Prey identification in nests of the potter wasp Hypodynerus andeus (Packard) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) using DNA barcodes

Vargas, Héctor A.; Vargas-Ortiz, Marcelo; Huanca‐Mamani, Wilson; Hausmann, Axel

doi:10.1590/s0085-56262014000200007

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“…The host plant record here provided suggests that the larva was captured by a female of H. andeus on S. areira trees growing there. Furthermore, the similarity of the two DNA barcodes of C. cortesi (MW911318, MW911319) was 99.7 and 100% with that of an unidentified larva of Geometridae (KF663055) collected in a cell of H. andeus in the type locality of C. cortesi (Vargas et al, 2014). This finding corroborates that larvae of C. cortesi are captured by females of H. andeus to fill their cells.…”

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On the natural history of Cosmophyga cortesi Vargas (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a little-known geometrid moth of the Atacama Desert

Vargas

2021

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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The integration of field work with DNA barcoding is useful to disentangle lepidopteran interactions in nature. Adults of the little-known geometrid moth Cosmophyga cortesi Vargas, 2008 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) were reared from folivorous larvae collected on the native tree Schinus areira L. (Anacardiaceae) at about 260 and 1500 m elevation in the transverse valleys of the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Similarity of two DNA barcodes of C. cortesi was 99.7 and 100% with one sequence of an unidentified geometrid larva previously collected in a cell of the potter wasp Hypodynerus andeus (Packard, 1869) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). This finding represents the first host plant record for C. cortesi, expands its previously documented altitudinal range by more than 1200 m and confirms that its larvae are captured by females of a potter wasp.

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On the natural history of Cosmophyga cortesi Vargas (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a little-known geometrid moth of the Atacama Desert

Vargas

2021

Rev. Bras. entomol.

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“…The stress caused to hemlocks by the hemlock wooly adelgid was reflected in a rise of hemlock borers as a proportion of prey captured by the wasp. This has been shown for other solitary hunting wasps as well viz, Hypodynerus andeus (Packard) (Vargas et al 2014) and Sphex ichneumoneus (L.) (Brockmann 1985). Both species specialize in a family of prey, but prey choice is constrained by habitat, size of prey, and phenology, and like C. fumipennis, composition of collected prey fluctuates with prey abundance.…”

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Estimating the foraging range of Cerceris fumipennis (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) using land cover data

Rutledge

2023

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

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Biosurveillance monitors the prey of the solitary buprestid-hunting wasp, Cerceris fumipennis (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), for the presence for emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis, Fairmaire: Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Still unresolved is the foraging range, and thus the surveillance range, of C. fumipennis. Foraging occurs in forest canopies and wasps are difficult to track. We assumed that the proportion of conifer-feeding beetles collected at a colony would be related to the proportion of conifers in the surrounding area. If this is the case, the radius of the area around a colony which best correlates the proportion of conifers with the proportion of conifer feeding prey should reflect the foraging range of the colony. In this study, we used 7 yr of foraging data, and the National Land Cover Dataset 2016 map to estimate the foraging range of C. fumipennis. Overall, we found that the highest correlation between prey type collected, and forest type present, was between 1,000 and 1,500 m from the nest sites. We thus conclude that surveillance of a colony of C. fumipennis will yield information about the presence of non-native buprestids within a 1.0–1.5 km radius.

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“…TA B L E 2 (Continued) makes it extremely difficult to identify prey morphologically without witnessing the foraging process directly (Gambino, 1986;Sackmann et al, 2000). Compared to previous morphological techniques for prey identification, DNA barcoding has shown a higher identification rate of over 90% (Goldstein & DeSalle, 2011;Hausmann et al, 2011;Hebert, Cywwinska, et al, 2003;Hebert, Ratnasingham, et al, ;Kasper et al, 2004;Nagy et al, 2013;Vargas et al, 2014;Ward & Ramón-Laca, 2013). However, DNA barcoding still has some limitations.…”

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“…To overcome these difficulties, there have recently been efforts to use the bioinformatics technique of DNA barcode analysis to track the prey spectra of predators through DNA sequence matching with public databases, such as GenBank. These methods show a far higher identification rate than previous morphological methods (Vargas, Vargas‐Ortiz, Huanca‐Mamani, & Hausmann, ; Goldstein & DeSalle, ; Hausmann, Haszprunar, & Hebert, ; Hebert, Cywwinska, Ball, & Waard, ; Hebert, Ratnasingham, & de Waard, ; Nagy, Sonet, Mortelmans, Vandewynkel, & Grootaert, ; Kasper et al, ; Ward & Ramón‐Laca, ; Do & Choi, ).…”

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Prey diversity of Polistes rothneyi koreanus in different landscapes using DNA barcoding

Jeon¹,

Kim²,

Jung³

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J Applied Entomology

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For the present study, we investigated the prey of Polistes rothneyi koreanus, which is the most common social wasp in South Korea, and the relationship between prey diversity and vegetation cover around their nests. Prey was collected over two 6‐hr sampling from seven nests between July and mid‐August 2015 in Daegu, Gyeongsan and Gunwi in South Korea. To analyse the prey spectrum, we identified species using DNA barcodes; to analyse vegetation cover, we used the normalized difference vegetation index in a 200 m radius around the nests. A total of 338 prey samples were collected, and eight orders, 24 families, and 65 species were identified, demonstrating a much broader prey spectrum than those previously recorded for Polistes spp. Lepidoptera were the most prevalent, with 158 samples and 47 species. Nest 7, located in a rural area, had the highest numbers of samples and species per worker (5.2 and 1.9, respectively). Lepidoptera accounted for over half of the prey spectrum for all nests, and the families Noctuidae and Geometridae accounted for 60% of all Lepidoptera. Tenodera sinensis (Mantodea) and Gabala argentata (Noctuidae) were the most ubiquitous species, collected at five locations. Six species and some genera of prey are designated as pests in South Korea, indicating that P. r. koreanus also has a beneficial role in pest control. A higher vegetation cover was associated with significantly higher prey species diversity (R2 = .4597, p < .1) and abundance (R2 = .5986, p < .05), indicating that vegetation cover is an important factor for maintaining colonies. Therefore, the recent increase in green spaces in South Korean cities is probably a major contributor to the increased density of social wasps.

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Prey identification in nests of the potter wasp Hypodynerus andeus (Packard) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) using DNA barcodes

Cited by 14 publications

References 34 publications

On the natural history of Cosmophyga cortesi Vargas (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a little-known geometrid moth of the Atacama Desert

On the natural history of Cosmophyga cortesi Vargas (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), a little-known geometrid moth of the Atacama Desert

Estimating the foraging range of Cerceris fumipennis (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) using land cover data

Prey diversity of Polistes rothneyi koreanus in different landscapes using DNA barcoding

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