Jun Abe

Females do not avoid but prefer superparasitism in the parasitoid wasp Melittobia australica

The paper shows that female parasitoid wasps prefer superparasitism on non-diapausing hosts, which increases parasitism efficiency despite offspring competition.

High microsatellite but no mitochondrial DNA variation in an invasive Japanese mainland population of the parasitoid wasp Melittobia sosui

The paper investigates genetic variation in Melittobia sosui populations, finding no mitochondrial DNA variation in the invasive mainland population but similar microsatellite variation between native and invasive areas.