Ecology of Aphidophaga

International symposia on the research into behaviour and ecology of aphidophagous insects

This series of symposia has traditionally been seen as a unique scientific forum for discussions on ecological and behavioural interactions within this guild.  Its focus is to understand how the spontaneous “natural control” works, with the aim to improve it.  After an initial couple of  meetings in the Czech Republic, symposia were organised in Poland, Hungary, France, Belgium, Canada/Quebec, Portugal/Azores, Czech Republic and Greece. The 11th meeting will be held in Italy in 2010.

Contact addresses:

Ivo Hodek
Institute of Entomology, AS CR
Branisovska 31
370 05 Ceske Budejovice
Phone: +420 387 775 322   fax. +420 385 310 354

hodek@entu.cas.cz

NEWS October 2009
International Symposium
ECOLOGY OF APHIDOPHAGA 11
Perugia - Italy, 19-24 September 2010

International Conference on Harmonia axyridis and other invasive ladybirds was held in Engelberg, Switzerland on September 6-10, 2009

ECOLOGY OF APHIDOPHAGA 10 - ATHENS 2007
Proceedings were published in Eur.J.Entomol. 105(3): 365-544 /2008/
Eds EW Evans, I Hodek, NG Kavallieratos, E Lucas, M Mackauer, JP Michaud
An Article for Antenna
by Helmut van Emden

ECOLOGY OF APHIDOPHAGA 10 was held in Athens, Greece, in 2007
Conveners: N.Kavallieratos, E.Lucas, J.P.Michaud www.aphidophaga10.gr

• Introduction and Contents of Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium
  dedicated to the memory of Ken Hagen
  Eur.J.Entomol. 102 (3) - 2005
  edited by E.W.Evans, F.Gilbert, I.Hodek, J.P.Michaud, J.J.Obrycki
• abstracts are available on http://www.eje.cz/
• Programme of Aphidophaga 9
• K. S. Hagen
• History of Aphidophaga
• Proceedings 1-8
• Participation at Symposia

ECOLOGY OF APHIDOPHAGA  9, 2004

1	Frederic	Francis
2	Aldo	Mommi
3	Petra	Hogervorst
4	Antonio Onofre	Soares
5	Soeren	Toft
6	Suzanne	Lommen
7	Michal	Hurej
8	Eric	Lucas
9	Jacek	Twardowski
10	Alois	Honěk
11	John	Obrycki
12	Thabet	Allawi
13	Pavel	Saska
14	Jean-Pierre	Sarthou
15	George	Stathas
16	Frank	Dziock
17	Nickolas	Kavallieratos
18	Vlastimil	Křivan
19	Michel	Canard
20	Dimitris	Kontodimas
21	Francis	Gilbert
22	Oldrich	Nedvěd
23	Genevieve	Labrie
24	Ezra	Schwartzberg
25	Belen	Lumbierres
26	John	Sloggett
27	Xavier	Pons

28	Plamen	Kalushkov
29	Johanna	Villenave
30	Pavel	Jedlička
31	James	Harwood
32	Francesco	Pennacchio
33	Piotr	Ceryngier
34	Patrizia	Falabella
35	Audrey	Grez
36	Helmut	vanEmden
37	Carlo	Ricci
38	Ivo	Hodek
39	Jan	Pettersson
40	Gabriel	Iperti
41	Anthony	Dixon
42	Zdenek	Růžička
43	Petr	Keil
44	Frederic	Muratori
45	Dionyssios	Perdikis
46	Cristian	Villagra
47	John-P.	Michaud
48	Annabelle	Firlej
49	Cristiana	Rosi
50	Roberto	Romani
51	Edward	Evans
52	Naoya	Osawa
53	Wopke	van der Werf
54	Michael	Majerus

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Ecology of Aphidophaga 9

Scientific comittee

České Budějovice, Czech Republic
6-10 September, 2004

Michel Canard
Edward Evans
Francis Gilbert
Vlastimil Křivan
Eric Lucas
Manfred Mackauer

Michael Majerus
Christine Müller
John Obrycki
Francesco Pennacchio
Jan Petersson
Søren Toft

Organizers

Local comittee

Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia

Ivo Hodek
Oldřich Nedvěd

Alois Honěk
Zdeněk Růžička

Scientific programme of Aphidophaga 9

Lectures

Monday, 6 September

Opening

Hagen's lectures

Evans E.W. & Gunther D.

The link between food and reproduction in aphidophagous predators: A case study with Harmonia axyridis

Obrycki J. J., Krafsur E. S. & Harwood J. D.

Comparative ecological and genetic studies of invasive Coccinellidae

Food / Reproduction

Chair: Edward Evans (Logan, Utah, USA)

Toft S.

The quality of aphids as food for generalist predators: implications for natural control of aphids

Honek A. & Martinkova Z.

The factors determining fecundity of Coccinella septempunctata populations

Chair: Søren Toft (Aarhus, Denmark)

Osawa N.

Ovary development and oosorption in the ladybird beetle Harmonia axyridis

Harwood J.D. & Obrycki J.J.

Quantifying the biocontrol potential of aphidophagous predators

Tuesday, 7 September

Intra-guild Relations

(Convener: Éric Lucas)

Chair: J.P. Michaud (Hays, Kansas, USA)

Lucas É.

Intraguild predation in aphidophagous guilds

Jarosik V., Dixon A.F.G.  & Honek A.

Thermal requirements for development and resource partitioning in aphidophagous guilds

Labrie G., Lucas E. & Coderre D.

May resource productivity determine coexistence of the invasive Harmonia axyridis and the indigenous Coleomegilla maculata lengi?

Chair: Naoya Osawa (Kyoto, Japan)

Soares A.O. & Serpa A.

Competitive interaction between Harmonia axyridis adults and Coccinella undecimpunctata females

Michaud J.P. & Grant A.K.

The adaptive significance of sibling egg cannibalism in the Coccinellidae: Comparative evidence from three species

Parasitoids of Aphids

Chair: Nickolas G. Kavallieratos (Kifissia, Greece)

Pennacchio F.

Physiological and molecular bases of host regulation by the aphid parasitoid Aphidius ervi

Hogervorst P.A.M., Wäckers F.L. & Romeis J.

Do transgene products in honeydew pose a risk for aphidophagous insects?

van Emden H.

A maternal chemical cue affecting the behaviour of a parasitoid of aphids on emergence

Models

Chair: Olda Nedved (Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic)

Krivan V.

Does adaptive behaviour matter on a longer population scale? Some insights from mathematical models

Werf W. van der

Analysis of mechanisms driving dispersal and aggregation of Coccinella septempunctata by means of spatially explicit models

Wednesday, 8 September

Excursion to Cesky Krumlov 

Thursday, 9 September

General Discussions

Chair: Ivo Hodek (Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic)

Sloggett J.J.

Are we studying too few taxa? Insight from aphidophagous ladybirds

10th Ecology of Aphidophaga

Chemical Ecology / Behaviour

Chair: Anthony Dixon (Norwich, UK)

Pettersson J., Ninkovic V.,  Glinwood R., Birkett M. & Pickett J.

Foraging in a complex environment – semiochemicals support searching behaviour of the seven spot ladybird

Muratori F., Le Ralec A. , Lognay G. & Hance T.

Identification of cuticular cues eliciting host recognition in the aphid parasitoid, Aphidius rhopalosiphi

Villagra C.A., Vásquez R.A. & Niemeyer H.M.

Olfactive learned preferences in the mating behaviour of the Aphidius ervi male

Schwartzberg E.G., Haynes K.F., Johnson D.W. & Brown G.C.

Wax structures as a cuticular defence of the ladybird beetle Scymnus louisianae against aphid-tending ants in U.S. soybeans

Seasonal Adaptations

Chair: Carlo Ricci (Perugia, Italy)

Canard M.

Seasonal adaptations in Chrysopidae

Katsoyannos P., Kontodimas D.C. & Stathas G.J.

Summer diapause and winter quiescence of Hippodamia (Semiadalia) undecimnotata in Central Greece

Chair: Michel Canard (Toulouse, France)

Ricci C., Ponti L. & Pires A.

Migratory flight and prediapause feeding ofCoccinella septempunctata adult in agricultural and mountain ecosystems of central Italy

Nedved O. & Cihakova V.

Seasonal fluctuation of melanic form of two spot ladybeetle

Parasitoids and Microbes of Aphidophaga

Chair: Piotr Ceryngier (Dziekanów Lesny near Warszaw, Poland)

Majerus M.E.N.

The impact of male-killing bacteria on the evolution of aphidophagous coccinellids

Friday, 10 September

Distribution in Habitats

Chair: Alois Honek (Prague, Czech Republic)

Gilbert F.

Aphidophagous syrphids in their tritrophic context

Keil P.

Community structure of Middle-European hoverflies (Diptera): An analysis of published quantitative data

Sarthou J.P., Ouin A., Arrignon F., Bouyjou B. & Barreau G.

Do woods favour the presence of the aphidophagous species Episyrphus balteatus in agricultural landscape?

Villenave J., Thierry D. & Rat-Morris E.

The role of Neuroptera diversity (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae) in cabbage crop protection

Various Topics

Chair: Xavier Pons (Lleida, Spain)

Allawi T.F.

Biological and ecological studies on Scymnus syriacus and Scymnus levaillanti

Francis F., Lognay G. & Haubruge E.

Role of (E)-beta-farnesene in systematic aphid prey location by Episyrphus balteatus larvae

Nedved O. & Cihakova V.

Phylogeny of Coccinellidae – The third cladistic attempt

Posters

Food / Reproduction

Athanassiou C.G., Kavallieratos N.G. & Tomanović Ž.

Population dynamics and within-plant distribution of predators of Myzus persicae in three tobacco varieties

Dziock F.

Life history strategies and prey specialisation – A study on the genera Melanostoma and Platycheirus (Syrphidae)

Gaspari M.D., Perdikis D.CH. & Lykouressis D.P.

Instar preference and predation by Macrolophus pygmaeus (Hemiptera: Miridae) on Myzus persicae and Macrosiphum euphorbiae

Kalushkov P.

The effects of six species of aphids on some life history parameters of the ladybird Propylea quatuordecimpunctata

Ricci C. & Ponti L.

Seasonal food of Semiadalia notata in mountain environment of northern Italian Alps (Coccinellidae)

Parasitoids

Ceryngier P. & Pankanin-Franczyk M.

Parasitoids associated with the bird cherry oat aphid on its primary and secondary host plants

Kavallieratos N.G., Athanassiou C.G. & Tomanovi  Ž.

Seasonal occurrence, spatial distribution and sampling indices for Myzus persicae and its parasitoids

Muratori F., Perremans D. & Hance T.

Marking of aphid parasitoid with trace element: Detection and effects on biological parameters of the parasitoid

Models

Grez A.A., Zaviezo T. & Ríos M.

Ladybird dispersal in fragmented alfalfa landscapes

Polymorphism

Honek A. & Martinkova Z.

Temporal stability in colour polymorphism of three coccinellid species

Lommen S.T.E., De Jong P.W., Koops K., Ueno H. & Brakefield P.M.

Characteristics of the wingless two-spot ladybird beetle (Adalia bipunctata)

Chemical Ecology

Francis F., Lognay G. & Haubruge E.
(also as a lecture)

Role of (E)-beta-farnesene in systematic aphid prey location by Episyrphus balteatus larvae

Romani R., Isidoro N. & Ricci C.

Morphological evidence of a putative sex pheromone gland in some coccinellid species

Rosi M.C., Sacchetti P., Granchietti A. & Belcari A.

Behavioural responses of Ceratomegilla undecimnotata aggregated males and females to contact chemicals and physical stimuli

Sacchetti P., Rosi M. C., Granchietti A. & Belcari A.

Responses of Ceratomegilla undecimnotata aggregated males and females exposed to contact chemicals, volatile chemicals and physical stimuli in a multi-choice arena

Distribution in Habitats

Belhoute G., Sarthou J.P., Bouyjou B. & Ouin A.

Influence of woody surroundings on the dynamic of Episyrphus balteatus and aphid populations in winter wheat in south-western France

Hurej M. & Twardowski J. P.

Effect of yellow lupine intercropped with spring triticale on predatory carabid beetles

Lumbierres B. & Pons X.

Aphidophagous predators in urban green areas of Catalonia (Spain)

Pons X., Núňez E., Lumbierres B. & Albajes R.

Epigeal aphidophagous predators in alfalfa and role of alfalfa as a reservoir of aphid predators for other arable crops in N E of the Iberian peninsula

Twardowski J.P., Hurej M. and Klukowski Z.

Effect of strip-management on reduction of Aphis fabae by predators on sugar beet crop

Effect of Fungicides

Francis F., Colignon P. & Haubruge E.

Effect of fungicide applications on the reproductive efficacy of Episyrphus balteatus and compatibility with biological control

Fauna

Allawi T.F.

Aphidophagous coccinellids of Jordan

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