TY - JOUR
T1 - A critical evaluation of host ranges of parasitoids of the subtribe Diabroticina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Luperini) using field and laboratory host records
AU - Toepfer, Stefan
AU - Cabrera Walsh, Guillermo
AU - Eben, Astrid
AU - Alvarez-Zagoya, Rebeca
AU - Haye, Tim
AU - Zhang, Feng
AU - Kuhlmann, Ulrich
N1 - Funding Information:
We wish to acknowledge S. Avalos (Universidad de Cordoba, Argentina), and N. Cabrera (Museo de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina) for identifying Diabroticina and Celatoria species, J. O’Hara (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada) and N. Wyatt (Natural History Museum, London, UK) for identifying Celatoria species, C. Van Achterberg (Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum, Leiden, The Netherlands) for identifying Centistes species and R.H.L. Disney (University of Cambridge, UK) for identifying Phoridae. Further we would like to thank M. Athanas (USDA-ARS/IBL, Beltsville, MD, USA), D. Ohashi (INTA, Cerro Azul, Misiones, Argentina), G. Heck (USDA-ARS-SABCL, Buenos Aires, Argentina), F. Perez Dominguez (Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrícolas y Pecuarias, Jalisco, Mexico), R. Ventura (Instituto de Ecologia, A.C., Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico), D. Weber (USDA-ARS, Beltsville, MD, USA), R. Smyth and M. P. Hofmann (Cornell University, NY, USA), I. Hiltpold and T. Turlings (University of Neuchatel, Switzerland) and B. Kurtz (CABI Europe, Delémont, Switzerland) for field surveys and/or laboratory assistance. We also want to thank D.C. Fischer for his outstanding, but never published MSc and PhD theses (University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA), which helped us understand the ecology of Celatoria species. We like to thank Urs Schaffner (CABI Europe, Delemont, Switzerland) for helpful discussion on host range terminology, and Samantha Magnus (Agassiz, BC, Canada) for reviewing the English text. We acknowledge funding by the Bundesamt für Bildung und Wissenschaft, Switzerland within the EU-Project QLK-5CT-1999-01110 as well as by USDA-ARS.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The subtribe Diabroticina is a large group of New World Chrysomelidae that includes corn rootworms, cucumber beetles and other pests. Recent introductions of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte into Europe, and the development of resistances to current management practices of rootworms in the USA have increased interest in new sustainable options for managing those pests. The only parasitoids that have been shown to consistently target and develop inside the beetle adults are Centistes gasseni Shaw, Centistes diabroticae Gahan (both Hym.: Braconidae), and Celatoria diabroticae Shimer, Celatoria compressa (Wulp), Celatoria bosqi Blanchard, and Celatoria setosa Coquillett (all Diptera: Tachinidae). This review improves our understanding of the realised and potential host range of these known parasitoids by rectifying erroneous references in light of new host records and from laboratory host range tests. Based on this critical review, all tachinid and braconid species studied are considered to be specific at least to the level of subtribe, i.e. Diabroticina. Celatoria setosa, Celatoria diabroticae and C. bosqi, have a narrow realized and potential host range; the former is restricted to the genus Acalymma and the last two to the fucata and virgifera groups of the genus Diabrotica. The braconids Centistes gasseni and C. diabroticae are also specific. The realized host range of C. gasseni includes species in the Diabrotica fucata and virgifera groups; while its potential host range also includes Acalymma species. The realized and potential host range of Centistes diabroticae includes Acalymma species as well as species in the fucata and virgifera groups of Diabrotica. Celatoria compressa has the broadest realised range compared to the other species studied, since it was obtained from species in several genera of Diabroticina; and its potential host range may also include Old World Aulacophora species.
AB - The subtribe Diabroticina is a large group of New World Chrysomelidae that includes corn rootworms, cucumber beetles and other pests. Recent introductions of Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte into Europe, and the development of resistances to current management practices of rootworms in the USA have increased interest in new sustainable options for managing those pests. The only parasitoids that have been shown to consistently target and develop inside the beetle adults are Centistes gasseni Shaw, Centistes diabroticae Gahan (both Hym.: Braconidae), and Celatoria diabroticae Shimer, Celatoria compressa (Wulp), Celatoria bosqi Blanchard, and Celatoria setosa Coquillett (all Diptera: Tachinidae). This review improves our understanding of the realised and potential host range of these known parasitoids by rectifying erroneous references in light of new host records and from laboratory host range tests. Based on this critical review, all tachinid and braconid species studied are considered to be specific at least to the level of subtribe, i.e. Diabroticina. Celatoria setosa, Celatoria diabroticae and C. bosqi, have a narrow realized and potential host range; the former is restricted to the genus Acalymma and the last two to the fucata and virgifera groups of the genus Diabrotica. The braconids Centistes gasseni and C. diabroticae are also specific. The realized host range of C. gasseni includes species in the Diabrotica fucata and virgifera groups; while its potential host range also includes Acalymma species. The realized and potential host range of Centistes diabroticae includes Acalymma species as well as species in the fucata and virgifera groups of Diabrotica. Celatoria compressa has the broadest realised range compared to the other species studied, since it was obtained from species in several genera of Diabroticina; and its potential host range may also include Old World Aulacophora species.
KW - Celatoria
KW - Centistes
KW - Classical biological control
KW - Ecological host range
KW - Fundamental host range
KW - Potential host range
KW - Realised host range
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U2 - 10.1080/09583150802001742
DO - 10.1080/09583150802001742
M3 - Artículo de revisión
AN - SCOPUS:46749145723
SN - 0958-3157
VL - 18
SP - 483
EP - 504
JO - Biocontrol Science and Technology
JF - Biocontrol Science and Technology
IS - 5
ER -