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Fatty acid composition remains stable across trophic levels in a gall wasp community : Gall wasp community fatty acid composition

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Visser, Bertanne [Section Animal Ecology, Department of Ecological Science, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands] Van Dooremalen, Coby [Section Animal Ecology, Department of Ecological Science, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands] Vacquez Ruiz, Alba [Section Animal Ecology, Department of Ecological Science, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands] Ellers, Jacintha [Section Animal Ecology, Department of Ecological Science, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands]

Acquiring sufficient nutrients is particularly important for insects that are unable to synthesize certain nutrient types de novo, as is the case for numerous parasitoid species that do not synthesize lipids. The lipid reserves of parasitoids are acquired from a single host during larval development. This imposes constraints on the quantity and quality of available lipids. In the present study, the lipid dynamics throughout the trophic cascade are investigated by measuring lipogenic ability, modifications in fatty acid composition and host exploitation efficiency in species at different trophic positions within the community of parasitoids associated with the gall wasp Diplolepis rosae L. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae). The results obtained show that lipid levels remain stable or decline after feeding in all species, indicating that none of the wasps synthesize lipids. Fatty acid composition is highly similar between the gall wasp, parasitoid and hyperparasitoid species, with the exception of the parasitoid Orthopelma mediator Thunberg (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). The divergence of fatty acid composition in O. mediator suggests that this species is able to modify its fatty acid composition after the consumption of host lipids. The efficiency of exploitation of host resource, in terms of dry body mass acquired, varies among the species (41–70%), although it is high overall compared with the efficiencies reported in other animals. Hence, for parasitoid wasps that lack lipid synthesis capabilities, the efficiency of host exploitation is high and fatty acids are consumed directly from the host without modification, leading to stable fatty acid compositions throughout the trophic cascade.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2013
Language Anglais
Journal information "Physiological Entomology: from biochemistry to behaviour" - Vol. 38, p. 306-312 (2013)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. (Chichester)
issn 0307-6962
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SST/ELI/ELIB - Biodiversity
Keywords Insect Science ; Physiology ; Ecology ; Evolution ; Behavior and Systematics ; Diplolepis rosae ; Exploitation efficiency ; hyperparasitoid ; inquiline ; lipid content ; lipogenesis ; nutrient acquisition ; parasitoid
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Bibliographic reference Visser, Bertanne ; Van Dooremalen, Coby ; Vacquez Ruiz, Alba ; Ellers, Jacintha. Fatty acid composition remains stable across trophic levels in a gall wasp community : Gall wasp community fatty acid composition. In: Physiological Entomology: from biochemistry to behaviour, Vol. 38, p. 306-312 (2013)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/192318