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. 2013 Nov 11;8(11):e79054. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079054

Table 1. Field and laboratory relationships among host bugs and egg parasitoid species used in the experiments.

Pentatomid hosts
Graphosoma semipunctatum Murgantia histrionica Nezara viridula
Trissolcus sp. • sympatric, associated species
wasps Trissolcus brochymenae in field: allopatric, no association in field: allopatric, no association [23].
Platygastrid specialist at host/prey andnearly at host plant/feeding substratelevel [4], [22] in laboratory: wasp does notaccept eggs • sympatric, associated species in laboratory: wasp responds to host volatile and contact cues; recognizes and accepts eggs; does not emerge [18]
Trissolcus basalis in field: sympatric, no recorded association in field: allopatric, noassociation [24]
generalist at the host and the host plant/feeding substrate levels [4], [22] in laboratory: wasp does notrespond to host volatiles; respondsto host chemical trails; recognizesand accepts eggs, and emerges [19] in laboratory: wasp does not respond to host volatiles, responds to host chemical trails, recognizes and accepts eggs; does not emerge [19] • sympatric, associated species