Morphological changes of the ovipositor in species of Cheloninae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in the course of adaptation to egg-larval parasitism
| Autor: | Srećko Ćurčić, D. Stojanovic, M Miloje Brajkovic, Ivana Zivic, Zoran S. Nikolic |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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0106 biological sciences
Appendage Larva biology Host (biology) Ecology parasitism Parasitism Zoology Hymenoptera biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology comparative morphology Braconidae 010602 entomology lcsh:Biology (General) ovipositors Ovipositor General Agricultural and Biological Sciences lcsh:QH301-705.5 Cheloninae |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Biological Sciences, Vol 62, Iss 2, Pp 469-477 (2010) |
| ISSN: | 1821-4339 0354-4664 |
| Popis: | Adaptation to the parasitic way of life in braconids has led to a number of consequences in the morphology of the ovipositor of females. As a derivative of the paired appendages of the eighth and ninth abdominal segments, the ovipositor is a complex morphological structure of gonapophysal origin whose muscular system makes possible highly complex movements during the act of egg-laying. In some groups of braconids, imaginal and egg-larval forms of parasitism have developed in the course of evolution. In adapting to these two forms of parasitism, the ovipositor underwent significant changes, while still remaining a successful structure for the paralyzation and laying of eggs in the host. This paper presents a survey of the ovipository apparatus structure in the species of the genera Ascogaster Wesmael, Leptodrepana Shaw, Chelonus Panzer, Microchelonus Szepligeti, and Phanerotoma Wesmael, and gives a review of the changes in structure of the ovipositor during adaptation to egg-larval parasitism. |
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