Report of some Eurytomid wasps (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) and their associated host plants from two provinces of Iran

Alsendi, Ayad; Adelimaneshy, Hamid; Sadeghi, S. E.

doi:10.1088/1755-1315/388/1/012018

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“…In general, the amount of insect-feeding seed damage is low [72]. Occurrences of Eurytomid wasps (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) in seeds are amply documented for different species [73], and on sage seeds, we confirmed and highlighted the seed feeder S. salviae for this sage species. Previously, other finds on S. pratensis, S. glutinosa L., S. scabiosifolia Lam., and probably S. grandiflora Etlin.…”

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Threats Posed to the Rediscovered and Rare Salvia ceratophylloides Ard. (Lamiaceae) by Borer and Seed Feeder Insect Species

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The effects of herbivorous insects on a plant population are not always well tolerated. This is especially true if the herbivorous actions are directed toward rare plant species. Salvia ceratophylloides Ard. is a rare endemism of southern Italy. Observations of the plants in situ revealed that many of them were under severe stress and did not produce seeds. Therefore, to find out which factors affect the reproductive activity as a whole, an observational study was carried out. We found bottom-up and top-down effects on plant health and reproduction associated with herbivorous action. Squamapion elongatum (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Apionidae), in all monitored sites, infested plants non-uniformly but was able to threaten the health condition, flowering, and seed production of sage by digging tunnels into the sage branches (bottom-up action), and then secondarily by seed feeder Systole salvia Zerova (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae) predating sage seeds (top-down action). Mainly, chalcid parasitoid wasps such as Trichomalus spp. (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae), as well as Eupelmus vesicularis and E. muellneri (Hymenoptera, Eupelmidae), limited the herbivorous S. elongatum population and the seed herbivore S. salviae emerged with its parasitoid Ormyrus diffinis (Hymenoptera, Ormyridae). Overall, this study showed how ecological interactions among herbivores, their host, and their natural enemies act on this sage species in all sites investigated. Among the herbivores, mainly S. elongatum affected this rare sage species, which should be taken into consideration, especially in the formulation of biological control solutions and for improving operating practice aimed at reproducing the species. This study provides the molecular characterization of the herbivorous species involved, in order to support future projects to evaluate the intra- and interspecific genetic variability of insects, their evolutionary relationships, and phylogeny studies.

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Threats Posed to the Rediscovered and Rare Salvia ceratophylloides Ard. (Lamiaceae) by Borer and Seed Feeder Insect Species

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“…This study aimed to identify Bruchophagus species associated with Astragalus brachydontus in some parts of North-western provices, as a widely distributed host plant of Bruchophagus. As healthy plant seeds are inevitable need for plant regeneration in the rangeland of the country, the results of this study can be directly used for collecting healthy seeds from uninfected zones in the country (Alsendi et al, 2019, Parsa et al, 2020. At the same way, the determination geographical distribution and host domain of each of these species as a prelude to developing a control program in the rangeland plants in Iran.…”

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“…Ardabil (new records), Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari (Haghighian, 2004), East Azarbaijan (Naghizadeh et al, 2017), Hamedan (Alsendi et al, 2019), Qazvin , Qom (Parsa et al, 2018), and West-Azarbaijan (Zerova et al, 2008) provinces.…”

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“…Most phytophagous species in this family are seed-eaters, stem-eaters or gallmaker (Goulet & Huber, 1993). Because of the high damages caused by some Eurytomidae species (Alsendi et al, 2019), the settlement of infected plants is remarkably reduced in the pastures (Alsendi et al, 2019). Various researchers have studied the family Eurytomidae (Zerova, 1995;Lotfalizadeh et al, 2007;Zerova & Fursov, 2015, 2016Fursov et al, 2017;Alsendi et al, 2019).…”

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“…Because of the high damages caused by some Eurytomidae species (Alsendi et al, 2019), the settlement of infected plants is remarkably reduced in the pastures (Alsendi et al, 2019). Various researchers have studied the family Eurytomidae (Zerova, 1995;Lotfalizadeh et al, 2007;Zerova & Fursov, 2015, 2016Fursov et al, 2017;Alsendi et al, 2019). The Palaearctic species of Eurytominae and Eudecatominae have been keyed by Zerova (1995).…”

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Contribution to the genus Bruchophagus Ashmead species (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae) associated with Astragalus brachydontus (Fabaceae) in Iran

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Nozarı

Sadeghi

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Seed-eater eurytomids of the genus Bruchophagus Ashmead, 1988 were collected from Ardabil and Qazvin provinces in northwest Iran. Various host plants were collected and their seeds were kept in laboratory conditions from 2007 to 2012. Scope of this paper focused on the Bruchophagus species reared from seeds of Astragalus brachydontus Boiss (Fabaceae). We obtained six species of Bruchophagus including B. astragali Fedoseeva. They were B. saxatilis Zerova; B. mutabilis Nikolaskaya; B. nikolskayae (Zerova); B. turkestanicus Zerova, and B. robiniae Zerova. Of which, Bruchophagus saxatilis Zerova, is a new record for the Iranian fauna. New host associations were found for all collected species and it seems a complex biological association that was recorded for the first time. Currently, 11 species of Bruchophagus are occurred inassociated with seeds of A. brachydontus. All previously known species of the genus Bruchophagus in Iran are also tabulated.

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Report of some Eurytomid wasps (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) and their associated host plants from two provinces of Iran

Cited by 2 publications

References 9 publications

Threats Posed to the Rediscovered and Rare Salvia ceratophylloides Ard. (Lamiaceae) by Borer and Seed Feeder Insect Species

Threats Posed to the Rediscovered and Rare Salvia ceratophylloides Ard. (Lamiaceae) by Borer and Seed Feeder Insect Species

Contribution to the genus Bruchophagus Ashmead species (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae) associated with Astragalus brachydontus (Fabaceae) in Iran

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