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For parasitoids, host finding is a central problem that has been solved through a variety of behavioural mechanisms. Among species in which females do not make direct contact with hosts, as is the case for many dipteran parasitoids, eggs must be laid in an appropriate part of the host habitat. The asilid fly Mallophora ruficauda lays eggs in clusters on tall vegetation. Upon eclosion, pollen-sized larvae fall and parasitize soil-dwelling scarab beetle larvae. We hypothesized that wind dissemination of M. ruficauda larvae is important in the host-finding process and that females lay eggs at heights that maximize parasitism of its concealed host. Through numerical and analytical models resembling those used to describe seed and pollen wind dispersal, we estimated an optimal oviposition height in the 1.25- to 1.50-m range above the ground. Our models take into account host distribution, plant availability and the range over which parasitic larvae search for hosts. Supporting our findings, we found that the results of the models match heights at which egg clusters of M. ruficauda are found in the field. Generally, work on facilitation of host finding using plants focuses on plants as indicators of host presence. We present a case where plants are used in a different way, as a means of offspring dispersal. For parasitoids that carry out host searching at immature stages rather than as adults, plants are part of a dissemination mechanism of larvae that, as with minute seeds, uses wind and a set of simple rules of physics to increase offspring success. © 2006 Springer-Verlag 2006.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Oviposition height increases parasitism success by the robber fly Mallophora ruficauda (Diptera: Asilidae)
Autor:Castelo, M.K.; Ney-Nifle, M.; Corley, J.C.; Bernstein, C.
Filiación:CONICET, Laboratorio de Ecología Y Comportamiento Animal, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1428 Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive, UMR CNRS 5558, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 43 Bd. 11 novembre 1918, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
CONICET, Laboratorio de Ecología de Insectos, INTA Bariloche, 8400 Bariloche, Argentina
Palabras clave:Asilidae; Fitness; Host location; Oviposition; Parasitism; Parasitoid; Superparasitism; Wind dispersal; analytical method; behavioral response; dispersal; egg production; fly; habitat availability; host specificity; numerical model; oviposition; parasitism; parasitoid; Asilidae; Coleoptera; Diptera; Mallophora ruficauda; Scarabaeidae
Año:2006
Volumen:61
Número:2
Página de inicio:231
Página de fin:243
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-006-0254-5
Título revista:Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Título revista abreviado:Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol.
ISSN:03405443
CODEN:BESOD
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_03405443_v61_n2_p231_Castelo

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Castelo, M.K., Ney-Nifle, M., Corley, J.C. & Bernstein, C. (2006) . Oviposition height increases parasitism success by the robber fly Mallophora ruficauda (Diptera: Asilidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 61(2), 231-243.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-006-0254-5
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Castelo, M.K., Ney-Nifle, M., Corley, J.C., Bernstein, C. "Oviposition height increases parasitism success by the robber fly Mallophora ruficauda (Diptera: Asilidae)" . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61, no. 2 (2006) : 231-243.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-006-0254-5
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Castelo, M.K., Ney-Nifle, M., Corley, J.C., Bernstein, C. "Oviposition height increases parasitism success by the robber fly Mallophora ruficauda (Diptera: Asilidae)" . Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 61, no. 2, 2006, pp. 231-243.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-006-0254-5
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Castelo, M.K., Ney-Nifle, M., Corley, J.C., Bernstein, C. Oviposition height increases parasitism success by the robber fly Mallophora ruficauda (Diptera: Asilidae). Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 2006;61(2):231-243.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-006-0254-5