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Random mating and reproductive compatibility among Argentinean and southern Brazilian populations of Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2012

J. Rull ,
S. Abraham ,
A. Kovaleski ,
D.F. Segura ,
A. Islam ,
V. Wornoayporn ,
T. Dammalage ,
U. Santo Tomas  and
M.T. Vera
J. Rull*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Apartado Postal 63, 91000 Xalapa, Veracruz, México
S. Abraham
Affiliation:
Cátedra de Terapéutica Vegetal, Departamento de Sanidad Vegetal, Facultad de Agronomía y Zootecnia, UNT, Tucumán, Argentina Comisión Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), CABA, Argentina
A. Kovaleski
Affiliation:
Embrapa Uva e Vinho, Estação Experimental de Vacaria, Vacaria, Brazil Insect Pest Control Laboratory, FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratories, Seibersdorf, Austria
D.F. Segura
Affiliation:
Comisión Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), CABA, Argentina Instituto de Genética ‘E.A. Favret’, INTA Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
A. Islam
Affiliation:
Insect Pest Control Laboratory, FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratories, Seibersdorf, Austria
V. Wornoayporn
Affiliation:
Insect Pest Control Laboratory, FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratories, Seibersdorf, Austria
T. Dammalage
Affiliation:
Insect Pest Control Laboratory, FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratories, Seibersdorf, Austria
U. Santo Tomas
Affiliation:
Insect Pest Control Laboratory, FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratories, Seibersdorf, Austria
M.T. Vera
Affiliation:
Cátedra de Terapéutica Vegetal, Departamento de Sanidad Vegetal, Facultad de Agronomía y Zootecnia, UNT, Tucumán, Argentina Comisión Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), CABA, Argentina
*
*Author for correspondence Fax: +86-10-58807721 E-mail: juan.rull@inecol.edu.mx
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Abstract

As a prerequisite for area-wide application of the sterile insect technique in an area encompassing northern Argentina and southern Brazil, prezygotic and postzygotic reproductive compatibility among three geographically distant populations in the area was tested. In field cages, sexually mature adults of each population were found to be sexually compatible, mating duration was not affected by fly origin and there was no clear evidence of spatial partition of mating location. In the laboratory, homotypic and heterotypic crosses for all possible combinations displayed similar levels of fertility and yielded F1 adults without distortion of the sex ratio. Finally, F1 hybrid and parental adults produced equally viable F2 eggs. Put together, our results and those from earlier studies suggest that a large area, ranging from Buenos Aires to the surroundings of São Paulo, could be managed using a single A. fraterculus mass-reared strain. At the northern margin of this area, two A. fraterculus morphotypes appear to coexist in sympatry. We delineate future research to further delimit the distribution of the aff1 morphotype (Argentina-southern Brazil) and to gain insight into evolutionary patterns producing divergence and radiation of tropical fruit fly species.

Keywords

Anastrepha fraterculuscryptic speciesreproductive compatibilitysterile insect techniquearea-wide
Type
Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 102 , Issue 4 , August 2012 , pp. 435 - 443
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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