Experimental infection of a periodical cicada (Magicicada cassinii) with a parasitoid (Emblemasoma auditrix) of a proto-periodical cicada (Okanagana rimosa)
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Infection behavior of a parasitoid fly, Emblemasoma auditrix, and its host cicada Okanagana rimosa
Males of the cicada Okanagana rimosa (Homoptera: Cicadidae) that produce calling songs are parasitised by the parasitoid fly Emblemasoma auditrix (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). An ethogram of the infection behavior was extracted from videotaped experiments with tethered hosts. The infection behavior can be divided into three phases, each involving different sensory cues: long-range host detection vi...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Ecology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1472-6785
DOI: 10.1186/s12898-014-0031-7