and Perilampus Forster (Perilampidae) were not confirmed. We obtained a single representative of Diptera (Tachinidae) associated with Lepidoptera hosts in this food web.

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Herbivore, parasitoid and hyperparasitoid insects associated with fruits and seeds of Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong (Fabaceae)

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“…The emerged insects of each fruit were identified at genus level, and species level when possible, and deposited in the Entomological Collection of the Laboratory of Ecology and Complexity at the Federal University of Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil. To determine the interactions between beetles and parasitoids, we dissected the seeds and examined the cephalic capsule and the host remnants (according to Maia et al ., ; Morales‐Silva et al ., ). We established the interactions involving the seed‐feeding hymenoptera species ( A .…”

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Multitrophic interactions drive body size variations in seed‐feeding insects

Oliveira

Monteiro

Morales-Silva

et al. 2019

Ecological Entomology

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1. The intensity of community interactions and the structure of food webs can be associated with an organism's body size. However, little is known about how interactions among species in multitrophic communities determine the body size of individuals exploiting the same resource.2. This study evaluates the effects of resource size, fruit infestation, and parasitism on tibia length, a proxy measure of body size, of insects exploiting the same resource. The three most abundant seed-feeding species of Senegalia tenuifolia (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) were selected, and the relationship between their tibia length and the interactions within the food web was estimated. The selected species were the beetles Merobruchus terani and Stator maculatopygus, and the braconid wasp Allorhogas vulgaris.3. The body sizes of 531 specimens were measured and it was found that tibia length of each species responded differently to the interactions, demonstrating that functionally similar species may respond differently to multitrophic effects. The body size of Merobruchus terani, the most abundant species in the food web, was negatively affected by the presence of A. vulgaris, but there was a positive relationship with seed biomass and its own abundance in the fruits. The other two species were less abundant and more plastic in their responses, as a strong negative effect of M. terani presence on A. vulgaris body size was observed, as well as a strong negative effect of Coleoptera parasitism rate on S. maculatopygus body size. 4. It is concluded that morphological traits can provide information on how interactions affect species body size.

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“…A total of 21 individuals of H. abnormicaulis and 334 of A. macrophthalmus emerged. The parasitism association between H. abnormicaulis to A. macrophthalmus was established when cephalic capsule of the beetle larvae was found in dissected seeds from where the wasps had emerged (following the protocol described in Morales-Silva et al, 2018), as well as the seed pattern of predation caused to it before being parasitized. The parasitoids are solitary.…”

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confidence: 99%

A new interaction in an invasive plant in Brazil: Horismenus abnormicaulis (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) parasitizing Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) in seeds pods of Leucaena leucocephala (Fabaceae)

Oliveira

Morales-Silva

Costa

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Rev. Bras. entomol.

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Multitrophic web of insects associated with Piptadenia gonoacantha (Mart.) Macbr. (Fabaceae) and their relationship with resource traits

Cited by 9 publications

References 33 publications

Herbivore, parasitoid and hyperparasitoid insects associated with fruits and seeds of Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong (Fabaceae)

Herbivore, parasitoid and hyperparasitoid insects associated with fruits and seeds of Enterolobium contortisiliquum (Vell.) Morong (Fabaceae)

Multitrophic interactions drive body size variations in seed‐feeding insects

A new interaction in an invasive plant in Brazil: Horismenus abnormicaulis (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) parasitizing Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Bruchinae) in seeds pods of Leucaena leucocephala (Fabaceae)

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