Ovipositional Responses of Three Opiine Fruit Fly Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to Gall-Forming Tephritids (Diptera: Tephritidae)

1997 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian J. Duan ◽  
Mary F. Purcell ◽  
Russell H. Messing
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Fruit Fly Parasitoids

scholarly journals Effect of Density and Lethargy Duration in Prerelease Packaging of the Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Parasitoid, Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Cancino ◽  
Rubén Leal-Mubarqui ◽  
Roberto Angulo ◽  
Cesar Pérez ◽  
Lucy Tirado
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Great Utility ◽  
Diachasmimorpha Longicaudata ◽  
Flight Capacity ◽  
Fruit Fly Parasitoids

Abstract Different densities prerelease packing and times of lethargy in the fruit fly parasitoids Diachasmimorpha longicaudata (Ashmead) were evaluated in order to standardize the process of chilled insect technique for this species. Adults were kept at densities of 0.048, 0.072, 0.096, 0.120, and 0.144 parasitoids/cm2 before release in a México tower, where thermal lethargy was induced at a temperature of 2 ± 2°C for 45 min. Samples of parasitoids were collected to evaluate mortality, survival, fecundity, and flight capacity. All densities showed a similar mortality, both for males (ca. >10%) and females (ca. <7). There was no effect of density on survival and flight capacity in both sexes. On the other hand, fecundity increased with density, 1.66 sons/♀/day, similar to the control. We conclude that a density of 30,000 pupae per cage (0.144 parasitoids/cm2) is adequate for the massive prerelease packaging of the parasitoid D. longicaudata. Regarding the thermal lethargy period, 180 min under 2 ± 2°C conditions, considered as time for management, does not affect the survival, fecundity, and flight capacity of adults. The results obtained are of great utility to establish prerelease packaging parameters for D. longicaudata used in the biological control of Tephritidae fruit fly populations.

scholarly journals Comparative evaluation of two olive fruit fly parasitoids under varying abiotic conditions

BioControl ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 283-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin-geng Wang ◽  
Marshall W. Johnson ◽  
Victoria Y. Yokoyama ◽  
Charles H. Pickett ◽  
Kent M. Daane
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Evaluation ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Olive Fruit Fly ◽  
Abiotic Conditions ◽  
Olive Fruit ◽  
Fruit Fly Parasitoids

Fruit fly parasitoids in coffee in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 621-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aruna Manrakhan ◽  
Hannah Nadel ◽  
Mathew C. Middleton ◽  
Kent M. Daane
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Mpumalanga Province ◽  
Fruit Fly Parasitoids

scholarly journals Six years of fruit fly surveys in Bangladesh: a new species, 33 new country records and discovery of the highly invasive Bactrocera carambolae (Diptera, Tephritidae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 876 ◽  
pp. 87-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luc Leblanc ◽  
M. Aftab Hossain ◽  
Camiel Doorenweerd ◽  
Shakil Ahmed Khan ◽  
Mahfuza Momen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Methyl Eugenol ◽  
Bactrocera Carambolae ◽  
Rural Environments ◽  
Fruit Fly Parasitoids ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Male Lures ◽  
Occurrence Records

We engaged in six years of snap-shot surveys for fruit flies in rural environments and ten protected forest areas of Bangladesh, using traps baited with male lures (cue-lure, methyl eugenol, zingerone). Our work has increased the recorded number of species of Tephritidae in the country from seven to 37. We summarize these surveys and report eight new country occurrence records, and a new species (Zeugodacus madhupuri Leblanc & Doorenweerd, sp. nov.) is described. The highlight among the new records is the discovery, and significant westward range extension, of Bactrocera carambolae Drew & Hancock, a major fruit pest detected in the Chattogram and Sylhet Divisions. We rectify the previously published erroneous record of Bactrocera bogorensis (Hardy), which was based on a misidentification of Zeugodacus diaphorus (Hendel). We also report the occurrence in Bangladesh of nine other Tephritidae, the rearing of three primary fruit fly parasitoids from Zeugodacus, and records of non-target attraction to fruit fly lures.

scholarly journals Spondias mombin as a reservoir of fruit fly parasitoid populations in the Eastern Amazon: an undervalued ecosystem service

PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e11530
Author(s):  
Maria do Socorro Miranda de Sousa ◽  
Ezequiel de Deus ◽  
Adilson Lopes Lima ◽  
Cristiane Ramos de Jesus ◽  
Salustiano Vilar da Costa Neto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Ecosystem Service ◽  
Native Species ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Fruit Trees ◽  
Fruit Flies ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Spondias Mombin ◽  
Fruit Fly Parasitoids

Fruit flies are economically important pests that infest a wide variety of host trees. The environmental damage caused by traditional pesticide-based control methods has prompted scientists to seek less damaging alternatives such as biological control by native species. Parasitoids, especially Braconidae species, have excellent potential as biological control agents for fruit flies, being both generalists and well distributed geographically. Native fruit trees that support medium or high levels of these parasitoids could therefore play an important role in biological control strategies. A good potential example is Spondias mombin L. in the Brazilian Amazon, which hosts several species of fruit flies and associated parasitoids. Here, we provide a unique synthesis of over nearly two decades of data from the east Amazon, clearly demonstrating the potential of S. mombin to act as a source and reservoir of fruit fly parasitoids. This important ecosystem service (biological control) provided by the parasitoids and supported by S. mombin could be further enhanced through conservation of this plant species in its natural environment.

Low temperature storage effects on two olive fruit fly parasitoids

BioControl ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kent M. Daane ◽  
Xin-geng Wang ◽  
Marshall W. Johnson ◽  
Monica L. Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Fruit Fly ◽  
Olive Fruit Fly ◽  
Olive Fruit ◽  
Low Temperature Storage ◽  
Storage Effects ◽  
Fruit Fly Parasitoids ◽  
Temperature Storage
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