Stethoconus praefectus (Hemiptera: Miridae): First North American Records of An Old World Plant Bug Predacious on Avocado Lace Bug, Pseudacysta perseae (Hemiptera: Tingidae), in Florida

Henry, Thomas J.; Peña, Jorge E.; Long, Drew; Acevedo, Flor E.

doi:10.4289/0013-8797-111.1.98

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“…In 2006, an additional survey for natural enemies was initiated and 2 additional predators were discovered, and as well as 2 parasitoid species. Predators include a new lestodiplosine midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), Tingidoletes praelonga Gagné (Gagné et al 2008), and an adventive Asian plant bug, Stethoconus praefectus (Distant) (Heteroptera: Miridae) (Henry et al 2009;Holguin et al 2009). The egg parasitoids were the mymarid, Erythmelus (Erythmelus) klopomor S. Triapitsyn (Triapitsyn et al 2007) and a new Florida Entomologist (95)1…”

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Mortality Factors of the Avocado Lace Bug, Pseudacysta Perseae (Heteroptera: Tingidae), in Florida

Peña

Duncan

Roltsch

et al. 2012

Florida Entomologist

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Mortality Factors of the Avocado Lace Bug, Pseudacysta Perseae (Heteroptera: Tingidae), in Florida

Peña

Duncan

Roltsch

et al. 2012

Florida Entomologist

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“…An alternative strategy for the management of new invasive pests would be to revert to classical biological control; suppressing the introduced pest population's growth by the deliberate introduction and establishment of natural enemies from the pest's home range, in the invaded range. Several natural enemies of ALB have been identified from Florida (Peña et al 1998Gagné et al 2008;Henry et al 2009) and Cuba (de la Torre et al 1999), but their potential for use in classical biological control programs has not been tested. A fundamental step in the initial assessment of potential biological control agents is identifying the geographic area from where the target pest arrived.…”

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Strong genetic structure among populations of the invasive avocado pest Pseudacysta perseae (Heidemann) (Hemiptera: Tingidae) reveals the source of introduced populations

Rugman‐Jones

Hoddle

Phillips³

et al. 2011

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In 2004, the avocado lace bug (ALB) Pseudacysta perseae, was discovered in San Diego County, CA, USA. Historically, California avocado producers have relied on biological control for suppression of injurious pests. A fundamental step in identifying biological control agents is determining the source of the invasive population, thus allowing a focused search of that area for natural enemies most closely adapted to the invasive pest genotype. In an attempt to determine the geographic area of origin for ALB to assist incipient biological control efforts, mitochondrial and microsatellite markers were used to compare the genetic profile of the California population of ALB with that of populations from the pest's known range in the US, Guatemala, Mexico and the Caribbean. Both types of marker revealed evidence for strong genetic structure among the sampled populations. Mitochondrial sequences narrowed the geographic origin of the California population, to populations in Texas and several Mexican states. This geographic range was refined further with the analysis of allele frequencies at eight microsatellite loci which identified ALB populations in the state of Nayarit, Mexico, as the most probable origin of the California population. Any effort to identify natural enemies of ALB for use in biological control in California should therefore focus on Nayarit. The strong genetic structure present among the ALB populations studied is discussed with regards to the potential influence of cytoplasmic incompatibilityinducing endosymbionts, host plant variation, and the putative native range of this pest.

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“…Developmental Time Eggs of S. praefectus are inserted individually on the mid and lateral veins on the adaxial surface of avocado leaves (Henry et al 2009). Eggs hatched within 7.2 ± 0.1 d. There were from 5 to 6 instars for both sexes.…”

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Biology ofStethoconus praefectus(Distant) (Heteroptera: Miridae), A Newly Established Predator of the Avocado Lace Bug,Pseudacysta perseae(Heteroptera: Tingidae), in Florida

Holguín¹,

Peña²,

Henry³

et al. 2009

Florida Entomologist

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Stethoconus praefectus (Hemiptera: Miridae): First North American Records of An Old World Plant Bug Predacious on Avocado Lace Bug, Pseudacysta perseae (Hemiptera: Tingidae), in Florida

Cited by 8 publications

References 9 publications

Mortality Factors of the Avocado Lace Bug, Pseudacysta Perseae (Heteroptera: Tingidae), in Florida

Mortality Factors of the Avocado Lace Bug, Pseudacysta Perseae (Heteroptera: Tingidae), in Florida

Strong genetic structure among populations of the invasive avocado pest Pseudacysta perseae (Heidemann) (Hemiptera: Tingidae) reveals the source of introduced populations

Biology ofStethoconus praefectus(Distant) (Heteroptera: Miridae), A Newly Established Predator of the Avocado Lace Bug,Pseudacysta perseae(Heteroptera: Tingidae), in Florida

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