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Alien Dominance of the Parasitoid Wasp Community Along an Elevation Gradient on Hawai’I Island University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln USGS Staff -- Published Research US Geological Survey 2008 Alien dominance of the parasitoid wasp community along an elevation gradient on Hawai’i Island Robert W. Peck U.S. Geological Survey, [email protected] Paul C. Banko U.S. Geological Survey Marla Schwarzfeld U.S. Geological Survey Melody Euaparadorn U.S. Geological Survey Kevin W. Brinck U.S. Geological Survey Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsstaffpub Peck, Robert W.; Banko, Paul C.; Schwarzfeld, Marla; Euaparadorn, Melody; and Brinck, Kevin W., "Alien dominance of the parasitoid wasp community along an elevation gradient on Hawai’i Island" (2008). USGS Staff -- Published Research. 652. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsstaffpub/652 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the US Geological Survey at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in USGS Staff -- Published Research by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Biol Invasions (2008) 10:1441–1455 DOI 10.1007/s10530-008-9218-1 ORIGINAL PAPER Alien dominance of the parasitoid wasp community along an elevation gradient on Hawai’i Island Robert W. Peck Æ Paul C. Banko Æ Marla Schwarzfeld Æ Melody Euaparadorn Æ Kevin W. Brinck Received: 7 December 2007 / Accepted: 21 January 2008 / Published online: 6 February 2008 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008 Abstract Through intentional and accidental increased with increasing elevation, with all three introduction, more than 100 species of alien Ichneu- elevations differing significantly from each other. monidae and Braconidae (Hymenoptera) have Nine species purposely introduced to control pest become established in the Hawaiian Islands. The insects were found, but one braconid, Meteorus extent to which these parasitoid wasps have pene- laphygmae, comprised 98.0% of this assemblage, or trated native wet forests was investigated over a 28.3% of the entire fauna. Endemic species, primarily 1,765 m elevation gradient on windward Hawai’i within the genera Spolas and Enicospilus, were Island. For [1 year, malaise traps were used to collected almost exclusively at mid- and high-eleva- continuously monitor parasitoid abundance and tion sites, where they made up 22.1% and 36.0% of species richness in nine sites over three elevations. the total catch, respectively. Overall, 75.9% of A total of 18,996 individuals from 16 subfamilies species and 96.0% of individuals are inferred to were collected. Overall, the fauna was dominated by parasitize Lepidoptera larvae and pupae. Our results aliens, with 44 of 58 species foreign to the Hawaiian support previous data indicating that alien parasitoids Islands. Ichneumonidae was dominant over Bracon- have deeply penetrated native forest habitats and may idae in terms of both diversity and abundance, have substantial impacts on Hawaiian ecosystems. comprising 67.5% of individuals and 69.0% of species collected. Parasitoid abundance and species Keywords Alien species Á Biological control Á richness varied significantly with elevation: abun- Braconidae Á Elevation gradient Á Ichneumonidae Á dance was greater at mid and high elevations Hawai’i Á Parasitism compared to low elevation while species richness R. W. Peck (&) Á M. Schwarzfeld Á M. Euaparadorn Á Introduction K. W. Brinck Hawai’i Cooperative Studies Unit, U.S. Geological Among the more damaging insects to have invaded Survey, University of Hawai’i at Hilo/PACRC, Kı¯lauea Hawaiian ecosystems are parasitoid wasps within the Field Station, P.O. Box 44, Hawai’i National Park, HI 96718, USA superfamily Ichneumonoidea. These wasps lay their e-mail: [email protected] eggs inside, on, or near the eggs, larvae, or pupae of their arthropod hosts, ultimately resulting in host P. C. Banko death. The host may be immobilized or killed at the Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Kı¯lauea Field Station, P.O. Box 44, time that the parasitoid lays its eggs, or it may survive Hawai’i National Park, HI 96718, USA until the late stages of development. Because most 123 1442 R. W. Peck et al. parasitoids are small insects that do not attack of Hawaiian Pambolinae are unknown (Beardsley humans or other vertebrates, their potential impacts 1961). on host populations and ecosystem tend to be Since Western contact with the Hawaiian Islands overlooked by natural area managers and conserva- in 1778, the number of Ichneumonoidea has tion biologists. In contrast, agriculturalists and increased dramatically through accidental and inten- foresters generally regard parasitoids as beneficial tional introduction. Currently, more than 100 species because they attack many insect pests of crops and have become established, 40 of which were released timber. Our research describes the distribution and as biocontrol agents (Funasaki et al. 1988; Nishida abundance of alien and endemic species of ichne- 2002). Efforts to establish Ichneumonoidea for bio- umonoid parasitoids in a Hawaiian rain forest as the control have taken place throughout the 20th century first step in evaluating their impacts on native insect with at least 20 species released each decade between populations, food webs, and ecosystems. 1900 and 1989 (Follett et al. 2000). Much recent The Ichneumonoidea is a diverse group of para- discussion has drawn attention to the potential impact sitic Hymenoptera, consisting of nearly 100,000 of alien parasitoids on Hawai’i’s native fauna, with species worldwide (Wahl and Sharkey 1993). The most of the focus being on biocontrol agents two families making up this group, the Ichneumon- (Howarth 1983, 1991; Gagne´ and Howarth 1982; idae and Braconidae, parasitize a wide range of Funasaki et al. 1988; Follett and Duan 1999; Follett holometabolous arthropods, including Lepidoptera, et al. 2000; Johnson et al. 2005). Diptera, Coleoptera, and some Heteroptera (Askew This study was designed to complement the recent 1971). Life-histories of parasitoid hosts vary widely emphasis in Hawai’i on measuring rates of parasitism and include species that feed exposed on vegetation by alien parasitoids (Henneman and Memmott 2001; as well as those that feed concealed within plant Brenner et al. 2002; Oboyski et al. 2004; Johnson tissues (e.g. seeds, fruit, wood) or surrounded by et al. 2005) by determining the distribution and protective casings. Studies of Ichneumonidae indicate relative abundance of alien and native Ichneumonoi- that species richness is generally highest at mid dea at the landscape level. To do this, we surveyed latitudes (Owen and Owen 1974; Janzen and Pond the parasitoid fauna within native wet forests ranging 1975; Janzen 1981) but recent work challenged this from coastal to montane sites on Hawai’i Island. Our generalization, suggesting that the tropics are as rich primary objectives were to identify the extent to as temperate areas, at least for some subfamilies which alien parasitoids have penetrated native (Gauld 1986, 1987; Gaston and Gauld 1993; forests and to determine whether a relationship exists Sa¨a¨ksja¨rvi et al. 2004). between alien parasitoid abundance and elevation. Extreme isolation of the Hawaiian Islands has Low-elevation forests are expected to be most resulted in an arthropod fauna that is characteristi- susceptible to invasion by alien parasitoids because cally depauperate at higher taxonomic levels, with their structure and composition is generally more ants, cockroaches, termites and some other globally disturbed, they are closer to agricultural lands that widespread groups naturally absent from the archi- potentially harbor pest Lepidoptera, and they are pelago (Zimmerman 1948). Only five of the world’s closer to points of introduction. Other studies have 64 subfamilies of Ichneumonoidea are represented shown that alien arthropod abundance and diversity in Hawai’i by endemic species (Sharkey 1993; decreases with increasing elevation in Hawai’i Wahl 1993). Endemic Hawaiian Ichneumonidae are (Gagne´ 1979; USGS unpublished data). distributed in the Ophioninae (24 species), Anoma- loninae (11 species), and Pimplinae (three species), while Hawaiian Braconidae are found in the Pam- Methods and materials bolinae (two species) and Alysiinae (one species) (Nishida 2002). The status of several other species Study area of Ichneumondae are unknown and may also be endemic. All Hawaiian Ichneumonidae attack Lepi- Study sites were located on the wet, windward slopes doptera, while the single member of the Alysiinae of the geologically active Kı¯lauea and Mauna Loa attacks muscid and sarcophagid flies (Diptera); hosts volcanoes, Hawai’i Island. All sites were previously 123 Alien dominance of the parasitoid wasp community 1443 Table 1 Attributes of wet forest sites surveyed for Ichneumonidae and Braconidae using malaise traps on Hawai’i Island Site name Name Latitude (N), Elevation Estimated Substrate Plant species richnessc code Longitude (W) (m) annual age (years)b rainfall Alien Native (mm)a Malama-Kı¯ Forest Reserve MAL 19°2603300, 154°5103600 27 2,250 215 20 13 Na¯na¯wale Forest Reserve NAN 19°3200700, 154°5304400 73 3,100 165 21 23 Bryson’s BRY 19°2700100, 154°5504700 285 3,000 750–1,500 30 17 Waia¯kea Forest WAI 19°3603500, 155°1303200 1,000 4,600 1,500–3,000 9 23 Reserve Cooper Center COO 19°2603700, 155°1304600 1,112 3,300 400–750 5 25 Crater Rim CRA 19°2402400, 155°1404700 1,164 2,850 215 7 17 Pu’u Unit PUU 19°2904900, 155°1504800 1,306 2,900 1,500–3,000 2 29 CJ Ralph CJR 19°3100100, 155°1905200 1,725 2,200 3,000–5,000 7 22 Solomon’s Waterhole SOL 19°3202000, 155°1905000 1,792 2,400 1,500–3,000 4 27 a Giambelluca et al. 1986 b Wolfe and Morris 1996 c USGS unpublished data established as part of a larger study investigating the common alien modifier of Hawaiian wet forests, had biocomplexity of avian diseases (see Woodworth been removed for management purposes from et al.
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