An observation of the parasitoid<i>Melittobia australica</i>Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and its host, the solitary wasp<i>Sceliphron asiaticum</i>(Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)

Carvalho, Leonardo S.; Bevilaqua, Marcus; Querino, Ranyse B.

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“…B (unidentified species). Sphecidae has a guild as a parasitoid (Borisade et al 2017), but many species of the Sphecidae act as predators that prey on spiders thus consequently Sphecidae wasps could be intraguild predators of spiders (Carvalho et al 2014). The hosts could not determine the three species they attacked because the sample was the adult stage of the parasitoids.…”

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Arboreal arthropod assemblages in chili pepper with different mulches and pest managements in freshwater swamps of South Sumatra, Indonesia

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Abstract. Herlinda S, Tricahyati T, Irsan C, Karenina T, Hasbi, Suparman, Lakitan B, Anggraini E, Arsi. 2021. Arboreal arthropod assemblages in chili pepper with different mulches and pest managements in freshwater swamps of South Sumatra, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 3057-3066. In the center of freshwater swamps in South Sumatra, three different chili cultivation practices are generally found, namely differences in mulch and pest management that can affect arthropod assemblages. The effect of mulches and pest management on arboreal arthropod assemblages specific to chili production centers in the freshwater swamps of South Sumatra has never been investigated. This study aimed to observe arboreal arthropod assemblages in chili with different mulches and pest management. Arboreal arthropods were sampled using sweep nets in three locations with plots treated with leaf litter mulch and bioinsecticide, plastic mulch and synthetic insecticide, and weedy plot without mulch with synthetic insecticide. The species number of arboreal arthropods found was 28 species of Arachnids and 23 species of Insects, and consisting of 6 families of the Arachnids and 25 families of Insects. The abundance of arboreal arthropods was 65.60 individuals/5 nets per observation. In the chili field without mulch but with the insecticide, the species biodiversity and abundance of arboreal predatory arthropods were the highest. In contrast, in the chili field, that applied with synthetic insecticides and plastic mulch, the abundance of arboreal predatory arthropods was the lowest. The herbivorous insect populations in chili with plastic mulch and synthetic insecticides and the chili with the leaf litter mulch were higher than those in the chili without mulch. In the chili with the leaf litter mulch and bioinsecticide, the species number and abundance of the spiders were the highest compared to the other chili fields. The weedy chili field without mulch and chili with the leaf litter mulch has proved ideal habitats for the arboreal predatory arthropods.

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Arboreal arthropod assemblages in chili pepper with different mulches and pest managements in freshwater swamps of South Sumatra, Indonesia

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“…Clutches are composed of 4–12 eggs. Females of various Melittobia species have been reported to invade a single host cell and lay multiple clutches such that hundreds of eggs cover the host (Balfour-Browne 1922, Schmieder 1933, González et al 2004a, Matthews et al 2009, Carvalho et al 2014, b). Simple life cycles have been described for a few Melittobia species on different hosts, including M. rotundata (González and Matthews 2005).…”

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Life cycle of Melittobia acasta (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) using Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) as a host

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Pitts‐Singer³

2023

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

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Megachile rotundata F. is the primary commercial pollinator for alfalfa seed production in North America. Managed M. rotundata populations are susceptible to several mortality factors including attack by parasitoids. One such parasitoid, Melittobia acasta Walker, is a multivoltine wasp whose infestations can decimate bee stocks. Details of M. acasta life history using M. rotundata as a host are needed to develop control strategies. Our objectives were (i) to describe the M. acasta life cycle using M. rotundata prepupae as hosts and (ii) to determine the M. acasta developmental base temperature and propose a degree-day model. First, 150–300 M. acasta adults were introduced to 60 M. rotundata prepupae (10–20 wasp females/4 bee prepupae) upon which they oviposited. Progeny development (at 30 °C) was monitored through adulthood. We identified 12 distinct phases of the M. acasta life cycle that were observed among samples over an average of 19.5 days. Second, vials each containing a M. rotundata prepupa with M. acasta eggs were positioned across a temperature gradient bar (2 vials per temperature). In repeated trials, wasp development was tracked from egg to adult where a mean development time for 30 °C was found to be 13 days. A linear regression analysis determined the lower developmental temperature threshold to be 8.55 °C. Application of this base temperature in a degree-day model revealed an average of 305.8-degree-day accumulation from egg to adult. These results provide a framework to assist bee managers in devising M. acasta control strategies and timing their implementation.

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“…(1) Sceliphron asiaticum (Linnaeus, 1758) (Figs. 2A-B) is recorded in Brazil for Amazonas, Amapá, Bahia, Ceará, Distrito Federal, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul (Taschengerg 1869;Fox 1897;Ducke 1910;Nascimento and Overal 1980;Amarante 1993;Garcia and Adis 1995;Amarante 2002;Buys 2009Buys , 2011Carvalho et al 2014;Silvestre et al 2014;Dollfuss 2016;Trad and Silvestre 2017;Rafael et al 2020;Pulawski 2022) ; (2) Sceliphron fistularium (Dahlbom, 1843) (Figs. 2C-D; 1E nest) has its Brazilian distribution for Acre, Amazonas, Amapá, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Pernanbuco, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia,…”

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New parasitoid associations and geographical range extensions of Sceliphron Klug, 1801 (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Brazil

Pádua

Fernandes

Somavilla

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We record for the first time the Darwin wasp species Photocryptus nigrosignatus (Kriechbaumer, 1901) parasitizing nests of the solitary wasp Sceliphron fistularium (Dahlbom, 1843) in the Amazonas state, Brazil, and provide new distribution records for them and S. asiaticum (Linnaeus, 1758), the other species registered to Brazil. Additionally, we also report the emergence of solitary wasp Pachodynerus nasidens Latreille, 1817 (Vespidae), and parasitoid wasps Leucospis sp. (Leucospidae) and Photocryptus sp. in S. fistularium nests.

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An observation of the parasitoidMelittobia australicaGirault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and its host, the solitary waspSceliphron asiaticum(Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)

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Arboreal arthropod assemblages in chili pepper with different mulches and pest managements in freshwater swamps of South Sumatra, Indonesia

Arboreal arthropod assemblages in chili pepper with different mulches and pest managements in freshwater swamps of South Sumatra, Indonesia

Life cycle of Melittobia acasta (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) using Megachile rotundata (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) as a host

New parasitoid associations and geographical range extensions of Sceliphron Klug, 1801 (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Brazil

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