Dinocampus coccinellae wasps of the 7th to 13th generation (choice and no choice tests, development of D. coccinellae at different temperatures, aphid predation experiments) and of the 34th and 35th generation (host fitness experiments) of laboratory rearing were used in the study; all D. coccinellae adults used in the experiments were 2–4 days old. However, by co-opting the ladybird into guarding its cocoon, the parasitic wasp Dinocampus coccinellae seems to incur a cost, the researchers found. Correlation between the body sizes of Dinocampus coccinellae and host ladybirds. Coleomegilla maculata lengi Dinocampus coccinellae ... Day, WH, Prokrym, DR, Ellis, DR, Chianese, RJ 1994 The known distribution of the predator Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in the United States, and thoughts on the origin of this species and five other exotic lady beetles in eastern North America Entomological News 105 244 256 Google Scholar. Habitat: ... Dinocampus coccinellae parasitizes a variety of ladybird species of the subfamily Coccinellinae. (A) Correlation between the body sizes of Dinocampus coccinellae and Coccinella septempunctata from the UK. References: Minnaar IA, Shinner R, van Noort S & Clusella-Trullas S. 2014. However, the exact role of host manipulation in the attenuation of parasitoid virulence remains to be fully determined. New records of the parasitic wasp Dinocampus coccinellae and its hosts in South Africa. Hosts of the two Dinocampus coccinellae specimen shown here were Harlequin Ladybirds (Harmonia axyridis). Hodek, I eds.
A common host is the Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata). Distribution: Worldwide. Dinocampus coccinellae thus appears to be intermediate between a parasitoid and a true parasite. Dinocampus (=Perilitus) coccinellae (Braconidae: Hymenoptera) teratocytes synthesize a teratocyte-specific polypeptide (TSP) with a high molecular weight of 540 kDa. … The TSP has a tendency to accumulate in the teratocyte cells without release after synthesis (Okuda and Kadono-Okuda, 1995), which was confirmed in this study.Pulse-chase fluorography indicated that teratocytes at a younger … ABSTRACT axyridis is parasitized by the wasp Knowledge of the fundamental ecology of indicators, to test for a size correlation.
Dinocampus coccinellae Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan. Distribution: Europe, Asia, North Africa, North America, Australia.
Dinocampus coccinellae (Schrank, 1802) Biology: Solitary endoparasitoids (koinobiont) of Coleoptera (Chrysomelidae, Coccinellidae, Curculionidae) emerging from adult host.