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The inquiline Anthonomus cycliferus weevil. A. adult habitus. B. Eulophidae sp. 532 parasitoid pupae within weevil galleries. C. Aciurina trixa gall exterior and interior with weevil 533 damage. Number of successful weevil emergences compared to: D. The correlation between A. 534 trixa inducer size estimated by wing length and number of emerged weevils per gall and E. The 535 correlation between gall diameter and number of emerged weevils per gall. Photo credit Q. Baine. 536
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Insect-induced galls are novel structures that serve as habitat to whole communities of associate arthropods that include predators, parasitoids and inquilines. Galling insects are generally under-described, but their associate communities, which can include many specialist organisms, are virtually unknown, particularly in the southwest United Stat...
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... other tephritid hosts (Emlen 1992 Columbia. Species identification was made from the description and host association ( Wangberg 226 1977Wangberg 226 , 1981. This gregarious species does not require an elongate ovipositor to reach the central 227 chamber. Because Aciurina larvae chew themselves a "trap door" (Fig. 4C) to allow themselves 228 to exit the gall as adults without chewing mouthparts, there is a small section of the gall surface 229 that leads directly to the central chamber. Baryscapus cecidophagus takes advantage of this and 230 the adult chews through this thin-walled section to oviposit into the host and complete its life cycle 231 as ...
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... 241 success also had successful inducer emergence compared to 44.5% inducer success in smooth galls 242 with no weevil emergence. Neither inducer body size (both sexes: One unidentified Eulophidae (Chalcidoidea) species pupae was discovered during late-250 season dissections, specifically within the larval galleries of the inquiline weevil (Fig. 4B). ...
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