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Validation of a methodology for rearing Spalangia cameroni (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) on Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2014

J. Tormos ,
B. Sabater-Muñoz ,
J.D. Asís  and
F. Beitia
J. Tormos*
Affiliation:
Área de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Salamanca, 37071-Salamanca, Spain
B. Sabater-Muñoz
Affiliation:
Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Unidad Asociada de Entomología, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias/Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Apartado Oficial, 46113-Moncada, Valencia, Spain.
J.D. Asís
Affiliation:
Área de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Salamanca, 37071-Salamanca, Spain
F. Beitia
Affiliation:
Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias, Unidad Asociada de Entomología, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias/Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Apartado Oficial, 46113-Moncada, Valencia, Spain.
*
1 Corresponding author (e-mail: tormos@usal.es).
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Abstract

Spalangia cameroni Perkins (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) is a pupal parasitoid of the Medfly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedmann) (Diptera: Tephritidae), one of the principal pests of Spanish agriculture. Spalangia cameroni is a potential biocontrol agent for this pest if methods can be developed to mass-rear it effectively on C. capitata. Here, we report on the use of freeze-killed pupae of C. capitata to maintain a laboratory colony of S. cameroni, with a view to setting up a mass-rearing protocol. Realised fecundity, adult progeny, sex ratio, and superparasitism level were the principal parameters analysed. No significant differences were found in respect of these parameters between living or freeze-killed Medfly pupae used as hosts, although sex ratios showed a bias towards females in the case of freeze-killed pupae. Freeze-killed pupae were concluded to present the best option for the laboratory-rearing of S. cameroni, on account of ease of rearing, and avoidance of the emergence of Medfly adults.

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Insect Management
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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 146 , Issue 6 , December 2014 , pp. 676 - 683
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© Entomological Society of Canada 2014 

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