Biology of Thaumastocoris peregrinus in different eucalyptus species and hybrids

Soliman, Everton Pires; Wilcken, Carlos Frederico; Pereira, Jaqueline Magalhães; Dias, Thaíse Karla Ribeiro; Zaché, Bruno; Pogetto, M. H. F. A. dal; Barbosa, L. R.

doi:10.1007/s12600-012-0226-4

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“…Among these, the Australian bug Thaumastocoris peregrinus Carpintero and Dellapé (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae) is a serious and widespread pest of Eucalyptus species and commercially propagated hybrid clones (Carpintero and Dellapé 2006, Noack et al 2011, Soliman et al 2012). This insect is commonly referred to as the winter bronze bug due to the characteristic reddening and yellowing of the canopy foliage followed by bronzing and drying of leaves.…”

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“…This insect is commonly referred to as the winter bronze bug due to the characteristic reddening and yellowing of the canopy foliage followed by bronzing and drying of leaves. These symptoms are a result of sap-sucking and puncturing of the leaves and twigs which leads to chlorosis and eventual reduction in tree growth and yield (Wilcken et al 2010, Soliman et al 2012. The insect has been recorded on various species of the family Myrtaceae, including 13 species of the genus Eucalyptus and one species of the genus Corymbia (C. citriodora (Hook) K.D.…”

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“…By 2009, it had spread northwards as far as Kenya (Noack et al 2011, Nadel and. In South America, the insect has also spread rapidly since its first detection in Argentina in 2005, in Uruguay and Brazil in 2008and Chile in 2006(Wilcken et al 2010, Nadel et al 2010, Soliman et al 2012). In 2011, T. peregrinus was detected in Italy, marking the first report of a Thaumastocoridae species in Europe (Laudonia and Sasso 2012).…”

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“…peregrinus has been reported to attack a wide variety of Eucalyptus species, with no clear patterns of host resistance (Noack et al 2011, Soliman et al 2012. In Brazil, general natural enemies such as the green lacewing Chrysoperla externa (Hagen) (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), a predatory bug Atopozelus opsimus Elkin (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) and entomopathogenic fungi such as Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin and Zoophthora radicans (Brefeld) Batko (Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceace) have been observed attacking or infecting nymphs and adults of T. peregrinus (Wilcken et al 2010, Laudonia and Sasso 2012, Mascarin et al 2012.…”

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Biology and Rearing of Cleruchoides noackae (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), an Egg Parasitoid for the Biological Control of Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae)

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Cleruchoides noackae Lin and Huber (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) is a solitary egg parasitoid of Thaumastocoris peregrinus Carpintero and Dellapé (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae). The parasitoid was first described in 2009 and its biology and rearing are poorly understood. A key obstacle to the use of C. noackae as a biological control agent has been the ability to consistently rear it under quarantine conditions. This study reports on a series of experiments conducted in quarantine to rear C. noackae and to examine the effects of diet on longevity, per capita reproduction and progeny sex ratio, as well as to determine development time, and preference and suitability of host eggs of different ages.When supplemented with honey solution, the longevity of C. noackae females increased significantly 2 by 2.4 days and that of males by 1.7 days, relative to the unfed adults. Mean per capita reproduction for the honey-fed wasps was 7.7 offspring per female, with progeny sex ratio slightly skewed towards males. Mean percentage parasitism was 32.2 %. Cleruchoides noackae was capable of parasitizing and completing development from oviposition to adult eclosion within 15.7 days in host eggs between zero and five days old. The ability of C. noackae to parasitize a wide range of host egg ages increases the period of vulnerability of T. peregrinus to attack, increasing its potential efficacy as a biological control agent. The methods and results reported here represent a crucial step in the on-going efforts to develop this potential biological control system.

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Biology and Rearing of Cleruchoides noackae (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), an Egg Parasitoid for the Biological Control of Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae)

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“…A fase ninfal compreende cinco instares, com duração de até 16 dias. A longevidade dos adultos varia de 14 a 42 dias (Soliman et al, 2012).…”

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Registro de Thaumastocoris peregrinus Carpintero e Dellapé na Região Sudoeste do Paraná

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Population dynamics of Thaumastocoris peregrinus in Eucalyptus plantations of South Africa

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Thaumastocoris peregrinus is a sap sucking insect that infests non-native Eucalyptus plantations in Africa, New Zealand, South America and parts of Southern Europe, in addition to street trees in parts of its native range of Australia. In South Africa, pronounced fluctuations in the population densities have been observed. To characterise spatiotemporal variability in T. peregrinus abundance and the factors that might influence it, we monitored adult population densities at six sites in the main eucalypt growing regions of South Africa.At each site twenty yellow sticky traps were monitored weekly for 30 months, together with climatic data. We also characterised the influence of temperature on growth and survival experimentally, and used this to model how temperature may influence population dynamics.T. peregrinus was present throughout the year at all sites, with annual site specific peaks in abundance. Peaks occurred during Autumn (February -April) for the Pretoria site, Summer (November -January) for the Zululand site and Spring (August -October) for the Tzaneen, Sabie and Piet Retief monitoring sites. Temperature (both experimental and field collected), humidity and rainfall were mostly weakly, or not at all, associated with population fluctuations. It is clear that a complex interaction of these and other factors (e.g. host quality) influence population fluctuations in an annual, site specific cycle. The results obtained not only provide insights into the biology of T. peregrinus, but will also be important for future planning of monitoring and control programs using semiochemicals, chemical insecticides or biological control agents.

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Biology of Thaumastocoris peregrinus in different eucalyptus species and hybrids

Cited by 45 publications

References 17 publications

Biology and Rearing of <I>Cleruchoides noackae</I> (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), an Egg Parasitoid for the Biological Control of <I>Thaumastocoris peregrinus</I> (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae)

Biology and Rearing of <I>Cleruchoides noackae</I> (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), an Egg Parasitoid for the Biological Control of <I>Thaumastocoris peregrinus</I> (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae)

Registro de Thaumastocoris peregrinus Carpintero e Dellapé na Região Sudoeste do Paraná

Population dynamics of Thaumastocoris peregrinus in Eucalyptus plantations of South Africa

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