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Title: Manipulation of wasp (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) behavior by the entomopathogenic fungus ophiocordyceps humbertii in the atlantic forest in Ceará, Brazil1
Authors: Sobczak, Jober Fernando
Paiva Arruda, Italo Diego
Fonseca, Emily Oliveira
Queiroz Rabelo, Paulo Julião
Sousa Nóbrega, Francisco Ageu de
Pires, Joedson Castro
Somavilla, Alexandre
Issue Date: 2020
metadata.dc.publisher.journal: Entomological News
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: Volume 129, Número 1, Pags. 98-103
Abstract: Behavioral manipulation of hosts by parasites is important to increase the parasite fitness. Some species within the genus Ophiocordyceps, notably pathogens of ants, induce changes in the host's behavior, leading the host to die outside the colony and locking its mandibles on the edge of leaves. This study was conducted in Massif of Baturité, and for the first time, we describe the interaction between fungi and wasps in Northeastern Brazil. We found 24 specimens, eight of each species of wasp, all infected with Ophiocordyceps humbertii. The wasps were Agelaia pallipes, Apoica flavissima, and Polybia chrysothorax. All the hosts were found with their mandibles biting along the edges of leaves. © 2020 BioOne. All rights reserved.
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: 10.3157/021.129.0115
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