Hymenopterous Larval–Pupal and Pupal Parasitoids of Anastrepha Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Mexico

López, M.; Aluja, Martı́n; Sivinski, John

doi:10.1006/bcon.1999.0711

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“…This area of mixed agriculture and uncultivated vegetation contains about 12 % of the plant diversity in Mexico and of this diversity 30 % is endemic (Rzedowski 1996). We argue that a number of the local, largely native, fruit tree species act as critical reservoirs that conserve key parasitoids of tephritid pests (Hernández-Ortiz et al 1994;Lopez et al 1999;Sivinski et al 2000;Aluja et al 2003 and that other fruit trees not only conserve these parasitoids but greatly amplify their numbers. We explain that deforestation resulting in forest fragmentation, as well as selective logging, threatens the trees and therefore the fruit fly parasitoids and the agricultural benefits they could provide.…”

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“…Classical biological control projects targeting Anastrepha species resulted in the establishment of exotic larval-pupal and pupal fruit fly parasitoids in Mexico . However, many native parasitoids, particularly wasps of the family Braconidae that attack tephritid larvae and prepupae, play a role in control of pest fruit flies (Lopez et al 1999;Ovruski et al 2000). Indigenous species are particularly abundant in forest-fruits and non-commercial landscape fruit trees .…”

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“…Because Anastrepha species in Mexico share a pool of genus-level generalist parasitoids, some of the wasps that attack pest fruit flies on their indigenous host plants develop in a large variety of fly species (Lopez et al 1999;Sivinski et al 2000Sivinski et al , 2001. These tephritids are mostly native species of no economic importance that breed in fruits of a variety of uncultivated trees.…”

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Pest management through tropical tree conservation

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Tropical trees can provide various ecological services to adjacent agricultural environments, including maintaining and amplifying the numbers of beneficial insects. In Mexico, certain tree species harbor a diverse guild of hymenopteran parasitoids that attack pest fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) and are at the same time sources of valuable hardwood timber. Indigenous trees and their associated fauna are slowly disappearing due to forest clearance and the expansion of crop monocultures. Here we explore the relationship among pest and non-pest fruit flies, their fruit-hosts and parasitoids in the context of mango orchards and surrounding patches of uncultivated vegetation and propose a novel mechanism to use these associations in favor of conservation purposes and pest management. Trees of conservation biological control interest are classified as: (1) parasitoid multiplier plants, species that serve as alternate hosts for key fruit fly pests when their commercial hosts are not available, but in which they are unusually vulnerable to parasitism; (2) parasitoid reservoir plants, native or introduced trees in whose fruits non-pest fruit flies serve as hosts to generalist parasitoids that are able to attack pest tephritids in other species of commercially grown fruit; and (3) -014-0636-3 introduced species that are not economically important locally, but which harbor fruit flies that would be pests in other circumstances and that serve as hosts for parasitoids of the important pests in the vicinity. Protection, multiplication and dissemination of such tree species has the potential to increase the number of naturally produced fruit fly parasitoids and could assist in the management of tephritid pests in areas where destruction of forests has impoverished the historical sources of fruit fly natural enemies. Tropical forest conservation may help resource-poor farmers reduce crop losses, increase biodiversity within fruit-growing regions and conserve native forests for both conservation purposes and commercial use of native hardwoods.123 Biodivers Conserv (2014) 23:831-853 DOI 10.1007/s10531

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“…and Ceratitis capitata (Weid.) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Latin America (Aluja et al 1990, López et al 1999, Wharton et al 1981 fruitflies. Originally from the Indo-Philippine region, it has been introduced in many countries as a biological control agent with variable results.…”

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“…In contrast, the parasitoids were collected from larvae obtained from a small fruit variety (Hawaiian Solo). According to López et al (1999), small fruit are more likely to be successfully parasitized than large ones. Larvae can be closer to the surface of smaller fruit and easier reach of the parasitoid's ovipositor.…”

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