Infection behavior life history and host parasitism rates ofEmblemasoma erro (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) an acoustically huntingparasitoid of the cicada Tibicen dorsatus (Hemiptera:Cicadidae)

摘要

Background: ‘Eavesdropping’ parasitoids find their hosts by homing in on the communicationsignals of other insects. These parasitoids often exploit chemical communication, but atleast some species of the sarcophagid genus eavesdropon theacoustic communications of cicadas. Despite considerable scientific interest in acousticparasitoids, we know remarkably little about most species of .To better understand the ecology and behavioral diversity of these flies, I used acombination of field and laboratory techniques to elucidate theinfection behavior and lifehistory of ,which uses the cicada asa host, and I also investigated parasitoid loads and parasitism ratesof inmultiple host populations in the central UnitedStates.