Reproductive behavior of Biosteres arisanus (Sonan) (Hymenoptera:Braconidae), an egg-larval parasitoid of the oriental fruit fly

Ramadan, Mohsen M.; Wong, Tim T. Y.; Beardsley, John W.

doi:10.1016/1049-9644(92)90072-l

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“…The developmental and reproductive biology of F. arisanus has been well documented (Ramadan et al, 1992(Ramadan et al, , 1994Bautista et al, 1998). Some aspects of host habitat location by this parasitoid are also known.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Female wasps emerge with a partial complement of eggs and then mature more eggs quickly, reaching a peak at 4-6 days after emergence (Ramadan et al, 1992). Thus, we used 6-to 7-day-old female wasps that had been housed with males since eclosion and were presumed to have mated and were never exposed to hosts before the experiments (i.e., naïve).…”

Section: Parasitoid Hosts and Host Fruitmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Foraging Behavior and Patch Time Allocation by Fopius arisanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), an Egg-Larval Parasitoid of Tephritid Fruit Flies

Wang

Messing

2003

Journal of Insect Behavior

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Foraging Behavior and Patch Time Allocation by Fopius arisanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), an Egg-Larval Parasitoid of Tephritid Fruit Flies

Wang

Messing

2003

Journal of Insect Behavior

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“…In all tests we used female wasps of each species that had been housed with an approximately equal proportion of males in holding cages (25 · 25 · 25 cm) for 1-2 weeks after emergence, with water and food provided but deprived of hosts prior to tests. Thus the female wasps used in this study were naı¨ve (without oviposition experience) and sexually mature with an expected high mature egg-load (Ramadan et al, 1992;Wang and Messing, 2003a).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Egg–larval opiine parasitoids (Hym., Braconidae) of tephritid fruit fly pests do not attack the flowerhead‐feeder Trupanea dubautiae (Dipt., Tephritidae)

Wang

Bokonon-Ganta

Ramadan³

et al. 2004

J Applied Entomology

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Egg-larval opiine parasitoids (Hym., Braconidae) of tephritid fruit fly pests do not attack the flowerhead-feeder Trupanea dubautiae (Dipt., Tephritidae) Abstract: We investigated the potential impact of three opiine tephritid fruit fly parasitoids: Fopius arisanus (Sonan), Fopius caudatus (Sze´pligeti) and Fopius ceratitivorus Wharton, on the non-target native Hawaiian tephritid, Trupanea dubautiae (Bryan), infesting flowerheads of the endemic Asteraceae shrub Dubautia raillardioides Hillebrand. The three species are the only known opiine fruit fly parasitoids that attack host eggs (but occasionally attack first instars). F. arisanus, which originated in southeast Asia, is now widely established in Hawaii and elsewhere in the world, while the other two are African species currently in quarantine in Hawaii. In the laboratory, field-collected flowerheads of D. raillardioides containing T. dubautiae eggs and first instar larvae were exposed to naı¨ve female wasps of each of the three Fopius species in the absence (no-choice test) or presence (choice test) of papaya fruit infested with eggs of the Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), the parasitoidsÕ normal host. All three Fopius species visited the papaya fruit much more often than the flowerheads, and displayed normal ovipositional responses (probing and stinging) on the fruit in the choice test. None of the three parasitoid species showed ovipositional responses to flowerheads in either choice or no-choice tests. As a result, not a single T. dubautiae egg or larva was attacked by any of the three parasitoids, indicating that these parasitoids of pest tephritids are unable to recognize the microhabitats of flowerhead-feeding tephritids. The results suggest minimal risk of non-target impact in these biological control agents.

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“…The tendency of F. arisanus to probe repeatedly within an oviposition puncture may be an evolutionary consequence of its use of this host. By comparison, more than 100 progeny can be obtained per female F. arisanus when reared on the Oriental fruit fl y (Ramadan et al 1992).…”

Section: Parasitoid Biology Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most likely this direct mortality results from the egg being repeatedly probed (i.e., stabbed) by the F. arisanus ovipositor. Olive fruit fl y lays a single egg per fruit puncture, whereas the typical host of F. arisanus, the Oriental fruit fl y, deposits up to 100 eggs per puncture (Ramadan et al 1992). The tendency of F. arisanus to probe repeatedly within an oviposition puncture may be an evolutionary consequence of its use of this host.…”

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Biological controls investigated to aid management of olive fruit fly in California

Daane¹,

Johnson²,

Pickett³

et al. 2011

Cal Ag

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Reproductive behavior of Biosteres arisanus (Sonan) (Hymenoptera:Braconidae), an egg-larval parasitoid of the oriental fruit fly

Cited by 46 publications

References 8 publications

Foraging Behavior and Patch Time Allocation by Fopius arisanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), an Egg-Larval Parasitoid of Tephritid Fruit Flies

Foraging Behavior and Patch Time Allocation by Fopius arisanus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), an Egg-Larval Parasitoid of Tephritid Fruit Flies

Egg–larval opiine parasitoids (Hym., Braconidae) of tephritid fruit fly pests do not attack the flowerhead‐feeder Trupanea dubautiae (Dipt., Tephritidae)

Biological controls investigated to aid management of olive fruit fly in California

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