甜菜夜蛾不同龄期幼虫被斑痣悬茧蜂寄生的风险分析

寄生蜂的寄主识别期是构建最优接受寄主模型的重要参数之一。本研究观察了斑痣悬茧蜂（Meteorus pulchricornis）对甜菜夜蛾（Spodoptera exigua）不同龄期幼虫的识别期,并首次用生存分析方法估计寄主被寄生的风险以及寄生经历对寄主识别期的影响。结果表明：在2.5h观察期内,除1龄寄主幼虫外,其他各龄（2-5龄）幼虫均被寄生;对首次寄主识别期的Cox回归模型拟合分析表明,与2龄寄主幼虫（参照虫龄）相比,3-5龄寄主幼虫被寄生的累计风险比率显著高于2龄寄主幼虫（2.6-4.0倍）,而对再次寄主识别期的分析未发现3-5龄寄主幼虫与2龄幼虫之间存在显著差异。根据对首次与再次寄主识别期进行的生存曲线比较表明,对2-4龄幼虫的再次寄主识别期显著短于首次寄主识别期;说明寄生经历显著提高了寄生蜂的寄主识别期。由此推测,较高龄期甜菜夜蛾幼虫被无寄生经验斑痣悬茧蜂寄生的风险高于低龄幼虫。

斑痣悬茧蜂对受药寄主幼虫的选择性及其后代表现

为探究受到杀虫剂亚致死影响的寄主幼虫对寄生蜂的寄主选择及其子代蜂的影响,以容性寄生蜂斑痣悬茧蜂Meteorus pulchricornis为研究对象,以氯氰菊酯亚致死浓度处理的甜菜夜蛾Spodoptera exigua4龄幼虫为寄主幼虫,进行非选择性和选择性试验。非选择性试验表明,斑痣悬茧蜂成功寄生(完成化蛹)的概率随受药寄主的体重增大而提高,而且受药寄主有效存活的概率亦随其体重增大而提高;与对照寄主相比,寄生蜂对受药寄主的寄生率降低60.2%、子代蜂发育历期显著延长、子代蜂体型(用后足胫节长度表示)显著增大。与来自对照寄主的子代蜂相比,来自受药寄主的子代蜂的寄生能力(用寄生率表示)未受影响,但其后代的结茧率降低10%、发育历期显著缩短、体型显著增大,说明羽化蜂的发育适合度得到了提高。选择性试验结果得出不一致的结论,根据对寄生蜂攻击次数的分析,未发现其在对照与受药寄主之间存在显著偏好;但根据第2次攻击的寄主识别期变量进行的风险分析,受药寄主被寄生风险显著低于对照寄主(低59.7%),说明寄生蜂偏好攻击对照寄主幼虫。研究结果说明,斑痣悬茧蜂通过偏好体型较大的寄主幼虫,而减轻了受到杀虫剂亚致死效应的间接不良影响。结果表明该寄生蜂具有鉴别出接受亚致死杀虫剂不久的寄主幼虫的能力。

Risk factors connected to gastrointestinal parasites in mantled Alouatta palliata mexicana and black howler monkeys Alouatta pigra living in continuous and in fragmented rainforests in Mexico

In this study we document the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites （helminths and protozoans） found in fecal samples of populations of Alouatta palliata mexicana and ofA. pigra in Los Tuxtlas and in Palenque, southeast Mexico, and its re- lation to habitat condition, sex/age and season. Nineteen parasite morphotypes were detected in the fecal samples from populations of the two howler monkeys, of which 58% were shared by both species. When considering all parasite species, populations of the two howler species were more likely to be parasitized in fragmented habitat compared to continuous habitat. Individuals of both howler monkey species that lived in fragmented habitat had a higher prevalence of Controrchis biliophilus. A. p. mexicana individuals had a higher prevalence of Trypanoxyuris minutus than A. pigra, probably the result of the larger group sizes found in the former species, and T. minutus was more likely to be found in A. palliata individuals that lived in fragmented habitat. Adult A. p. mexicana males had a higher risk of being parasitized compared to adult females, but these differences were not detected in A. pigra, Parasite species such as Entamoeba sp., Nematoda sp. 28, Nematoda sp. B and Parabronema sp. where only found during the wet season in both howler monkey species. Populations of both howler monkey species had a higher prevalence of Nematoda sp. A in the wet season and Ascaridae eggs were only detected during the wet season in A. pigra. Other parasites detected displayed no clear seasonal pattern [Current Zoology 58 （3）： 375-383, 2012].