Tales from the crypt: a parasitoid manipulates the behaviour of its parasite host

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dc.citation.articleNumber20162365en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber1847en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleProceeding of the Royal Society Ben_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber284en_US
dc.contributor.authorWeinersmith, Kelly L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Sean M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorForbes, Andrew A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorEgan, Scott P.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-28T21:32:36Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-03-28T21:32:36Zen_US
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.description.abstractThere are many examples of apparent manipulation of host phenotype by parasites, yet few examples of hypermanipulation—where a phenotype-manipulating parasite is itself manipulated by a parasite. Moreover, few studies confirm manipulation is occurring by quantifying whether the host's changed phenotype increases parasite fitness. Here we describe a novel case of hypermanipulation, in which the crypt gall wasp Bassettia pallida (a phenotypic manipulator of its tree host) is manipulated by the parasitoid crypt-keeper wasp Euderus set, and show that the host's changed behaviour increases parasitoid fitness. Bassettia pallida parasitizes sand live oaks and induces the formation of a ‘crypt’ within developing stems. When parasitized by E. set, B. pallida adults excavate an emergence hole in the crypt wall, plug the hole with their head and die. We show experimentally that this phenomenon benefits E. set, as E. set that need to excavate an emergence hole themselves are about three times more likely to die trapped in the crypt. In addition, we discuss museum and field data to explore the distribution of the crypt-keeping phenomena.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWeinersmith, Kelly L., Liu, Sean M., Forbes, Andrew A., et al.. "Tales from the crypt: a parasitoid manipulates the behaviour of its parasite host." <i>Proceeding of the Royal Society B,</i> 284, no. 1847 (2017) The Royal Society: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2365.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2365en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/94046en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherThe Royal Societyen_US
dc.rightsPublished by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subject.keywordmanipulationen_US
dc.subject.keywordBassettia pallidaen_US
dc.subject.keywordcrypt-keeper waspen_US
dc.subject.keywordEuderus seten_US
dc.subject.keywordgall waspsen_US
dc.subject.keywordparasitoidsen_US
dc.titleTales from the crypt: a parasitoid manipulates the behaviour of its parasite hosten_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.publicationpublisher versionen_US
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