Fig wasps as vectors of mites and nematodes

Jauharlina, J; Lindquist, E E; Quinnell, R J; Compton, Stephen G; Robertson, Hamish G

Title: Fig wasps as vectors of mites and nematodes
Creator: Jauharlina, J, Lindquist, E E, Quinnell, R J, Compton, Stephen G, Robertson, Hamish G
Subject: To be catalogued
Date: 2012
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/452076
Identifier: vital:75101
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC119300
Description: Females of the pollinator fig wasp Elisabethiella baijnathi Wiebes carry mites (Tarsonemella sp. nr. africanus) and nematodes (Parasitodiplogaster sp.) between figs of Ficus burtt-davyi in Grahamstown, South Africa. The mites are phoretic on the outside of the wasps and phytophagous, feeding on galled flowers. The nematodes are transported inside the wasps and eventually eat them. Both mites and nematodes were present throughout the year. The prevalence (fig occupancy rates) of mites and nematodes in different crops ranged between zero and 100 %. Crop size did not influence the prevalence of either mites or nematodes. Contrasting dispersion patterns and relationships with fig wasp foundress numbers indicate that the mites, but not the nematodes, disperse between figs after being carried there by the pollinators, and they may also utilize non-pollinating fig wasps as vectors.
Format: 10 pages, pdf
Language: English
Relation: African Entomology, Jauharlina, J., Quinnell, R.J., Compton, S.G., Lindquist, E.E. and Robertson, H.G., 2012. Fig wasps as vectors of mites and nematodes. African Entomology, 20(1), pp.101-110, African Entomology volume 20 number 1 101 110 2012 2254-8854
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