Publications

response of the ladybird parasitoid dinocampus coccinellae to toxic alkaloids from the seven-spot ladybird, coccinella septempunctata.	electrophysiological and behavioral responses of the ladybird parasitoid dinocampus coccinellae to volatiles from the seven-spot ladybird, coccinella septempunctata, were investigated to identify semiochemicals involved in host location. coupled gas chromatography-electroantennography (gc-eag) with d. coccinellae located a small peak of prominent activity in an extract of volatiles from adult c. septempunctata. the active compound was identified by coupled gc-mass spectrometry and by comparison ...	2001	11382065
molecular cloning and analysis of a novel teratocyte-specific carboxylesterase from the parasitic wasp, dinocampus coccinellae.	teratocytes derived from the embryonic membrane (serosa) of parasitoids are released into the host hemocoel when the parasitoid eggs hatch, where they perform several functions during the post-embryonic stage. a full-length cdna encoding a putative carboxylesterase was isolated from the teratocytes of dinocampus coccinellae and was designated as teratocyte-specific carboxylesterase (tsc). it contained an open reading frame of 2571 bp coding for a protein of 857 amino acids with a calculated mole ...	2005	16102422
the cost of a bodyguard.	host manipulation by parasites not only captures the imagination but has important epidemiological implications. the conventional view is that parasites face a trade-off between the benefits of host manipulation and their costs to fitness-related traits, such as longevity and fecundity. however, this trade-off hypothesis remains to be tested. dinocampus coccinellae is a common parasitic wasp of the spotted lady beetle coleomegilla maculata. females deposit a single egg in the haemocoel of the ho ...	2011	21697162