▪ Abstract Recently, there has been exciting progress in our understanding of the behavioral
and evolutionary ecology of immature parasitoids. Developing parasitoids face a diversity of …

Plant compounds affect insects in many different ways. In addition to being a food source,
plants also contain secondary metabolites that may have positive and negative impacts on …

Interfertile populations of the seed beetle Callosobruchus maculatus differ genetically in
several behavioral, morphological, and life‐history traits, including traits that affect the …

Tritrophic interactions among plants, herbivorous insects and their parasitoids have been
well studied in the past four decades. Recently, a new angle has been uncovered …

Several authors have proposed that inter‐specific variation in parasitoid life histories can be
classified according to a dichotomy of development modes: ectoparasitoids and idiobionts …

Specialist and generalist insect herbivore species often differ in how they respond to host
plant traits, particularly defensive traits, and these responses can include weakened or …

Phylogenetic insights into the evolution of parasitism in Hymenoptera Page 82 Phylogenetic
Insights into the Evolution of Parasitism in Hymenoptera James B. Whitfield Department of …

The braconid wasp genus Cotesia Cameron (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) is one of the
largest genera of parasitoid wasps, and its species are employed frequently as biological …

Parasitoids searching for polyphagous herbivores can find their hosts in a variety of habitats.
Under this scenario, chemical cues from the host habitat (not related to the host) represent …

Population genetic models have suggested that siblicide between the larvae of parasitoid
wasps, once gained, can be lost only under stringent conditions, making transitions from …