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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Frugivorous birds dispersing braconid parasitoids via endozoochory

ÁNgel HernándezJosé Vicente Falcó

subject

TortricidaebiologyLigustrum vulgaremedia_common.quotation_subjectPrivetInsectbiology.organism_classificationRural environmentParasitoidFrugivoreInsect ScienceBotanyEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematicsmedia_common

description

Adult braconid wasps (Bracon sp.) emerged from the droppings of frugivorous birds (Turdus blackbirds and thrushes) collected in a rural environment in southern Europe. It was thus demonstrated for the first time that an insect parasitoid of a fruit-infesting insect (lepidopteran tortricid) can survive bird ingestion and gut passage inside a seed (privet Ligustrum vulgare), constituting a case of an evolutionary tetrad.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2008-09-01Entomological Science
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1479-8298.2008.00283.x