Nasonia References and Literature

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Abraham, R. and Konig, H. 1975. The ovipositor of the bronze wasp Nasonia vitripennis. Mikrokosmos 64: 161-164.

Altson, A.M. 1920. The life-history and habits of two parasites of blow flies. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London 15: 196-243.

Ankersmit, G.W., Locher, J.Th., Velthuis, H.H.W. and Szart, K.W.R. 1962. Effect of insecticides, acaricides and fungicides on Mormoniella vitripennis Walker (Hym. Pteromalidae). Entomophaga 7: 251-255.

Arditi, R. 1980. A model for the functional response of parasitoids. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 87: 887-893.

Assem, J. van den. 1976. Male courtship behaviour, female receptivity signal, and size differences between the sexes in Pteromalinae (Hym., Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae), and comparative notes on other chalcidoids. Netherlands Journal of Zoology 26(4): 535-548.

Assem, J. van den. 1977. A note on the ability to fertilize following insemination with females of Nasonia vitripennis (Hym.: Chalcidoidea). Netherlands Journal of Zoology 27(2): 230-235.

Assem, J. van den. 1979. Grote vrouwen, kleine mannetjes: een zaak van belegging en rendement. Pp. 64-96 in: Klomp, H. and Wiebes, J. (eds.)., Sluipwespen in relatie tot hun gastheren. Pudoc, Wageningen.

Assem, J. van den. 1985. Mating behaviour in parasitic wasps. 13th Symp. of the Roy. Entomol. Soc. of London, 18-29 Sept. 1985: 137-167.

Assem, J. van den and Feuth De Bruijn, E. 1977. Second matings and their effect on the sex ratio of the offspring in Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Entomologica Experimentalis et Applicata 21: 23-28.

Assem, J. van den, Gijswijt, M.J. and Nübel, B.K. 1980. Observations on courtship - and mating strategies in a few species of parasitic wasps (Chalcidoidea). Netherlands Journal of Zoology 30(2): 208-227.

Assem, J. van den and Jachmann, F. 1982. The coevolution of receptivity signalling and body-size dimorphism in the Chalcidoidea. Behaviour 80: 96-105.

Assem, J. van den and Jachmann, F. 1999. Changes in male perseverance in courtship and female readiness to mate in a strain of the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis over a period of 20+ years. Netherlands Journal of Zoology 49(3): 125-137.

Assem, J. van den, Jachmann, F. and De Jong, K.A.G. 1981. Courtship behaviour of Nasonia vitripennis: Head nodding, mouth-part extrusion and pheromone discharge by abdomectomized males. Entomologica Experimentalis et Applicata 27: 215-218.

Assem, J. van den, Jachmann, F. and Simbolotti, P. 1980. Courtship behaviour of Nasonia vitripennis (Hym., Pteromalidae): Some qualitative, experimental evidence for the role of pheromones. Behaviour 75(¾): 301-307.

Assem, J. van den and Putters, F.A. 1980. Patterns of sound produced by courting chalcidoid males and its biological significance. Entomologica Experimentalis et Applicata 27: 293-302.

Assem, J. van den, Putters, F.A. and Voort-Vinkestijn, M.-J.v.d. 1984. Effects of exposure to an extremely low temperature on recovery of courtship behaviour after waning in the parasitic wasp Nasonia vitripennis. Journal of Comparative Physiology 155: 233-237.

Assem, J. van den and Vernel, C. 1979. Courtship behaviour of Nasonia vitripennis (Hym:. Pteromalidae: observations and experiments on male readiness to assume copulatory behaviour. Behaviour 68(1-2): 118-135.

Assem, J. van den and Visser, J. 1976. Aspects of sexual receptivity in female Nasonia vitripennis (Hym., Pteromalidae). Biology of Behaviour 1: 37-56.

Assem, J. van den and Werren, J.H. 1994. A comparison of the courtship and mating behavior of three species of Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 7: 53-65.

Assem, J. van den, F.A. Putters, and M.J. van der Voortvinkestijn. 1984. Effects of exposure to an extremely low-temperature on recovery of courtship behavior after waning in the parasitic wasp Nasonia-vitripennis. Journal of Comparative Physiology 155:233-237.

Assem, J. van den and J.H. Werren. 1994. A comparison of the courtship and mating-behavior of 3 species of Nasonia (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 7:53-66.

Bacchus, F.H. 1975. The esterases of Mormoniella vitripennis. Dissertation Abstracts International (B) 26: 124.

Balas, M.T., M.H. Lee, and J.H. Werren, 1996. Distribution and fitness effects of the son-killer bacterium in Nasonia. Evolutionary ecology 10: 593-607.

Barash, D.P. 1975. Reaction chains in insect courtship: Nasonia vitripennis. Pp. 64-66 in: E. O. Price & A. W. Stokes, eds., Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field. 2nd W.H. Freeman & Co., San Francisco, CA.

Barash, D.P. and Ryder, C.A. 1972. Ethology laboratory: reproductive behaviour of Mormoniella vitripennis. American Biology Teacher 34: 14-18.

Barrass, R. 1960a. The courtship behaviour of Mormoniella vitripennis Walk. (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae). Behaviour 15(3-4): 185-209.

Barrass, R. 1960b. The effect of age on the performance of an innate behaviour pattern in Mormoniella vitripennis Walk. (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae). Behaviour 15(3-4): 210-18.

Barrass, R. 1961. A quantitative study of the behaviour of the male Mormoniella vitripennis (Walker) (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae) towards two constant stimulus-situations. Behaviour 18(4): 288-312.

Barrass, R. 1962. Contacts between males in Mormoniella vitripennis (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Animal Behaviour 10: 385.

Barrass, R. 1965. Variations in the receptivity of the female Mormoniella vitripennis (Walker) (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae). Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Entomology, London 1964, p. 299.

Barrass, R. 1969. Preening and abdomen dipping by the male Mormoniella vitripennis (Walker) (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae) after courtship. Behaviour 35(3-4): 304-12.

Barrass, R. 1976a. Inhibitory effects of courtship in the wasp Nasonia vitripennis and a new interpretation of the biological significance of courtship in insects. Physiological Entomology 1: 229-234.

Barrass, R. 1976b. Rearing jewel wasps Mormoniella vitripennis (Walker) and their use in teaching biology. Journal of Biological Education 10(3): 119-26.

Barrass, R. 1979. The survival value of courtship in insects. Pp. 403-416 in: Blum, M.S. and Blum, N.A. (eds.)., Sexual selection and reproductive competition. Academic Press, New York, NY.

Beard, R.L. 1964a. Parasites of muscoid flies. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 31: 491-93.

Beard, R.L. 1964b. Pathogenic stinging of housefly pupae by Nasonia vitripennis (Walker). Journal of Insect Pathology 6: 1-7.

Bendel-Janssen, M. 1977. Zur Biologie, Okologie und Ethologie der Chalcidoidea (Hym.). Biologische Bundesanstaldt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft 176: 163 pp.

Bennett, G.F. and Whitworth, T.L. 1991. Studies on the life history of some species of Protocalliphora (Diptera: Calliphoridae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 69: 2048-2058.

Best, R. L. 1978. Behavior in the jewel wasp. Carolina Tips 41: 1-2.

Beukeboom, L.W. 1994 Phenotypic fitness effects of the selfish B-chromosome, paternal sex-ratio (PSR) in the parasitic wasp Nasonia-vitripennis. Evolutionary Ecology 8:1-24.

Beukeboom, L.W.,K.M. Reed, and J.H. Werren. 1992. Effects of deletions on mitotic stability of the paternal-sex-ratio (PSR) chromosome from Nasonia. Chromosoma 102: 20-26.

Beukeboom, L.W., and J.H. Werren. 1993. Transmission and expression of the parasitic paternal sex-ratio(PSR) chromosome. Heredity 70: 437-443.

Beukeboom, L.W., and J.H. Werren. 1993. Deletion analysis of the selfish B chromosome, paternal sex-ratio (PSR), in the parasitic wasp Nasonia-vitripennis. Genetics 133: 637-648.

Beukeboom, L.W., and J.H. Werren. 1992. Population-genetics of a parasitic chromosome - experimental-analysis of PSR in subdivided populations. Evolution 46: 1257-1268.

Beukeboom, L.W. and J.H. Werren. 2000. The paternal sex ratio (PSR) chromosome in natural populations of Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Journal Evolutionary Biology 13:967-975.

Bishop, D.M., A.C.G. Heath, and N.A. Haack. 1996. Distribution, prevalence and host associations of Hymenoptera parasitic on Calliphoridae occurring in flystrike in New Zealand. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 4:365-370.

Bordenstein, S.R., M.D. Drapeau, and J.H. Werren. 2000. Intraspecific variation in sexual isolation in the jewel wasp Nasonia. Evolution 54:567-573.

Bordenstein, S.R., and J.H. Werren. 2000. Do Wolbachia influence fecundity in Nasonia vitripennis? Heredity 84:54-62.

Bordenstein, S.R., and J.H. Werren. 1999. Effects of A and B Wolbachia and host genotype on interspecies cytoplasmic incompatibility in Nasonia. Genetics 148:1833-1844.

Bordenstein, S.R.., M. Drapeau and J.H. Werren. 2000. Intraspecific variation in interspecific premating isolation between two Nasonia species. Evolution 54:567-573

Bordenstein, S.R., F.P. O'Hara and J.H. Werren. 2001. Wolbachia-induced bidirectional incompatibility precedes other hybrid incompatibilities in Nasonia. Nature 409:707-710.

Breeuwer, H. and J.H. Werren. 1990. Microorganisms associated with chromosome destruction and reproductive isolation between two insect species. Nature 346: 558-560.

Breeuwer, J.A.J., R..Stouthamer, S.M. Burns, D.A. Pelletier, W.G. Weisburg and J.H. Werren. 1992. Phylogeny of cytoplasmic incompatibility microorganisms in the parasitoid wasp genus Nasonia (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) based on 16s ribosomal DNA sequences. Insect Mol. Biol. 1(1):25-36.

Breeuwer, J.A.J., and J.H. Werren. 1995. Hybrid breakdown between 2 haplodiploid species - the role of nuclear and cytoplasmic genes. Evolution 49:705-717.

Breeuwer, J.A.J., and J.H. Werren. 1993. Cytoplasmic incompatibility and bacterial density in Nasonia-vitripennis. Genetics 135:565-574.

Breeuwer, J.A.J.,and J.H.Werren. 1993. Effect of genotype on cytoplasmic incompatibility between 2 species of Nasonia. Heredity 70:428-436.

Bull, A.L. 1982. Stages of living embryos in the jewel wasp Mormoniella (Nasonia) vitripennis (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology 11: 1-23.

Burke, W.D., D.G.Eickbush, Y. Xiong, J. Jakubczak, and T.H. Eickbush. 1993. Sequence relationship of retrotransposable element-r1 and element-r2 within and between divergent insect species. Molecular Biology and Evolution 10:163-185.

Campbell, B.C., J.D. Steffen-Campbell and J.H. Werren 1993. Phylogeny of the Nasonia species complex (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) inferred from an rDNA internal transcribed spacer (its2). Insect Molec. Biol. 2: 255-237.

Cardoso, D. and Milward de Azevedo, E.M.V. 1996. Aspects of the biology of Nasonia vitripennis (Walker) (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae) in the pupae of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) and C. albiceps (Wiedemann) (Diptera, Calliphoridae), under laboratory conditions. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 40: 143-146.

Carlson, D.A., C.J. Geden, and U.R. Bernier. 1999. Identification of pupal exuviae of Nasonia vitripennis and Muscidifurax raptorellus parasitoids using cuticular hydrocarbons. Biological Control 15:97-106.

Cassidy, J.D., M.R. Cummings, H.E. Buhse, J. Charlesworth, R.G. Wibel, V. Bindokas, and D.L. Baumgartner. 1984, Fine-structure of Nasonia antennal sensilla. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 103:106-

Cassida, J.D. 1975. The parasitoid wasps, Habrobracon and Mormoniella. Pp. 173-203 in: King, R.C. (ed.)., Handbook of Genetics. Vol. 3. Plenum Press, New York, NY.

Chabora, P.C. 1967. Hereditary behavior variation in oviposition patterns in the parasite Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Canadian Entomologist 99: 763-765.

Chabora, P.C. 1968. The evolution and dynamics of laboratory populations of the wasp parasite Nasonia vitripennis, and its blowfly host, Phaenicia sericata. Dissertation Abstracts International (B) 28: 2886-2887.

Chabora, P.C. 1970a. Studies of parasite-host interaction using geographical strains of the blow fly Phaenicia sericata and its parasite Nasonia vitripennis. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 63: 495-501.

Chabora, P.C. 1970b. Studies of parasite-host interaction. II. Reproductive developmental response of the parasite Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) to strains of the house fly host, Musca domestica. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 63: 1632-1636.

Chabora, P.C. 1970c. Studies in parasite-host interaction. III. Host race effect on the life table and population growth statistics of the parasite Nasonia vitripennis. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 63: 1637-1642.

Chabora, P.C. 1972. Studies in parasite-host interaction. IV. modifications of parasite, Nasonia vitripennis, responses to control and selected host, Musca domestica, populations. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 65: 323-328.

Chabora, P.C. 1980. House fly population variation by parasite bioassay and behavioral measures. Abstracts, 16th International Entomological Congress, Kyoto 1980, p. 125.

Chabora, P.C. and Chabora, A.J. 1971. Effects of an interpopulation hybrid host on parasite population dynamics. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 64: 558-562.

Chabora, P. C. and Pimentel, D. 1966. Effect of host (Musca domestica Linnaeus) age on the pteromalid parasite Nasonia vitripennis (Walker). Canadian Entomologist 98: 1226-1231.

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Clark, A.M. and Kidwell, R.N. 1967. Effects of developmental temperature on the adult life span of Mormoniella vitripennis females. Experimental Gerontology 2: 79-84.

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Davies, I. 1975. A study of the effect of diet on the life-span of Nasonia vitripennis (Walk.) (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae). Journal of Gerontology 30: 294-298.

Davies, I. 1977. The effect of diet on the ultrastructure of the midgut cells of Nasonia vitripennis (Walk.) (Insecta: Hymenoptera) at various ages. Cell Tissue Research 184: 529-538.

Davies, I. and King, P.E. 1972. The effects of host deprivation on the calyx cells of Nasonia vitripennis (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Zeitschrift für Zellforschung und Mikroskopische Anatomie 134(4): 529-538.

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