Alabagrus texanus

Alabagrus texanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Braconidae
Genus:	Alabagrus
Species:	A. texanus
Binomial name
Alabagrus texanus (Cresson, 1872)

Alabagrus texanus is a species of braconid wasp in the family Braconidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} It develops within the larvae of Herpetogramma theseusalis . ^[5] Males emerge from pupation earlier than females. Females typically only mate once, whereas males mate more than once. ^[6]

Studies have found that the males that arrive early to a site where females recently emerged from were often successful, but the very young and very old males were always unsuccessful. Males also had short-term memory regarding sites of female emergence. ^{[7] [8] [9]}

References

1. "Alabagrus texanus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
2. "Alabagrus texanus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
3. "Alabagrus texanus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
4. "Alabagrus texanus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
5. MORSE, DOUGLASS H. (2011). "Size and Development Times of Herbivorous Host and Parasitoid on Distantly Related Foodplants" . The American Midland Naturalist. 166 (2): 252–265. doi:10.1674/0003-0031-166.2.252. ISSN   0003-0031. JSTOR   41288704. S2CID   84336589 . Retrieved 8 January 2023.
6. Adams, Seira Ashley; Morse, Douglass H. (February 2014). "Condition-dependent mate choice of a parasitoid wasp in the field". Animal Behaviour. 88: 225–232. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.12.004. S2CID   53153496.
7. Quicke, Donald L. J. (2015). Biology, systematics, evolution and ecology of Braconid and Ichneumonid parasitoid wasps. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell. pp. 272–275. ISBN   978-1-118-90706-1.
8. Goh, Michelle Z.; Morse, Douglass H. (2010-09-01). "Male mate search for female emergence sites by a parasitic wasp" . Animal Behaviour. 80 (3): 391–398. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.05.021. ISSN   0003-3472.
9. Adams, Seira Ashley; Morse, Douglass H. (2014-02-01). "Condition-dependent mate choice of a parasitoid wasp in the field" . Animal Behaviour. 88: 225–232. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.12.004. ISSN   0003-3472.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN   0-8493-0212-9.
• Krombein, Karl V.; Hurd Jr., Paul D. Jr.; Smith, David R.; Burks, B.D., eds. (1979). "Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico". Smithsonian Institution Press. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
• Sharkey, Michael J.; Chapman, Eric G. (2017). "Phylogeny of the Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with a Revised Tribal Classification and the Description of a New Genus". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 119: 823–842. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.119.SpecialIssue.823. S2CID   89652932.
• Varela Stokes, Andrea S.; Park, Si Hong; Kim, Sun; Ricke, Steven C. (2017). "Microbial communities in North American Ixodid ticks of veterinary and medical importance". Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 4: 179. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2017.00179 . PMC   5654947 . PMID   29104867.

External links

• "GBIF distribution map for Alabagrus texanus" . Retrieved 2018-04-04.
• Media related to Alabagrus texanus at Wikimedia Commons