Conference paper - Peer-reviewed, 2017
Exotic or Native? Interspecific Competition in the Parasitization of the Fruit Fly Ceratitis cosyra
De Souza, E. O.; Ayelo, P.; Zannou, J.; Bokonon-Ganta, A. H.; Karlsson, M. F.Abstract
Fopius arisanus Sonan and Fopius caudatus Szèpligeti (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) are two solitary endoparasitoids of tephritid fruit flies that parasitize eggs of fruit flies infesting the same fruits. We studied intraspecific competition between these two parasitoids species in the mango fruit fly Ceratitis cosyra (Walker) (Diptera: Tephritidae). Based on previous documentation of the equal chance of survival between F. arisanus and Fopius ceratititvorus Wharton (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) while co-parasitizing (Bokonon-Ganta et al., 2005), we hypothesized that we would not find a superior competitor between the two parasitoids.Keywords
pests; endoparasitoids; fruit flies; Tephritidae; Fopius arisanus Sonan; Fopius caudatus SzèpligetiPublished in
Book title: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods : Langkawi, Malaysia, September 11-15, 2017ISBN: 978-1-78639-411-8, eISBN: 978-1-78639-411-8
Publisher: CAB International
Conference
5th International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods, SEP 11-15, 2017, Langkawi, MALAYSIAAuthors' information
de Souza, Espérantos O.
Université d'Abomey-Calavi (UAC)
Ayelo, Pascal M.
Université d'Abomey-Calavi (UAC)
Zannou, Joseph Ayomidé
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Bokonon-Ganta, Aimé H.
Université d'Abomey-Calavi (UAC)
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant Protection Biology
UKÄ Subject classification
Zoology
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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/93459