hyperparasitism

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hy·per·par·a·sit·ism

(hī'pĕr-par'ă-sīt-izm),

A condition in which a secondary parasite develops within a previously existing parasite.

Synonym(s): biparasitism

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hy·per·par·a·sit·ism

(hī'pĕr-par'ă-sīt-izm)

A condition in which a secondary parasite develops within a previously existing parasite.

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Hyperparasitism in frozen galls was observed in 2013 at a very low level, though it was most likely underestimated.

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Population Dynamics of Native Parasitoids Associated with the Asian Chestnut Gall Wasp (Dryocosmus kuriphilus) in Italy

The awareness about parasitoid vulnerability to hyperparasitism might also help in selection of an effective biocontrol agent.

In the present study we identified the hyperparasitoid from the cotton mealybug and sequenced two marker genes, the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) and the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1), and developed and applied PCR primers for hyperparasitism detection in mealybug host using PCR.

Short Communication - PCR-Based Detection of a Hyperparasitoid in Cotton Mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

In Model 3, short-term fluctuations occur with periods of roughly 11 generations, and long-term fluctuations occur as occasional, extended eruptions of hyperparasitism that drive down parasitoid densities and allow high host densities.

Regulation of aphid population by aphidiid wasps: does parasitoid foraging behavior or hyperparasitism limit impact?

Complex dynamics in stochastic tritrophic models

Hyperparasitism is a rare event in nature, as evidenced by the low number of chalcidid hyperparasitoids of Licomadidae collected between 2004 and 2009 in North America (Gates et al.

Brachymeria koehleri (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) as a hyperparasitoid of Lespesia melloi (Diptera: Tachinidae) Pupae in Thagona tibialis (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) caterpillars in Brazil

Colonization and hyperparasitism of Cotesia rubecula (Hymen.: Braconidae), a newly introduced parasite of Pieris rapae, in Virginia.

Effect of Cotesia rubecula (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on survival of larval cohorts of Pieris rapae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) on collards: evaluation of an introduced biological control agent

This may have been due either to its diapause requirements not being met or the negative effects of hyperparasitism (McDonald & Kok 1992; Gaines & Kok 1999).

Distribution of Cotesia rubecula (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and its displacement of Cotesia glomerata in eastern North America

This hyperparasitism reached levels similar to the parasitism by D.

Pupal parasitoids of Yponomeuta malinellus (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) in Northeast Asia

Six percent of fruit produced 2-3 different parasitoid species suggesting hyperparasitism may be occurring in this system.

Observations on Asphondylia websteri (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) infesting Hass avocados in Guatemala

However, since the tephritid pupae were separated from the fruit and counted before adult emergence, these may be cases of hyperparasitism. These results should be further investigated.

Hymenopteran parasitoids of Anastrepha fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) reared from different hosts in Yucatan, Mexico