Revision of the femoralis group of Blepharoneura Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Norrbom, Allen L.; Condon, Marty

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2374.1.1

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“…Blepharoneura is a diverse genus (>100 species) of tephritid fruit flies with endophagous larvae that feed inside tissues of plants in the Cucurbitaceae (Condon & Norrbom, 1999;Condon et al, 2008b;Norrbom and Condon 2010). One especially diverse clade within Blepharoneura includes specialists that deposit eggs within the calyx tissue of flowers of species in a Neotropical subtribe of functionally dioecious species (Guraniinae) (Condon et al, 2008b).…”

Section: Organisms and Samplesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Genetic differentiation associated with host plants and geography among six widespread species of South American Blepharoneura fruit flies (Tephritidae)

Ottens

Winkler

Lewis

et al. 2017

J of Evolutionary Biology

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Tropical herbivorous insects are astonishingly diverse, and many are highly host-specific. Much evidence suggests that herbivorous insect diversity is a function of host plant diversity; yet, the diversity of some lineages exceeds the diversity of plants. Although most species of herbivorous fruit flies in the Neotropical genus Blepharoneura are strongly host-specific (they deposit their eggs in a single host plant species and flower sex), some species are collected from multiple hosts or flowers and these may represent examples of lineages that are diversifying via changes in host use. Here, we investigate patterns of diversification within six geographically widespread Blepharoneura species that have been collected and reared from at least two host plant species or host plant parts. We use microsatellites to (1) test for evidence of local genetic differentiation associated with different sympatric hosts (different plant species or flower sexes) and (2) examine geographic patterns of genetic differentiation across multiple South American collection sites. In four of the six fly species, we find evidence of local genetic differences between flies collected from different hosts. All six species show evidence of geographic structure, with consistent differences between flies collected in the Guiana Shield and flies collected in Amazonia. Continent-wide analyses reveal - in all but one instance - that genetically differentiated flies collected in sympatry from different host species or different sex flowers are not one another's closest relatives, indicating that genetic differences often arise in allopatry before, or at least coincident with, the evolution of novel host use.

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Section: Organisms and Samplesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Genetic differentiation associated with host plants and geography among six widespread species of South American Blepharoneura fruit flies (Tephritidae)

Ottens

Winkler

Lewis

et al. 2017

J of Evolutionary Biology

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“…There are seven species described in the genus Baryglossa. Blepharoneura is an endemic Neotropical genus and it is divided in two species groups (complexes): B. poecilosoma and B. femoralis that is estimated to include more than 200 species, most of which are undescribed (Norrbom and Condon, 2010). This genus has been extensively used for the study of host-use evolution and sympatric speciation (Condon and Norrbom, 1994).…”

Section: Biology Of the Pestmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Thus, distinct genetic lineages coexist in space: some sharing the same host parts, and some infesting different parts of the same host species (Condon et al, 2008;Marsteller et al, 2009). Members of this genus are divided in two species groups (complexes): B. poecilosoma and B. femoralis that are known to include 22 recently recognised species and estimated to include more than 200 species (Norrbom and Condon, 2010). The femoralis and poecilosoma groups can be diagnosed reliably only by morphological differences in genitalia.…”

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Pest categorisation of non‐EU Tephritidae

Bragard¹,

Dehnen‐Schmutz²,

Serio³

et al. 2020

EFS2

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The Panel on Plant Health performed a group pest categorisation of non-EU Tephritidae, a large insect family containing well-studied and economically important fruit fly species and little studied species with scarce information regarding their hosts and species that do not feed on plants. Information was saught on the distribution of each species and their hosts. Tephritidae occur in all biogeographic regions except in extreme desert and polar areas, where their hosts are scarce or absent. Non-European Tephritidae are listed in 2000/29 EC as Annex 1/A1 pests whose introduction into the EU is prohibited. Non-EU Tephritidae are regularly intercepted in the EU. Interceptions mainly occur on fruits although there is potential for entry on other plant parts. Beginning with over 5,000 recognised species, factors relevant for pest categorisation were sequentially used to narrow down the list of species to create a list of Tephritidae not known to be established in the EU yet which occur in countries with some EU climate types and which feed on plants that occur in the EU. Following the introduction of pest species, impacts on cultivated host plants could result in yield and quality losses; harmful impacts on wild hosts are uncertain. Phytosanitary measures are available to prevent the entry of non-EU Tephritidae. Results are presented in a series of appendices listing species screened during the process. Of 4,765 species regarded as non-EU Tephritidae, 257 species satisfy the criteria assessed by EFSA such that they can be considered as potential quarantine pests for the EU. Lack of information of the distribution of hosts and/or impact on wild hosts means 1,087 species of non-EU Tephritidae do not satisfy all criteria to be considered as potential quarantine pests for the EU. Non-EU Tephritidae do not meet the criteria assessed by EFSA for consideration as regulated non-quarantine pests, as members of the group are not present in the EU and plants for planting are not the main means of spread.

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“…The non-type material listed above was reared from the tephritid Oedicarina latifrons infesting fruits of Solanum brachycarpum Correll. Collection data and host information can be found in Norrbom et al (1988).…”

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New neotropical species of Opiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) reared from fruit-infesting and leaf-mining Tephritidae (Diptera) with comments on the Diachasmimorpha mexicana species group and the genera Lorenzopius and Tubiformopius

Wharton¹,

Ward²,

Mikó³

2012

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Four new species of opiine Braconidae are described from Mexico. These are Diachasmimorpha martinalujai Wharton reared from Rhagoletis infesting fruits of Crataegus spp., Diachasmimorpha norrbomi Wharton reared from Euphranta mexicana infesting fruits of Ribes pringlei, Eurytenes (Stigmatopoea) norrbomi Wharton reared from Trypeta concolor mining leaves of Barkleyanthus salicifolia and Eurytenes (Stigmatopoea) maya Wharton reared from Rhagoletis pomonella infesting apples and fruits of Crataegus spp. Morphological features of the first metasomal segment and occipital carina, useful for placement of these species, are discussed relative to the genera Diachasmimorpha, Eurytenes, Lorenzopius, Tubiformopius, and Opius s.l. Descriptions and diagnoses are referenced to the Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology. The following represent new combinations: Diachasmimorpha hildagensis, Lorenzopius euryteniformis, and Tubiformopius tubibasis. Revised diagnoses are provided for Diachasmimorpha hildagensis, Diachasmimorpha mexicana, Diachasmimorpha sanguinea, Eurytenes (Stigmatopoea), Lorenzopius, Lorenzopius euryteniformis, Tubiformopius, Tubiformopius tubigaster, Tubiformopius tubibasis, Opius incoligma, and Opius rugicoxis. Two species groups are delineated within Lorenzopius and a key to species of Diachasmimorpha occurring in the New World is provided.

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Revision of the femoralis group of Blepharoneura Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Cited by 5 publications

References 12 publications

Genetic differentiation associated with host plants and geography among six widespread species of South American Blepharoneura fruit flies (Tephritidae)

Genetic differentiation associated with host plants and geography among six widespread species of South American Blepharoneura fruit flies (Tephritidae)

Pest categorisation of non‐EU Tephritidae

New neotropical species of Opiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) reared from fruit-infesting and leaf-mining Tephritidae (Diptera) with comments on the Diachasmimorpha mexicana species group and the genera Lorenzopius and Tubiformopius

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