Parasitoids are choosy: increase in the capacity to discriminate parasitised tephritid pupae by Coptera haywardi

Cancino, Jorge; Pérez, Benedicto; Johnson, Anne C.; Reynolds, Olivia L.

doi:10.1007/s10526-019-09941-5

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“…Thus, the native C. haywardii is currently a suitable candidate for use with D. longicaudata in augmentative area-wide releases against Anastrepha spp. in Mexico [ 19 , 230 , 231 ].…”

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Biological Control of Tephritid Fruit Flies in the Americas and Hawaii: A Review of the Use of Parasitoids and Predators

García

Ovruski

Suárez

et al. 2020

Insects

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Biological control has been the most commonly researched control tactic within fruit fly management programs. For the first time, a review is carried out covering parasitoids and predators of fruit flies (Tephritidae) from the Americas and Hawaii, presenting the main biological control programs in this region. In this work, 31 species of fruit flies of economic importance are considered in the genera Anastrepha (11), Rhagoletis (14), Bactrocera (4), Ceratitis (1), and Zeugodacus (1). In this study, a total of 79 parasitoid species of fruit flies of economic importance are listed and, from these, 50 are native and 29 are introduced. A total of 56 species of fruit fly predators occur in the Americas and Hawaii.

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“…Thus, the native C. haywardii is currently a suitable candidate for use with D. longicaudata in augmentative area-wide releases against Anastrepha spp. in Mexico [ 19 , 230 , 231 ].…”

Section: Biological Control Programsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Biological Control of Tephritid Fruit Flies in the Americas and Hawaii: A Review of the Use of Parasitoids and Predators

García

Ovruski

Suárez

et al. 2020

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“…Females use their heads to dig up loose soil around buried pu-pae, then drag the host to the surface and oviposit (Buckingham 1975). Hosts, when known, are primarily true fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae), and parasitism rates of pupae can exceed 10% (Cameron and Morrison 1977;Maier 1981), such that species in this genus have been explored as potential biological control organisms (Silvestri 1914;Hagen et al 1980;Sivinski et al 1998;Baeza-Larios et al 2002;Guillén et al 2002;Cancino et al 2019). Further, though some Coptera species may be flexible in their host associations (e.g., Coptera occidentalis Muesebeck, 1980;Kazimírová and Vallo 1992), others are apparently limited to single fly host species and have garnered interest from evolutionary biologists interested in co-speciation (Hamerlinck et al 2016).…”

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Description of the new species Coptera tonic (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae), a pupal parasitoid of Rhagoletis juniperina Marcovitch (Diptera, Tephritidae), and revised partial keys to Nearctic Coptera Say

Ericson¹,

Forbes²

2020

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Functional response and mutual interference in the parasitoid Coptera haywardi (Oglobin) (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) attacking Anastrepha ludens (Loew) (Diptera: Tephritidae) pupae

Clemente,

Toledo,

Pérez-Lachaud

et al. 2024

Bull. Entomol. Res.

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Functional response and mutual interference are important attributes of natural enemies that should be analysed in species with the potential to be used as biological control agents in order to increase the predictive power of the possible benefits and/or consequences of their release in the field. Our main objective was to determine the functional response and mutual interference of Coptera haywardi (Oglobin), a pupal parasitoid of economically important fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae). The functional response of C. haywardi on A. ludens pupae corresponded to a type II model, with an attack rate of 0.0134 host pupa/h and a handling time of 1.843 h, which reveals a meticulous selection process of pupal hosts. The effect of mutual interference among foraging females was negatively correlated with increased parasitoid density in the experimental arena, showing a gradual decline in attack rate per individual female. The increase in the number of foraging females also had an impact on the number of oviposition scars per pupa and the number of immature parasitoids per dissected pupa, but not on the percentage of adult emergence or the sex ratio. Our results suggest that C. haywardi could act as a complementary parasitoid in the control of fruit fly pupae, since the random distribution of these pupae in the soil would decrease the possibility of aggregation and mutual interference between foraging females.

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Parasitoids are choosy: increase in the capacity to discriminate parasitised tephritid pupae by Coptera haywardi

Cited by 6 publications

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Biological Control of Tephritid Fruit Flies in the Americas and Hawaii: A Review of the Use of Parasitoids and Predators

Biological Control of Tephritid Fruit Flies in the Americas and Hawaii: A Review of the Use of Parasitoids and Predators

Description of the new species Coptera tonic (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae), a pupal parasitoid of Rhagoletis juniperina Marcovitch (Diptera, Tephritidae), and revised partial keys to Nearctic Coptera Say

Functional response and mutual interference in the parasitoid Coptera haywardi (Oglobin) (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) attacking Anastrepha ludens (Loew) (Diptera: Tephritidae) pupae

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