Diachasma alloeum
Diachasma alloeum is a small wasp in the family Braconidae. It is a parasitoid of Rhagoletis pomonella, the apple maggot. The wasp lays its eggs into third-instar larvae of the fly, which then develop after the larvae have pupated. The immature wasps then eat the fly larvae and overwinter inside the fly puparia.
| Diachasma alloeum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Braconidae |
| Genus: | Diachasma |
| Species: | D. alloeum |
| Binomial name | |
| Diachasma alloeum (Muesebeck, 1956) | |
D. alloeum wasps attacking R. pomonella in apples appear to be undergoing a speciation event in concert with their hosts.[1] This is an example of sequential sympatric speciation.
References
- Forbes, A. A.; Powell, T. H.Q.; Stelinski, L. L.; Smith, J. J.; Feder, J. L. (2009). "Sequential sympatric speciation across trophic levels". Science. 323 (5915): 776–779. doi:10.1126/science.1166981.
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