Biological Control of Tephritid Fruit Flies in Argentina: Historical Review, Current Status, and Future Trends for Developing a Parasitoid Mass-Release Program
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Current Fruit Fly Control Strategies
3. Fruit Fly Biological Control
3.1. Historical Overview
3.1.1. Native Parasitoids
Parasitoid species and families | Parasitism modes 4 | Feeder types 5 | Host stage attacked 6 | Host fruit fly species |
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BRACONIDAE | ||||
Asobara anastrephae (Muessebeck) 1 | S, K | En | L3 | Af |
Doryctobracon areolatus (Szépligeti) 1 | S, K | En | L2–L3 | Af, Cc 8 |
Doryctobracon brasiliensis (Szépligeti) 1 | S, K | En | L3 | Af, Cc 8 |
Doryctobracon crawfordi (Viereck) 1 | S, K | En | L3 | Af |
Opius bellus Gahan 1 | S K | En | L3 | Af |
Utetes anastrephae (Viereck) 1 | S, K | En | L3 | Af, Cc 8 |
FIGITIDAE | ||||
Aganaspis pelleranoi (Brèthes) 1 | S, K | En | L3 | Af, Cc |
Dicerataspis grenadensis Ashmead 1 | S, K | En | L3 | Af 8 |
Lopheucoila anastrephae (Rohwer) 1 | S, K | En | L3 | Af |
Rhoptromeris haywardi (Blanchard) 1 | S, K | En | L(?) 7 | Af 8, Cc 8 |
Odontosema anastrephae Borgmeier 1 | S, K | En | L3 | Af |
DIAPRIIDAE | ||||
Coptera haywardi Loiácono 1 | S, I | En | P | Af, Cc |
Tricopria anastrephae Costa Lima 1 | S, I | En | P | Af, Cc 8 |
PTEROMALIDAE | ||||
Pachycrepoideus vindemmiae (Rondani) 2 | S, I | Ec | P | Af, Cc |
Pachyneuron sp. 3 | S, I | Ec | P | Cc |
Spalangia sp. 3 | S, I | Ec | P | Cc |
3.1.2. Exotic Parasitoids
Introduction year(s) | Parasitoid species | Source 1 (institution and country) | Target host(s) | Successfully laboratory Reared | Parasitoid status | Releaseyear(s) | Totalnumber released | ||
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Released | Recovered | Established | |||||||
1947 | Tetrastichus giffardianus | IBSP, Brasil | C. capitata | No | Yes | Yes | No | 1947 | ? |
1961 | Aceratoneuromyia indica | DGSV, Mexico | A. fraterculus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1966–1969 | 700,000 |
C. capitata | 1973–1977 | 100,000 | |||||||
Diachasmimorpha longicaudata | DGSV, Mexico | A. fraterculus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1966–1969 | 10,000 | |
C. capitata | 1973–977 | 29,700 | |||||||
Pachycrepoideusvindemmiae2 | DGSV, Mexico | A. fraterculus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1966–1969 | 96,000 | |
C. capitata | 1973–1977 | 259,200 | |||||||
1966 | Fopius arisanus | DGSV, Mexico | C. capitata | No | Yes | No | No | 1966–1967 | ? |
Doryctobracon crawfordi | DGSV, Mexico | A. fraterculus | No | Yes | No | No | 1966–1967 | ? | |
1977 | A. indica | DGSV, Mexico | A. fraterculus | Yes | No | --- | --- | --- | --- |
C. capitata | |||||||||
1986 | A. indica | OIRSA, Costa Rica | A. fraterculus | Yes | Yes | No | No | 1986–1988 | --- |
C. capitata | |||||||||
D. longicaudata | OIRSA, Costa Rica | A. fraterculus | Yes | Yes | No | No | 1986–1988 | 8,000 | |
C. capitata | |||||||||
P. vindemmiae 2 | OIRSA, Costa Rica | A. fraterculus | Yes | Yes | Yes | --- | 1986–1988 | 3,000 | |
C. capitata | |||||||||
1999 | Diachasmimorpha tryoni | DGSV-Mexico | C. capitata | Yes | No | --- | --- | --- | --- |
D. longicaudata | DGSV-Mexico | A. fraterculus | Yes | Yes | Yes | --- | 2012 to present | ca. 520,000 | |
C. capitata |
3.2. Current Status
3.3. Future Trends
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
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Ovruski, S.M.; Schliserman, P. Biological Control of Tephritid Fruit Flies in Argentina: Historical Review, Current Status, and Future Trends for Developing a Parasitoid Mass-Release Program. Insects 2012, 3, 870-888. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects3030870
Ovruski SM, Schliserman P. Biological Control of Tephritid Fruit Flies in Argentina: Historical Review, Current Status, and Future Trends for Developing a Parasitoid Mass-Release Program. Insects. 2012; 3(3):870-888. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects3030870
Chicago/Turabian StyleOvruski, Sergio M., and Pablo Schliserman. 2012. "Biological Control of Tephritid Fruit Flies in Argentina: Historical Review, Current Status, and Future Trends for Developing a Parasitoid Mass-Release Program" Insects 3, no. 3: 870-888. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects3030870