| Halictoxenos borealis | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Strepsiptera |
| Family: | Stylopidae |
| Genus: | Halictoxenos |
| Species: | H. borealis
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| Binomial name | |
| Halictoxenos borealis Kifune, Hirashima & Maeta, 1982
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Halictoxenos borealis is a species of the order Strepsiptera of flying insects, that parasitize sweat bees (Lasioglossum). [2]
Nakase and Kato (2021) [3] found that the parasitised bees ( Lasioglossum apristum) changed their behaviour and visit flowers not to forage but to release the first-instar larvae of their parasite Halictoxenos borealis.
It seems that only female Halictoxenos borealis made their host bees visit flowers. Parasitised bees kept visiting nectarless flowers ( Hydrangea serrata in this study), even though this behaviour might have had negative effect on them. [3]
Bees that were parasitized by a female strepsipteran during the larval-releasing stage, may encourage the discharge of mobile first-instar larvae onto flowers. This behavior benefits the parasite. Only once the larvae have reached a specific stage of development may streptopteran parasites affect the behavior of their host. It is only adult females who parasite, no males nor immature females’ parasite the bees. [3]
- ^ Kifune T, Hirashima Y, Maeta Y (1982). "Four new species of the genus Halictoxenos Pierce from Japan (Strepsiptera, Stylopidae)". ESAKIA. 19: 151–160. doi: 10.5109/2426.
- ^ Straka J, Malenovský I, Batelka J (2006). "The genus Halictoxenos Pierce, 1908 (Strepsiptera, Stylopidae) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia". Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae Biologicae. 91: 69–82. doi: 10.1093/jisesa/ieab066. PMC 8415181.
- ^ a b c Nakase Y, Kato M (September 2021). "Bee-Parasitic Strepsipterans (Strepsiptera: Stylopidae) Induce Their Hosts' Flower-Visiting Behavior Change". Journal of Insect Science (Online). 21 (5). doi: 10.1093/jisesa/ieab066. PMC 8415181. PMID 34477875.
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| Halictoxenos borealis | |
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Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Strepsiptera |
| Family: | Stylopidae |
| Genus: | Halictoxenos |
| Species: | H. borealis
|
| Binomial name | |
| Halictoxenos borealis Kifune, Hirashima & Maeta, 1982
[1]
| |
Halictoxenos borealis is a species of the order Strepsiptera of flying insects, that parasitize sweat bees (Lasioglossum). [2]
Nakase and Kato (2021) [3] found that the parasitised bees ( Lasioglossum apristum) changed their behaviour and visit flowers not to forage but to release the first-instar larvae of their parasite Halictoxenos borealis.
It seems that only female Halictoxenos borealis made their host bees visit flowers. Parasitised bees kept visiting nectarless flowers ( Hydrangea serrata in this study), even though this behaviour might have had negative effect on them. [3]
Bees that were parasitized by a female strepsipteran during the larval-releasing stage, may encourage the discharge of mobile first-instar larvae onto flowers. This behavior benefits the parasite. Only once the larvae have reached a specific stage of development may streptopteran parasites affect the behavior of their host. It is only adult females who parasite, no males nor immature females’ parasite the bees. [3]
- ^ Kifune T, Hirashima Y, Maeta Y (1982). "Four new species of the genus Halictoxenos Pierce from Japan (Strepsiptera, Stylopidae)". ESAKIA. 19: 151–160. doi: 10.5109/2426.
- ^ Straka J, Malenovský I, Batelka J (2006). "The genus Halictoxenos Pierce, 1908 (Strepsiptera, Stylopidae) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia". Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae Biologicae. 91: 69–82. doi: 10.1093/jisesa/ieab066. PMC 8415181.
- ^ a b c Nakase Y, Kato M (September 2021). "Bee-Parasitic Strepsipterans (Strepsiptera: Stylopidae) Induce Their Hosts' Flower-Visiting Behavior Change". Journal of Insect Science (Online). 21 (5). doi: 10.1093/jisesa/ieab066. PMC 8415181. PMID 34477875.
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