Summary
Varying host reaction of the house fly, Musca domestica L., to parasitism by the braconid Aphaereta pallipes (Say) was chiefly correlated with the diet of the host. Some evidence was found that implicated the strain of the host, the rearing temperatures, the ages of the parasitoid and the host, and the site of oviposition. Though development of A. pallipes embryos was inhibited before they became encapsulated with melanin within the host, the presence of the parasitoid and (or) the effect of its paralyzing toxin that was injected into the host just before oviposition prevented normal larval, pupal, or adult development of the six house fly strains tested. A considerable increase of parasitoid survival occurred when M. domestica larvae were reared on a chemically defined diet.
Zusammenfassung
Musca domestica L. reagierte unterschiedlich auf die Parasitierung durch die Braconide Aphaereta pallipes (Say). Die verschiedenen Reaktionen waren im wesentlichen mit der Art der Wirtsnahrung korreliert. Daneben finden sich Hinweise, daß auch der Wirtsstamm, dessen Zuchttemperatur, das Alter von Parasit und Wirt und der Eiablageort des Parasiten die Reaktionen beeinflussen. Obgleich die Entwicklung von Parasitenembryonen bereits gehemmt war, ehe sie innerhalb des Wirtes von Melanin eingeschlossen wurden, so verhinderten doch die Parasiten-embryonen und/oder die Wirkung der vor der Eiablage abgegebenen Paralysierungstoxine die normale Entwicklung der Wirte aus sechs Fliegenstämmen. Eine beträchtliche Steigerung der Überlebensrate der Parasiten trat ein, wenn M. domestica-Larven in einem Gemisch chemisch genau definierter Nahrung gezogen wurden.
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Lange, R., Bronskill, J.F. Reactions of Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae) to parasitism by Aphaereta pallipes (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with special reference to host diet and parasitoid toxin. Z. F. Parasitenkunde 25, 193–210 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00259956
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