Host Species Affects Gut Microbial Community and Offspring Developmental Performances in the Pupal Parasitoid <i>Chouioia cunea</i> Yang (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
Lina Pan,
Jiamin Liao,
Yiping Hu,
Rui Ren,
Wei Chen,
Zixin Liang,
Fan Lu,
Meidi Sun,
Zhiqin Song,
Xiaoyu Li,
Weiyi Zhang,
Wenfang Gao,
Chuncai Yan,
Min Li
Affiliations
Lina Pan
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
Jiamin Liao
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
Yiping Hu
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
Rui Ren
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
Wei Chen
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
Zixin Liang
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
Fan Lu
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
Meidi Sun
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
Zhiqin Song
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
Xiaoyu Li
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
Weiyi Zhang
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
Wenfang Gao
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
Chuncai Yan
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
Min Li
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Conservation and Utilization of Animal Diversity, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387, China
Chouioia cunea are known to exploit in varying degrees a wide range of lepidopteran species and its offspring development may vary with host species. This study examined its preimaginal development and larval gut microbiota in parasitizing five folivorous lepidopteran hosts including Hyphantria cunea (referred to thereafter as CcHc), Antherea pernyi (CcAp), Helicoverpa armigera (CcHa), Spodoptera exigua (CcSe), and Spodoptera frugiperda (CcSf). Though rates of parasitism and offspring eclosion did not change with host species, the development period and number of offspring eclosed varied with hosts, with the shortest period in CcSf and the highest number from CcAp. For offspring larval gut microbiota, though phylum Proteobacteria was dominant for attacking CcAp, Firmicutes was so for the other hosts. All microbial genera except Enterococcus were less abundant for CcSf than the other hosts. The database-based predictions indicate a significant positive correlation between Cutibacterium and Aureimonas with the relative number of wasp emergence, while Blastomonas exhibits a strong positive association with the developmental period. Our results imply the potential relevance of the gut microbial community in offspring larvae to host species attacked by C. cunea.
