Letter to the editor referencing “The apparent kleptoparasitism in fish-parasitic gnathiid isopods” 10.1007/s00436-018-6152-8

Wal, Serita van der; Haug, Joachim T.

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“…These more general characterisations of parasitism have the consequence that they include phenomena that have been traditionally separate (e.g. herbivory) (as discussed in Poulin 2011;van der Wal and Haug JT 2019). Furthermore, parasitism is frequently seen as a trophic interaction (e.g.…”

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“…Grimaldi 1996;Poinar 2003;Poinar and Buckley 2006;Arillo 2007; see also Boucot and Poinar 2010 and references therein), with numerous cases of the nematodes emerging from their hosts preserved in amber. Similarly common are mites and ticks (ectoparasitism) as temporary parasites (see van der Wal and Haug JT 2019;Hörnig et al 2020 for discussion of the term) especially on representatives of dipterans, moths (Lepidoptera) and scale insects (in-group of Hemiptera) (Arillo 2007;Boucot and Poinar 2010).…”

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A case of frozen behaviour: A flat wasp female with a beetle larva in its grasp in 100-million-year-old amber

Kiesmüller¹,

Haug²,

Müller³

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Parasitism, a malignant form of symbiosis, wherein one partner, the parasite, derives benefits to the detriment of another, the host, is a widespread phenomenon. Parasitism sensu lato is understood here to include many phenomena, like parasitoidism, kleptoparasitism, phoresy and obligate parasitism. Insecta has many in-groups that have evolved a parasitic life-style; one of the largest in-groups of these is probably the group of Hymenoptera. Bethylidae, the group of flat wasps, is a smaller in-group of Aculeata, the group of hymenopterans with venom stings; representatives of Bethylidae are parasitic. They are more specifically larval ectoparasitoids, meaning that their immature stages are externally developing parasites that kill their host organism at pupation (end of interaction). They mostly parasitise immature representatives of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera. Female flat wasps search for a host for their progeny, paralyse it with their venom sting and then oviposit onto it. Herein we describe one of the oldest findings of parasitic interactions of parasitoid wasps with their progenies’ hosts, specifically a flat wasp female grasping and (potentially) stinging a beetle immature in Cretaceous Kachin (Myanmar) amber (ca. 100 million years old). This finding indicates that this type of parasitic interaction existed since the Cretaceous, temporally close to the earliest findings of representatives of Bethylidae.

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A case of frozen behaviour: A flat wasp female with a beetle larva in its grasp in 100-million-year-old amber

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Müller³

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The phenomenon of attachment and feeding of unfed ticks (ixodoidea) on fed and feeding specimens of the same or different species: terminological issues

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2023

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The feeding by unfed ticks on engorged or feeding specimens of the same (or different) species has been repeatedly documented in laboratory colonies of ticks of the subfamily Ixodoidea. We review the lack of terminological consistency in descriptions of this phenomenon, especially in Russian-language papers. The term “cannibalism” is clearly inapplicable, since it necessarily involves the destruction of the victim by way of consumption (which concerns only specimens of the same species), whereas the tick specimens used as a source for feeding by other ticks typically remain viable. “Homovampirism” (омовампиризм), which is found exclusively in the Russian-language literature, is also unsuitable, “vampirism” being a folkloric word and as such inappropriate for use in the scientific literature. The term “kleptoparasitism”, which appears to reflect the specificity of this phenomenon, is vague and covers many different types of relationships between living organisms. “Hyperparasitism” appears to be the most fitting name for this phenomenon widely used now by acarologists. When using this term, it would be necessary to specify whether the parasitism is conspecific or heterospecific.

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Letter to the editor referencing “The apparent kleptoparasitism in fish-parasitic gnathiid isopods” 10.1007/s00436-018-6152-8

Cited by 2 publications

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A case of frozen behaviour: A flat wasp female with a beetle larva in its grasp in 100-million-year-old amber

A case of frozen behaviour: A flat wasp female with a beetle larva in its grasp in 100-million-year-old amber

The phenomenon of attachment and feeding of unfed ticks (ixodoidea) on fed and feeding specimens of the same or different species: terminological issues

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Letter to the editor referencing “The apparent kleptoparasitism in fish-parasitic gnathiid isopods” 10.1007/s00436-018-6152-8

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﻿A case of frozen behaviour: A flat wasp female with a beetle larva in its grasp in 100-million-year-old amber

﻿A case of frozen behaviour: A flat wasp female with a beetle larva in its grasp in 100-million-year-old amber

The phenomenon of attachment and feeding of unfed ticks (ixodoidea) on fed and feeding specimens of the same or different species: terminological issues

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A case of frozen behaviour: A flat wasp female with a beetle larva in its grasp in 100-million-year-old amber

A case of frozen behaviour: A flat wasp female with a beetle larva in its grasp in 100-million-year-old amber