First Record of Megaselia scalaris (Loew) as a Potential Facultative Parasitoid of Apis mellifera in India

Debnath, Pranab; Roy, Debashis

doi:10.9734/ajob/2018/46210

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“…The species is normally saprophagous, feeding on both plant and animal dead matter, but has been recorded scavenging in the nests of social insects, including Macrotermes gilvus [7], and feeding on stored food, mushrooms, and living plants [11]. It has also been recorded as a parasite or parasitoid of various species of Arthropoda [28,[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42], and Mollusca [42]. Both major and minor soldiers were parasitized, but few minor soldiers were attacked, as shown in Table 1.…”

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Parasitism of Soldiers of the Termite, Macrotermes gilvus (Hagen), by the Scuttle Fly, Megaselia scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridae)

Noknoy

Sunantaraporn

Phumee

et al. 2020

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Termites of the genus Macrotermes (Termitidae: Macrotermitinae) are serious agricultural and structural pests, which also play vital roles in ecosystem functioning, and are crucial for the maintenance of tropical biodiversity. They are widely distributed, mainly in Southeast Asian countries; however, the parasitism of termites has been little researched. This research was conducted to identify and study the ecology of the parasitoids of termites at Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. Macrotermes gilvus (Hagen) soldier termites were collected from 25 mounds. In four of the 25 mounds, scuttle fly larvae were found inside the bodies of the soldier termites, and adult flies were found in all of the mounds. Some of the larvae successfully developed to pupae under laboratory conditions. The percentages of parasitized major soldier termites collected from the four mounds were 43.79%, 47.43%, 0.86%, and 3.49%, respectively, and the percentages of parasitized minor soldier termites were 0.64%, 0.00%, 0.21%, and 0.00%, respectively. Larvae, pupae, and adult flies were identified using both morphological and molecular identifications. Molecular identification used the partial nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene. The results of both identification methods identified the parasitic Diptera as the scuttle fly, Megaselia scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridae). The phylogenetic analysis of the 23 scuttle fly samples (11 larvae, 7 pupae, and 5 adults) classified them into two clades: (1) Those closely related to a previous report in India; (2) those related to M. scalaris found in Asia and Africa. This is the first discovery of M. scalaris in M. gilvus. Further investgation into termite parasitism by M. scalaris and its possible use in the biological control of termites is needed.

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Parasitism of Soldiers of the Termite, Macrotermes gilvus (Hagen), by the Scuttle Fly, Megaselia scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridae)

Noknoy

Sunantaraporn

Phumee

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“…To our knowledge, this is the first record of M. scalaris infesting wild S. frugiperda in China. There have been a few previous reports of this fly infesting other insects in the wild [ 24 , 27 , 28 , 29 ]. Our finding indicates that M. scalaris may play various roles in the ecosystem in addition to being saprophages, such as being parasitic to insects.…”

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First Report on Megaselia scalaris Loew (Diptera: Phoridae) Infestation of the Invasive Pest Spodoptera frugiperda Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in China

Tang

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The invasive pest Spodoptera frugiperda first emerged in China in January 2019 and has, to date, migrated to 29 provinces and municipalities in China, causing heavy crop damage in large areas. As a response to this invasive species from the environment, some indigenous natural enemies have been discovered and reported after S. frugiperda invasion. In this paper, parasitic flies were collected and identified from S. frugiperda collected in the Yunnan, Guangxi, and Henan provinces and the Chongqing municipality in China. By using both conventional and molecular approaches, we were able to show that all the parasitic flies of S. frugiperda identified in the four regions were Megaselia. scalaris, and that they attacked the pest larvae and pupae. This is the first report on an indigenous Chinese Megaselia species that has parasitic ability against the invasive pest S. frugiperda, potentially providing new ideas for pest control in China.

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“…General distribution. Albania, Andorra, Angola, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Cape Verde, China, Colombia, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Egypt, France, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Venezuela (Brown & Oliver, 2007;Disney, 2008;Wakid, 2008;Disney et al, 2010;Seebens et al, 2017;Cham et al, 2018;Khameneh et al, 2018;Debnath & Roy, 2019) (Fig. 4H).…”

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Native parasitoids of the fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae), an invasive alien pest in northern Iran

Karami

Talebi

Gilasian

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J. Insect Biodivers. Syst

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The fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae), is one of the most important pests of forest trees in northern Iran. In order to identify the native parasitoids of this pest a survey was conducted in Guilan province, in 2019. The larvae and pupae of the fall webworm suspected being parasitized, were collected from different host trees and wood piles, and reared under laboratory conditions until the parasitoids emerged. This pest was found parasitized with five species of Hymenoptera, Brachymeria lasus (Walker, 1841) (Chalcididae), Chouioia cunea Yang, 1989 (Eulophidae), Psychophagus omnivorus (Walker, 1835) (Pteromalidae), Pimpla rufipes Brulle, 1846, Virgichneumon dumeticola (Gravenhorst, 1829) (Ichneumonidae), and four species of Diptera, Compsilura concinnata (Meigen, 1824), Exorista larvarum (Linnaeus, 1758), Pales sp. (Tachinidae), and Megaselia scalaris (Loew, 1866) (Phoridae). Among them six species (e.g., P. rufipes, V. dumeticola, B. lasus, E. larvarum, C. concinnata and Pales sp.) are newly reported as the parasitoids of H. cunea from Iran.

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First Record of Megaselia scalaris (Loew) as a Potential Facultative Parasitoid of Apis mellifera in India

Cited by 6 publications

References 6 publications

Parasitism of Soldiers of the Termite, Macrotermes gilvus (Hagen), by the Scuttle Fly, Megaselia scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridae)

Parasitism of Soldiers of the Termite, Macrotermes gilvus (Hagen), by the Scuttle Fly, Megaselia scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridae)

First Report on Megaselia scalaris Loew (Diptera: Phoridae) Infestation of the Invasive Pest Spodoptera frugiperda Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in China

Native parasitoids of the fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae), an invasive alien pest in northern Iran

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