Eur. J. Entomol. 118: 364-367, 2021 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2021.038

Effects of adult age and body size on egg maturation in the parasitoid Gronotoma micromorpha (Hymenoptera: Figitidae)Original article

Yajiao WU1, Yoshihisa ABE ORCID...2,*
1 Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Global Society, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; e-mail: yajiao.wu.728@s.kyushu-u.ac.jp
2 Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan; e-mail: y_abe@scs.kyushu-u.ac.jp

The cynipoid wasp Gronotoma micromorpha (Perkins) (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) is a parasitoid of the leaf miner Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) (Diptera: Agromyzidae). The effects of adult age and body size on egg maturation in G. micromorpha were determined. The results showed that its egg load (number of mature eggs per female) increased when offered honey, water, but not hosts for 3 or 6 days after adult emergence. However, there was no significant difference in the egg loads of 3- and 6-day-old wasps. These findings and the results of previous studies on other cynipoid parasitoids suggest that when hosts are not available, females of parasitoid Cynipoidea enhance their reproductive capacity in anticipation of a future improvement in the availability of hosts by using carbohydrates and reserves stored during the larval stage. Moreover, large female wasps had higher egg loads throughout their lifetime. Given that rapid increases in the population density of L. trifolii are commonly reported in greenhouses, the demographic data of 0- and 3-day-old G. micromorpha females fed honey, need to be compared in the future. The effects of body size on the fecundity and longevity of G. micromorpha wasps should also be determined.

Keywords: Hymenoptera, Figitidae, Gronotoma micromorpha, adult age, body size, egg load, egg maturation, Liriomyza, prosynovigenic

Received: July 1, 2021; Revised: November 11, 2021; Accepted: November 11, 2021; Published online: November 30, 2021  Show citation

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WU, Y., & ABE, Y. (2021). Effects of adult age and body size on egg maturation in the parasitoid Gronotoma micromorpha (Hymenoptera: Figitidae). EJE, 118, Article 364-367. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2021.038
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