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Wang H, Cui W, Xi C, Cao X, Li W, Zu G. A taxonomic study of Cheiloneurus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) from China. Zookeys 2024; 1198:143-172. [PMID: 38698808 PMCID: PMC11063624 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1198.118944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024] Open
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Fourteen species of Cheiloneurus from China are studied. Cheiloneurusguangxiensis Zu, sp. nov., is described as new to science, and C.boldyrevi Trjapitzin & Agekyan, 1978, C.bouceki Anis & Hayat, 2002, C.gonatopodis Perkins, 1906, and C.hadrodorys Anis & Hayat, 2002 are newly recorded from China. A key to Chinese species based on females is also presented.
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- Haiyang Wang
- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300392, ChinaTianjin Agricultural UniversityTianjinChina
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300392, ChinaTianjin Agricultural UniversityTianjinChina
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300392, ChinaTianjin Agricultural UniversityTianjinChina
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300392, ChinaTianjin Agricultural UniversityTianjinChina
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300392, ChinaTianjin Agricultural UniversityTianjinChina
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300392, ChinaTianjin Agricultural UniversityTianjinChina
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Li WJ, Li CD. Three new species of Quadrastichus Girault (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China with a key to Chinese species. Zookeys 2023; 1187:169-188. [PMID: 38161715 PMCID: PMC10755890 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1187.111723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
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Six species of Quadrastichus Girault (Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae) from China are reviewed, including three new species: Q.longisetasp. nov., Q.flavomaculatussp. nov., Q.longiscapussp. nov. and one new country record, Q.vacuna (Walker, 1839). New distributional data for Q.anysis (Walker, 1839) and Q.sajoi (Szelényi, 1941), and a key to the Chinese species of Quadrastichus based on females, are included.
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- Wen-Jian Li
- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Bioresources and Environmental Protection, School of Wetland, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng, 224007, ChinaYancheng Teachers UniversityYanchengChina
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- School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, ChinaNortheast Forestry UniversityHarbinChina
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Zu G, Xue H, Wang H, Zhen W, Huang D. Description of three new species and new distributional data for three species of Homalotylus (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) from China. Zookeys 2023; 1184:273-289. [PMID: 38035178 PMCID: PMC10685358 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1184.113292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
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Homalotylustianjinensis Zu, sp. nov., H.bicolor Zu, sp. nov. and H.guangxiensis Zu, sp. nov. are described as new to science; H.agarwali Anis & Hayat, 1998, H.hemipterinus (De Stefani, 1898) and H.varicolorus Krishnachaitanya & Manickavasagam, 2016 are newly recorded from China. A key to Chinese species based on females is also presented.
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- Guohao Zu
- College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, ChinaNankai UniversityTianjinChina
- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, ChinaTianjin Agricultural UniversityTianjinChina
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, ChinaTianjin Agricultural UniversityTianjinChina
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- College of Horticulture and Landscape, Tianjin Agricultural University, Tianjin, 300384, ChinaTianjin Agricultural UniversityTianjinChina
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- Ocean College, Tangshan Normal University, Tangshan, Hebei, 063000, ChinaTangshan Normal UniversityHebeiChina
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- College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, ChinaNankai UniversityTianjinChina
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Eggs B, Fischer S, Csader M, Mikó I, Rack A, Betz O. Terebra steering in chalcidoid wasps. Front Zool 2023; 20:26. [PMID: 37553687 PMCID: PMC10408236 DOI: 10.1186/s12983-023-00503-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023] Open
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Various chalcidoid wasps can actively steer their terebra (= ovipositor shaft) in diverse directions, despite the lack of terebral intrinsic musculature. To investigate the mechanisms of these bending and rotational movements, we combined microscopical and microtomographical techniques, together with videography, to analyse the musculoskeletal ovipositor system of the ectoparasitoid pteromalid wasp Lariophagus distinguendus (Förster, 1841) and the employment of its terebra during oviposition. The ovipositor consists of three pairs of valvulae, two pairs of valvifers and the female T9 (9th abdominal tergum). The paired 1st and the 2nd valvulae are interlocked via the olistheter system, which allows the three parts to slide longitudinally relative to each other, and form the terebra. The various ovipositor movements are actuated by a set of nine paired muscles, three of which (i.e. 1st valvifer-genital membrane muscle, ventral 2nd valvifer-venom gland reservoir muscle, T9-genital membrane muscle) are described here for the first time in chalcidoids. The anterior and posterior 2nd valvifer-2nd valvula muscles are adapted in function. (1) In the active probing position, they enable the wasps to pull the base of each of the longitudinally split and asymmetrically overlapping halves of the 2nd valvula that are fused at the apex dorsally, thus enabling lateral bending of the terebra. Concurrently, the 1st valvulae can be pro- and retracted regardless of this bending. (2) These muscles can also rotate the 2nd valvula and therefore the whole terebra at the basal articulation, allowing bending in various directions. The position of the terebra is anchored at the puncture site in hard substrates (in which drilling is extremely energy- and time-consuming). A freely steerable terebra increases the chance of contacting a potential host within a concealed cavity. The evolution of the ability actively to steer the terebra can be considered a key innovation that has putatively contributed to the acquisition of new hosts to a parasitoid's host range. Such shifts in host exploitation, each followed by rapid radiations, have probably aided the evolutionary success of Chalcidoidea (with more than 500,000 species estimated).
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- Benjamin Eggs
- Evolutionary Biology of Invertebrates, Institute of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
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- Evolutionary Biology of Invertebrates, Institute of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
- Tübingen Structural Microscopy Core Facility (TSM), University of Tübingen, Schnarrenbergstraße 94-96, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Evolutionary Biology of Invertebrates, Institute of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
- State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, Erbprinzenstraße 13, 76133, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Hampshire Collection of Insects and Other Arthropods, University of New Hampshire, Spaulding Hall, Durham, NH, 03824, USA
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, Structure of Materials Group - ID19, CS 40220, 38043, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Evolutionary Biology of Invertebrates, Institute of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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Li MR, Li CD. A new species of Entedon Dalman (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) and three newly recorded species from China. Zookeys 2023; 1172:1-14. [PMID: 38317689 PMCID: PMC10843693 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1172.104676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2024] Open
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In this paper, a new species of Entedon Dalman, E.flavifemursp. nov. is described from Tibet and three species, E.albifemur Kamijo, E.crassiscapus Erdös, and E.nomizonis Kamijo are reported from China for the first time. A detailed description and illustrations of the new species are provided, as well as diagnoses and illustrations of the three newly recorded species.
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- Ming-Rui Li
- Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function of Changbai Mountains, Beihua University, Jilin, 132013, ChinaBeihua UniversityJilinChina
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- School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, ChinaNortheast Forestry UniversityHarbinChina
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Zhu JC, Xiao H, Tang P, Li XF, Li XK, Zhu CD, Wu Q, Xiao JH, Achterberg CV, Huang DW, Chen XX. Evolutionary timescale of chalcidoid wasps inferred from over one hundred mitochondrial genomes. Zool Res 2023; 44:467-482. [PMID: 36994537 DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/31/2023] Open
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Chalcidoidea is one of the most biologically diverse groups among Hymenoptera. Members are characterized by extraordinary parasitic lifestyles and extensive host ranges, among which several species attack plants or serve as pollinators. However, higher-level chalcidoid relationships remain controversial. Here, we performed mitochondrial phylogenomic analyses for major clades (18 out of 25 families) of Chalcidoidea based on 139 mitochondrial genomes. The compositional heterogeneity and conflicting backbone relationships in Chalcidoidea were assessed using various datasets and tree inferences. Our phylogenetic results supported the monophyly of 16 families and polyphyly of Aphelinidae and Pteromalidae. Our preferred topology recovered the relationship (Mymaridae+(Signiphoridae+Leucospidae)+(Chalcididae+((Perilampidae+Eucharitidae)+ remaining Chalcidoidea)))). The monophyly of Agaonidae and Sycophaginae was rejected, while the gall-associated ((Megastigmidae+Ormyridae)+(Ormocerinae+Eurytomidae)) relationship was supported in most results. A six-gene inversion may be a synapomorphy for most families, whereas other derived gene orders may introduce confusion in phylogenetic signals at deeper nodes. Dating estimates suggested that Chalcidoidea arose near the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary and that two dynamic shifts in diversification occurred during the evolution of Chalcidoidea. We hypothesized that the potential codiversification between chalcidoids and their hosts may be crucial for accelerating the diversification of Chalcidoidea. Ancestral state reconstruction analyses supported the hypothesis that gall-inducers were mainly derived from parasitoids of gall-inducers, while other gall-inducers were derived from phytophagous groups. Taken together, these findings advance our understanding of mitochondrial genome evolution in the major interfamilial phylogeny of Chalcidoidea.
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- Jia-Chen Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Provincial Key Lab of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests of Zhejiang, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Provincial Key Lab of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests of Zhejiang, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Provincial Key Lab of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests of Zhejiang, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Provincial Key Lab of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests of Zhejiang, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Provincial Key Lab of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests of Zhejiang, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests, Provincial Key Lab of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insect Pests of Zhejiang, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China. E-mail:
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Aishan Z, Cao HX, Hu HY, Zhu CD. Chinese Species of the Genus Pseudanaphes Noyes & Valentine (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) with Description of a New Species. Insects 2022; 14:39. [PMID: 36661968 PMCID: PMC9865195 DOI: 10.3390/insects14010039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 12/26/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The fairyfly Mymaridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) are widely distributed worldwide, but species of this family have rarely been collected and recorded from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In this study, mymarids collected in Tibet, China, are identified based on morphology and molecular data. Two species of the genus Pseudanaphes Noyes & Valentine are treated and illustrated here, including a known species, P. zhaoi Lin, and a new species, P. yadongicus Aishan & Cao sp. nov. In addition, a key to the world species of Pseudanaphes (females) and DNA barcodes for P. yadongicus and P. zhaoi are provided.
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- Zhulidezi Aishan
- College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830017, China
- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering, Urumqi 830017, China
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- National Animal Collection Resource Center, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830017, China
- Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering, Urumqi 830017, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), Beijing 100049, China
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Jiang J, Wu T, Deng J, Peng L. A Compositional Heterogeneity Analysis of Mitochondrial Phylogenomics in Chalcidoidea Involving Two Newly Sequenced Mitogenomes of Eupelminae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Genes (Basel) 2022; 13. [PMID: 36553606 DOI: 10.3390/genes13122340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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As next-generation sequencing technology becomes more mature and the cost of sequencing continues to fall, researchers are increasingly using mitochondrial genomes to explore phylogenetic relationships among different groups. In this study, we sequenced and analyzed the complete mitochondrial genomes of Eupelmus anpingensis and Merostenus sp. We predicted the secondary-structure tRNA genes of these two species and found that 21 of the 22 tRNA genes in Merostenus sp. exhibited typical clover-leaf structures, with trnS1 being the lone exception. In E. anpingensis, we found that, in addition to trnS1, the secondary structure of trnE was also incomplete, with only DHU arms and anticodon loop remaining. In addition, we found that compositional heterogeneity and variable rates of evolution are prevalent in Chalcidoidea. Under the homogeneity model, a Eupelmidae + Encyrtidae sister group relationship was proposed. Different datasets based on the heterogeneity model produced different tree topologies, but all tree topologies contained Chalcididae and Trichogrammatidae in the basal position of the tree. This is the first study to consider the phylogenetic relationships of Chalcidoidea by comparing a heterogeneity model with a homogeneity model.
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Li WJ, Li CD. A new species and three newly recorded species of Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China. Zookeys 2022; 1131:197-215. [PMID: 36761462 PMCID: PMC9836562 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1131.90688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Five species of five genera in Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China are reviewed, including one new species, Mestocharellaqingdaoensis sp. nov., and three new country record species: Nesolynxthymus (Girault, 1916), Holcotetrastichusrhosaces (Walker, 1839), and Peckelachertusdiprioni Yoshimoto, 1970. New distributional data for Ceratoneuraindi Girault, 1917 are provided.
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- Wen-Jian Li
- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Wetland Bioresources and Environmental Protection, School of Wetland, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng, 224007, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Bioresources of Saline Soils, School of Wetland, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng, 224007, China
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Geng H, Li CD, Polaszek A, Liu SZ. Two new species and a new record of the Encarsialongifasciata-group (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae) from Malaysia and China. Biodivers Data J 2022; 10:e91069. [PMID: 36761528 PMCID: PMC9848454 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.10.e91069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background The genus Encarsia Förster, 1878, which is the largest genus of the family Aphelinidae, contains 453 valid species worldwide. Most species of Encarsia with known biology are primary endoparasitoids of Aleyrodidae and Diaspididae. New information Species of the Encarsialongifasciata-group from Malaysia and China are reviewed. This is the first record of this group from Malaysia. Two new species, E.borneensis Geng & Li sp. n. and E.pauroseta Geng & Li sp. n., are described and illustrated. Encarsialongifasciata is newly recorded from Malaysia (Borneo). An updated key to the longifasciata-group species (females) worldwide is provided.
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- Hui Geng
- Shangrao Normal University, Shangrao, ChinaShangrao Normal UniversityShangraoChina
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- Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, ChinaNortheast Forestry UniversityHarbinChina
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- Natural History Museum, London, United KingdomNatural History MuseumLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, ChinaChongqing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChongqingChina
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Fan JJ, Li CD. Two new species of Deutereulophus Schulz (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China, with a key to Chinese species. Zookeys 2022; 1114:1-9. [PMID: 36761707 PMCID: PMC9848728 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1114.86598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Two new species of Deutereulophus Schulz, D.felix sp. nov. and D.daguisiensis sp. nov., are described from China. A key to species of Deutereulophus known from China is provided.
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- Jun-Jie Fan
- School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, ChinaNortheast Forestry UniversityHarbinChina
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- School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, ChinaNortheast Forestry UniversityHarbinChina
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Zhang YM, Sheikh SI, Ward AKG, Forbes AA, Prior KM, Stone GN, Gates MW, Egan SP, Zhang L, Davis C, Weinersmith KL, Melika G, Lucky A. Delimiting the cryptic diversity and host preferences of Sycophila parasitoid wasps associated with oak galls using phylogenomic data. Mol Ecol 2022; 31:4417-4433. [PMID: 35762844 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Revised: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cryptic species diversity is a major challenge for the species-rich community of parasitoids attacking oak gall wasps due to a high degree of sexual dimorphism, morphological plasticity, small size, and poorly known biology. As such, we know very little about the number of species present, nor the evolutionary forces responsible for generating this diversity. One hypothesis is that trait diversity in the gall wasps, including the morphology of the galls they induce, has evolved in response to selection imposed by the parasitoid community, with reciprocal selection driving diversification of the parasitoids. Using a rare, continental-scale data set of Sycophila parasitoid wasps reared from 44 species of cynipid galls from 18 species of oak across the US, we combined mitochondrial DNA barcodes, Ultraconserved Elements (UCEs), morphological, and natural history data to delimit putative species. Using these results, we generate the first large-scale assessment of ecological specialization and host association in this species-rich group, with implications for evolutionary ecology and biocontrol. We find most Sycophila target specific subsets of available cynipid host galls with similar morphologies, and generally attack larger galls. Our results suggest that parasitoid wasps such as Sycophila have adaptations allowing them to exploit particular host trait combinations, while hosts with contrasting traits are resistant to attack. These findings support the tritrophic niche concept for the structuring of plant-herbivore-parasitoid communities.
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- Y Miles Zhang
- Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA-ARS, c/o National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA.,Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, USA
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- Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA-ARS, c/o National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.,Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA.,Department of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Plant Health and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Directorate of Plant Protection, Budapest, Hungary
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- Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Polaszek A, Fusu L, Viggiani G, Hall A, Hanson P, Polilov AA. Revision of the World Species of Megaphragma Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae). Insects 2022; 13:561. [PMID: 35735898 DOI: 10.3390/insects13060561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2022] [Revised: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 06/04/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Megaphragma species are important models for basic organismal research, and many are potential biological control agents. We present the first extensive revision of species of the genus Megaphragma based on morphological and molecular data. Our revision includes all previously described species, 6 of which are synonymized, and 22 of which are described here as new. We also provide the first key to all species of the genus and reconstruct their phylogeny based on 28S and CO1 molecular markers. The following species are synonymized with M. longiciliatum Subba Rao: M. aligarhensis Yousuf and Shafee syn. nov.; M. amalphitanum Viggiani syn. nov.; M. decochaetum Lin syn. nov.; M. magniclava Yousuf and Shafee syn. nov.; M. shimalianum Hayat syn. nov.M. anomalifuniculi Yuan and Lou syn. nov. is synonymized with M. polychaetum Lin. The following species are described as new: M. antecessor Polaszek and Fusu sp. nov.; M. breviclavum Polaszek and Fusu sp. nov.; M. chienleei Polaszek and Fusu sp. nov.; M. cockerilli Polaszek and Fusu sp. nov.; M. digitatum Polaszek and Fusu sp. nov.; M. fanenitrakely Polaszek and Fusu sp. nov.; M. funiculatum Fusu, Polaszek, and Viggiani sp. nov.; M. giraulti Viggiani, Fusu, and Polaszek sp. nov.; M. hansoni Polaszek, Fusu, and Viggiani sp. nov.; M. kinuthiae Polaszek, Fusu, and Viggiani sp. nov.; M. liui Polaszek and Fusu sp. nov.; M. momookherjeeae Polaszek and Fusu sp. nov.; M. nowickii Polaszek, Fusu, and Viggiani sp. nov.; M. noyesi Polaszek and Fusu sp. nov.; M. pintoi Viggiani sp. nov.; M. polilovi Polaszek, Fusu, and Viggiani sp. nov.; M. rivelloi Viggiani sp. nov.; M. tamoi Polaszek, Fusu, and Viggiani sp. nov.; M. tridens Fusu, and Polaszek sp. nov.; M. uniclavum Polaszek and Fusu sp. nov.; M. vanlentereni Polaszek and Fusu sp. nov.; M. viggianii Fusu, Polaszek, and Polilov sp. nov.
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Fan JJ, Li CD. Two new species of Hemiptarsenus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China, with a key to Chinese species. Zookeys 2022; 1103:45-56. [PMID: 36761784 PMCID: PMC9848686 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1103.85228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Two new species of Hemiptarsenus Westwood, H.tianshuiensis sp. nov. and H.longjiangensis sp. nov., are described from China. New distributional data for H.jilinus Tao, 2021 are provided, and a key to Chinese species of the genus is given based on females.
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- Jun-Jie Fan
- School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, ChinaNortheast Forestry UniversityHarbinChina
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- School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, ChinaNortheast Forestry UniversityHarbinChina
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Huangfu N, Cao HX, Zhu CD. Notes on the Genus Aceratoneuromyia Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Insects 2022; 13. [PMID: 35621785 DOI: 10.3390/insects13050450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Revised: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Fruit flies in the family Tephritidae are well known as economically important pests of edible fruits and can often cause serious damage and losses to both agriculture and the economy. One of the common parasitoids of fruit flies, Aceratoneuromyia indica (Silvestri), has been used in biological programs. However, the biocontrol utilities of parasitoids are impeded by the difficulties of proper identification. Species of the genus Aceratoneuromyia Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), usually developed as parasitoids of fruit flies, are studied here. Trjapitzinichus Kostjukov and Kosheleva is proposed as a new synonym under Aceratoneuromyia. Three new species of Aceratoneuromyia, A. bilinis Huangfu and Cao sp. nov., A. carinata Cao and Zhu sp. nov., and A. trilinus Cao and Zhu sp. nov., are described and illustrated from China. Aceratoneuromyia indica is also treated here with diagnosis and illustrations. DNA barcodes of A. bilinis and A. indica and a key to the world species of Aceratoneuromyia are provided. This study provided important identification information of parasitoids with morphology and molecular evidence, which is useful for imperative needs regarding the identity of parasitoids attacking fruit flies.
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Du S, Ye F, Wang Q, Liang Y, Wan W, Guo J, Liu W. Multiple Data Demonstrate That Bacteria Regulating Reproduction Could Be Not the Cause for the Thelytoky of Diglyphus wani (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Insects 2021; 13:9. [PMID: 35055852 PMCID: PMC8777843 DOI: 10.3390/insects13010009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2021] [Revised: 12/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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In Hymenoptera parasitoids, the reproductive mode is arrhenotoky, while a few species reproduce by thelytoky. The thelytoky of Hymenoptera parasitoids is generally genetically determined by the parasitoids themselves or induced by bacteria, including Wolbachia, Cardinium, and Rickettsia. Diglyphus wani (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a recently reported thelytokous species is a main parasitoid attacking agromyzid leafminers. To assess whether endosymbionts induce thelytoky in D. wani, we performed universal PCR detection and sequenced the V3-V4 region of 16S ribosomal RNA gene. In addition, bacteria were removed through high-temperature and antibiotic treatments, and the localized bacteria were detected using FISH. Based on general PCR detection, Wolbachia, Cardinium, Rickettsia, Arsenophonus, Spiroplasma, and Microsporidia were absent in laboratory and field individuals of thelytokous D. wani. Furthermore, 16S rRNA gene sequencing revealed that the dominant endosymbionts in thelytokous D. wani were not reproductive manipulators. High-temperature and antibiotic treatment for five consecutive generations cannot reverse the thelytokous pattern of D. wani, and no male offspring were produced. Moreover, no bacterial spots were found in the ovaries of D. wani. Thus, it is considered that the thelytoky of D. wani does not result in the presence of endosymbionts. This species is thus the second reported eulophid parasitoid whose thelytoky appears not to be associated with endosymbionts.
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- Sujie Du
- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (S.D.); (F.Y.); (Q.W.); (Y.L.); (W.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (S.D.); (F.Y.); (Q.W.); (Y.L.); (W.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (S.D.); (F.Y.); (Q.W.); (Y.L.); (W.W.)
- Institute of Entomological Science, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (S.D.); (F.Y.); (Q.W.); (Y.L.); (W.W.)
- Department of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (S.D.); (F.Y.); (Q.W.); (Y.L.); (W.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (S.D.); (F.Y.); (Q.W.); (Y.L.); (W.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China; (S.D.); (F.Y.); (Q.W.); (Y.L.); (W.W.)
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Chen Y, Chen HF. First report of Eutrichosomella Girault (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae) from China, with description of a new species. Zookeys 2021; 1071:1-9. [PMID: 34876868 PMCID: PMC8610965 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1071.71909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The genus Eutrichosomella Girault is recorded for the first time from China (Yunnan Province), and Eutrichosomellayunnanensis sp. nov. (♀, ♂) is described and illustrated. A distribution map of this genus is presented.
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- Ye Chen
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Diversity, College of Life Science, Langfang Normal University, Langfang, 065000, China Langfang Normal University Langfang China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Diversity, College of Life Science, Langfang Normal University, Langfang, 065000, China Langfang Normal University Langfang China
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Zhao H, Chen Y, Wang Z, Chen H, Qin Y. Two Complete Mitogenomes of Chalcididae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): Genome Description and Phylogenetic Implications. Insects 2021; 12:insects12121049. [PMID: 34940137 PMCID: PMC8707279 DOI: 10.3390/insects12121049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2021] [Revised: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Simple Summary The Chalcididae are a moderate-sized family of the superfamily Chalcidoidea in Hymenoptera, comprising 1548 species in 87 genera worldwide. Some species are potential natural enemies of pests in agriculture and forestry. Currently, there are still some controversies about the monophyly of Chalcididae and the phylogenetic relationships between Chalcididae and other families in Chalcidoidea. Based on the fact that no mitogenomic phylogenetic analyses of all of the published mitogenomes of Chalcidoidea have been conducted and no complete mitogenome of Chalcididae species has been reported, two newly completed mitochondrial genomes of Chalcididae species (Brachymeria lasus and Haltichella nipponensis) were sequenced and analyzed. The results show that the two chalcidid mitogenomes have quite similar structures and features. In phylogenetic analyses based on 13 PCGs of mitogenomes, the basal position and monophyly of Chalcididae within Chalcidoidea were supported by all trees derived from maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian inference (BI) methods. Abstract The complete mitochondrial genomes of two species of Chalcididae were newly sequenced: Brachymeria lasus and Haltichella nipponensis. Both circular mitogenomes are 15,147 and 15,334 bp in total length, respectively, including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNA genes (rRNAs), and 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs) and an A+T-rich region. The nucleotide composition indicated a strong A/T bias. All PCGs of B. lasus and H. nipponensis began with the start codon ATD, except for B. lasus, which had an abnormal initiation codon TTG in ND1. Most PCGs of the two mitogenomes are terminated by a codon of TAR, and the remaining PCGs by the incomplete stop codon T or TA (ATP6, COX3, and ND4 in both species, with an extra CYTB in B. lasus). Except for trnS1 and trnF, all tRNAs can be folded into a typical clover structure. Both mitogenomes had similar control regions, and two repeat units of 135 bp were found in H. nipponensis. Phylogenetic analyses based on two datasets (PCG123 and PCG12) covering Chalcididae and nine families of Chalcidoidea were conducted using two methods (maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference); all the results support Mymaridae as the sister group of the remaining Chalcidoidea, with Chalcididae as the next successive group. Only analyses of PCG123 generated similar topologies of Mymaridae + (Chalcididae + (Agaonidae + remaining Chalcidoidea)) and provided one relative stable clade as Eulophidae + (Torymidae + (Aphelinidae + Trichogrammatidae)). Our mitogenomic phylogenetic results share one important similarity with earlier molecular phylogenetic efforts: strong support for the monophyly of many families, but a largely unresolved or unstable “backbone” of relationships among families.
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- Huifeng Zhao
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Diversity, College of Life Science, Langfang Normal University, Langfang 065000, China; (H.Z.); (Y.C.); (H.C.)
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Diversity, College of Life Science, Langfang Normal University, Langfang 065000, China; (H.Z.); (Y.C.); (H.C.)
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- School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China;
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Diversity, College of Life Science, Langfang Normal University, Langfang 065000, China; (H.Z.); (Y.C.); (H.C.)
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Diversity, College of Life Science, Langfang Normal University, Langfang 065000, China; (H.Z.); (Y.C.); (H.C.)
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Fan JJ, Li CD. Three new species of Stenomesius Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China, with a key to Chinese species. Zookeys 2021; 1062:1-10. [PMID: 34720614 PMCID: PMC8526507 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1062.67487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Three new species of Stenomesius Westwood, S.guanshanensissp. nov., S.hanisp. nov., and S.harbinensissp. nov., are described from China. A key to all species of the genus Stenomesius in China is provided.
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- Jun-Jie Fan
- School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China Northeast Forestry University Harbin China
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- School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China Northeast Forestry University Harbin China
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Chen HY, Yao JM, Huang SB, Pang H. Ophelimus bipolaris sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), a New Invasive Eucalyptus Pest and Its Host Plants in China. Insects 2021; 12:778. [PMID: 34564218 DOI: 10.3390/insects12090778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Eucalyptus species have become one of the most commonly planted trees worldwide, including China, due to their fast growth and various commercial applications. However, the productivity of Eucalyptus plantations has been threatened by exotic invasive insect pests in recent years. Among these pests, gall inducers of the genus Ophelimus of the Eulophidae family are among the most important invasive species in Eucalyptus plantations. We report here for the first time the presence of a new invasive Eucalyptus gall wasp, Ophelimus bipolaris sp. n., in Guangzhou, China, which also represents the first species of the genus reported from China. The identity of the new species was confirmed by an integrative approach combing biological, morphological and molecular evidence. The new species is described and illustrated. This wasp induces galls only on the leaf blade surface of four Eucalyptus species: E. grandis, E. grandis × E. urophylla, E. tereticornis and E. urophylla. Our preliminary observation showed that O. bipolaris could complete a life cycle on E. urophylla in approximately 2 months under local climatic conditions (23.5-30 °C). Considering the severe damage it may cause to Eucalyptus production, further investigations of its biology and control are urgently needed in China.
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Moro D, Wengrat APGDS, Costa VA, Pozebon H, Tay WT, Bevilaqua JG, Castilhos LB, Padilha G, Ugalde GA, Filho AC, Guedes JVC, Arnemann JA. Integrative Techniques Confirms the Presence of Bemisia tabaci Parasitoids: Encarsia formosa, Encarsia porteri and Eretmocerus mundus (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) on Soybean and Tomatoes in South Brazil. Neotrop Entomol 2021; 50:593-604. [PMID: 33835382 DOI: 10.1007/s13744-021-00873-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Parasitoid wasps from the Aphelinidae family (Hymenoptera) are important control agents of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889) cryptic species, both through reproduction and feeding processes. Identifying native parasitoid species within agricultural systems affected by Bemisia whitefly species is the first step to developing guidelines for the creation and release of biological control agents aiming at this highly damaging pest species complex. Taxonomic and phylogenetic analyses based on morphological and molecular characters, respectively, confirmed the occurrence of Encarsia formosa (Gahan, 1924) in greenhouse tomatoes from Santa Maria, Encarsia porteri (Mercet, 1928) in open-field soybean from Santa Maria, and Eretmocerus mundus Mercet, 1931 in greenhouse tomatoes from São José do Hortêncio, all within Rio Grande do Sul state (South Brazil). This is the first report of En. formosa, En. porteri and Er. mundus parasitising B. tabaci in South Brazil, and the first En. porteri partial mtCOI gene sequence being reported and characterised. The high temperature inside the tomato greenhouses can be a possible cause for the predominance of Er. mundus in São José do Hortêncio, and sex ratios in the surveyed populations point to female and male prevalence within Encarsia and Eretmocerus genera, respectively. The combined use of taxonomic and molecular characterisation highlights the importance of combining both morphological and molecular approaches in the assessment of previously unidentified whitefly parasitoids.
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- Daniela Moro
- Depto de Defesa Fitossanitária, Univ Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Brazil.
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- Depto de Defesa Fitossanitária, Univ Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Brazil
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- Dept of Applied BioSciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Depto de Defesa Fitossanitária, Univ Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Brazil
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- Depto de Defesa Fitossanitária, Univ Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Brazil
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Li MR, Li CD. A new species of Asecodes Förster (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) and first record of A. reticulatum (Kamijo) from China, with a key to Chinese species. Zookeys 2021; 1049:1-14. [PMID: 34321952 PMCID: PMC8298370 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1049.65964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A new species of Asecodes Förster, A.medogensesp. nov. is described from Tibet, China and A.reticulatum (Kamijo) is reported from China for the first time. A key to all known species of genus Asecodes in China is provided.
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- Ming-Rui Li
- School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China Northeast Forestry University Harbin China
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- School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China Northeast Forestry University Harbin China
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Liu Y, Lyu B, Tang X, Lu H, Tang J, Meng R, Cai B. The complete mitochondrial genome of an egg parasitoid ( Trichogramma chilonis). Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 2021; 6:2302-2304. [PMID: 34291165 PMCID: PMC8279149 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1947915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Trichogramma chilonis Ishii is an important natural enemy of several lepidopterous pests on crops. In this study, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of T. chilonis (GenBank accession number MW789210). The length of the complete mitochondrial genome was 16,147 bp, containing 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA genes, and a non-coding control region. The overall base composition of the genome in descending order was 44.8% T, 41.8% A, 9.0% G and 4.5% C, with a significant AT bias of 86.6%. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that T. chilonis had a close relationship with Trichogramma ostriniae.
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- Yanlong Liu
- China Academy of Tropical Agriculture Sciences/Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Haikou, China.,College of Agriculture, Heilongjiang Bayi Agriculture University, Heilongjiang, China
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- China Academy of Tropical Agriculture Sciences/Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Haikou, China
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- China Academy of Tropical Agriculture Sciences/Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Haikou, China
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- China Academy of Tropical Agriculture Sciences/Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Haikou, China
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- China Academy of Tropical Agriculture Sciences/Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Haikou, China
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- Post-Entry Quarantine Station for Tropical Plant, Haikou Customs District P. R. China/Hainan Province Engineering Research Center for Quarantine, Prevention and Control of Exotic Pests, Haikou, P. R. China
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- Post-Entry Quarantine Station for Tropical Plant, Haikou Customs District P. R. China/Hainan Province Engineering Research Center for Quarantine, Prevention and Control of Exotic Pests, Haikou, P. R. China
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Tao SX, Huang K, Tian J, Ruan CC. A new species of Hemiptarsenus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China, with a key to Chinese species. Zookeys 2021; 1033:173-181. [PMID: 33958924 PMCID: PMC8084848 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1033.62129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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A new species, Hemiptarsenusjilinus Tao, sp. nov., is described and illustrated. All the type specimens were reared from Chromatomyiahorticola (Goureau) (Diptera: Agromyzidae), a leafminer attacking the plants Ixerispolycephala Cass. and Pterocypselaindica (L.) Shih, in Jilin Province, north-eastern China. A key to Chinese species of the genus is provided.
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- Shu-Xia Tao
- College of Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, Xincheng Str. 2888, 130118, Changchun China Jilin Agricultural University Changchun China
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- College of Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, Xincheng Str. 2888, 130118, Changchun China Jilin Agricultural University Changchun China
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- College of Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, Xincheng Str. 2888, 130118, Changchun China Jilin Agricultural University Changchun China
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- College of Plant Protection, Jilin Agricultural University, Xincheng Str. 2888, 130118, Changchun China Jilin Agricultural University Changchun China
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Tang X, Lyu B, Lu H, Tang J, Meng R, Cai B. The mitochondrial genome of a parasitic wasp, Chouioia cunea Yang (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) and phylogenetic analysis. Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 2021; 6:872-874. [PMID: 33796663 PMCID: PMC7971297 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1886008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Chouioia cunea Yang 1989 is a parasitic wasp and natural enemy of several lepidopteran pests during their pupal stage. In this study, we sequenced and analyzed the mitochondrial genome of C. cunea, and obtained a complete DNA molecule that is 14,930 bp in size with 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNA genes (rRNAs), and 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs) (GenBank accession number MW192646). All the 13 PCGs started with typical ATN (ATA, ATG, and ATT) and terminated with the stop codon TAA or TAG. Phylogenetic analysis showed that C. cunea formed the sister group with Tamarixia radiata, which belongs to the same family.
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- Xue Tang
- Environment and Plant Protection Institute, China Academy of Tropical Agriculture Sciences, Haikou, China.,Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Haikou, China.,Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Regions, Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- Environment and Plant Protection Institute, China Academy of Tropical Agriculture Sciences, Haikou, China.,Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Haikou, China
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- Environment and Plant Protection Institute, China Academy of Tropical Agriculture Sciences, Haikou, China.,Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Haikou, China
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- Environment and Plant Protection Institute, China Academy of Tropical Agriculture Sciences, Haikou, China.,Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Haikou, China
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- Post-Entry Quarantine Station for Tropical Plant, Haikou Customs, Haikou, China.,Hainan Province Engineering Research Center for Quarantine, Prevention and Control of Exotic Pests, Haikou, China
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- Post-Entry Quarantine Station for Tropical Plant, Haikou Customs, Haikou, China.,Hainan Province Engineering Research Center for Quarantine, Prevention and Control of Exotic Pests, Haikou, China
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Li WJ, Li CD. Two new species of Neotrichoporoides Girault (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China and a key to Chinese species. Zookeys 2021; 1023:61-79. [PMID: 33776515 PMCID: PMC7973065 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1023.61580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 02/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Seven species of Neotrichoporoides Girault from China are reviewed, including two new species: N.basiflavussp. nov., N.flavothoraxsp. nov. and two new country record species: N.cavigena Graham, 1991, N.szelenyii (Erdös, 1951). New distributional data for N.mediterraneus Graham, 1986, N.nyemitawus (Rohwer, 1921) and N.viridimaculatus (Fullaway, 1955) are provided and a key to Chinese species is given based on females.
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- Wen-Jian Li
- School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China Northeast Forestry University Harbin China
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- School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China Northeast Forestry University Harbin China
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Chen Y, Chen HF, Li CD. Two new species of Paraphytis (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae) from Southwest China. Zookeys 2021; 1021:53-63. [PMID: 33716542 PMCID: PMC7940321 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1021.58962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Two new species of Paraphytis Compere, P.bannaensissp. nov. and P.pseudovittatussp. nov., are described from the Xishuangbanna Rainforest (Southwest China). A key to species from China based on females is provided.
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- Ye Chen
- Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Diversity, College of Life Science, Langfang Normal University, Langfang, 065000, China Langfang Normal University Langfang China
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- Hebei Key Laboratory of Animal Diversity, College of Life Science, Langfang Normal University, Langfang, 065000, China Langfang Normal University Langfang China
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- School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China Northeast Forestry University Harbin China
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Li MR, Li CD. Four new species of Closterocerus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China, with a key to Chinese species. Zookeys 2021; 1017:21-36. [PMID: 33633481 PMCID: PMC7895816 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1017.62256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Four new species of Closterocerus Westwood, C. rectisulcus sp. nov., C. shaanxiensis sp. nov., C. separatus sp. nov. and C. unifasciatus sp. nov. are described from China, each with a distinct pattern on the fore wings, and belonging to subgenus Closterocerus. A key to all species of the genus Closterocerus in China is provided.
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- Ming-Rui Li
- School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China Northeast Forestry University Harbin China
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- School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150040, China Northeast Forestry University Harbin China
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Lotfalizadeh H, Rasplus JY, Cristofaro M, Marini F. Tetramesa amica and its parasitoid Eurytoma amicophaga (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae): two new species associated with medusahead, Taeniatherum caput-medusae (Poaceae). Zookeys 2021; 1005:133-149. [PMID: 33390758 PMCID: PMC7762749 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1005.56353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Medusahead, Taeniatherum caput-medusae (Poales: Poaceae), is an annual grass native to central Asia and the Mediterranean region. It is a noxious, invasive weed in much of western North America. During field explorations carried out in Greece in 2017, the new phytophagous eurytomid Tetramesa amica Lotfalizadeh, sp. nov. and its parasitoid Eurytoma amicophaga Lotfalizadeh, sp. nov., also new to science, were recorded for the first time on medusahead. These new species are described and characters that enable to recognize them from their closest relatives are summarized. Tetramesa species are generally species-specific gall-inducers. They induce damages that may have a significant impact on the physiology of infested plants by reducing the productivity of flowering heads and seed weight. Based on these data, T. amica Lotfalizadeh, sp. nov. is currently being investigated as a candidate biological control agent of medusahead.
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- Hossein Lotfalizadeh
- Plant Protection Research Department, East Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research & Education Center, AREEO, Tabriz, Iran East Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research & Education Center Tabriz Iran
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- CBGP, Univ. Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France Univ. Montpellier Montpellier France
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- Centro di Ricerca Casaccia, Agenzia Nazionale Nuove Tecnologie, Energia, e Sviluppo Economico (ENEA), Via Anguillarese, 301, I-00123, Rome, Italy Agenzia Nazionale Nuove Tecnologie Rome Italy.,Biotechnological and Biological Control Agency (BBCA) onlus, Rome, Italy Biotechnological and Biological Control Agency Rome Italy
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- Biotechnological and Biological Control Agency (BBCA) onlus, Rome, Italy Biotechnological and Biological Control Agency Rome Italy
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Li Q, Wang C, Hu HY. Two new species of Dzhanokmenia (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) from China, with first report on a host association for the genus. Zookeys 2021; 1009:67-79. [PMID: 33505195 PMCID: PMC7801364 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1009.57556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Two new species of Dzhanokmenia Kostjukov (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae), D.stefaniolae Li, Wang & Hu, sp. nov. and D.yuxuannis Li, Wang & Hu, sp. nov., are described and illustrated from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. D.stefaniolae was reared from stem-galls made by Stefaniola sp. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on black saxaul, Haloxylonammodendron (Chenopodiaceae); D.yuxuannis was collected by sweeping from both black saxaul and white saxaul, H.persicum, in Beishawo Desert near Fukang. A key to females of all known species of Dzhanokmenia is provided.
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- Qin Li
- College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, 666 Shengli Road, Tianshan District, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830046, China Xinjiang University Urumqi China.,Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering, 666 Shengli Road, Tianshan District, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830046, China Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering Urumqi China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, 666 Shengli Road, Tianshan District, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830046, China Xinjiang University Urumqi China.,Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering, 666 Shengli Road, Tianshan District, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830046, China Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering Urumqi China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Xinjiang University, 666 Shengli Road, Tianshan District, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830046, China Xinjiang University Urumqi China.,Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering, 666 Shengli Road, Tianshan District, Urumqi, Xinjiang, 830046, China Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering Urumqi China
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Wu Y, Yang H, Feng Z, Li B, Zhou W, Song F, Li H, Zhang L, Cai W. Novel gene rearrangement in the mitochondrial genome of Pachyneuron aphidis (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 149:1207-12. [PMID: 32018006 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.01.308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Revised: 01/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Species in Hymenoptera usually show exceptionally high rates of mitochondrial molecular evolution and dramatic gene rearrangements, which has been attributed to their parasitic lifestyle. However, mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of chalcidoid wasps is still poorly understood and the evolution of gene rearrangements is still unclear. In this study, the nearly complete mitogenome of Pachyneuron aphidis, a chalcidoid wasp mainly hyperparasitizes the Aphidius gifuensis, was sequenced using a next-generation sequencing strategy. This genome is 15,137 bp in length, including 13 PCGs, 22 tRNAs, two rRNAs and a partial control region. Alignment with other Chalcidoidea mitogenomes revealed a novel inversion in the srRNA-trnV gene cluster in P. aphidis, which is the first of its kind to be reported in Chalcidoidea. Breakpoint distances analysis showed the high value of chalcidoid wasps compare to the ancestral arrangement pattern, which reflected as extensive gene rearrangements. Despite the high frequency of gene rearrangements in these insects, analyses of gene rearrangement and phylogenetic trees showed that species from the same family and the genus tent to have similar gene orders, and the conserved gene blocks (ND3-trnG, srRNA-trnV and COIII-ATP6-ATP8-trnD-trnK-COII-trnL2-COI) can usually be identified, especially at the family level of chalcidoid wasps.
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Chen YM, Gibson GAP, Peng LF, Iqbal A, Zang LS. Anastatus Motschulsky (Hymenoptera, Eupelmidae): egg parasitoids of Caligula japonica Moore (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae) in China. Zookeys 2019; 881:109-134. [PMID: 31662613 PMCID: PMC6813174 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.881.34646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Four species of Anastatus Motschulsky (Hymenoptera, Eupelmidae, Eupelminae) are newly reported as egg parasitoids of the Japanese giant silkworm, Caligulajaponica Moore and, as an alternate laboratory host, the Chinese oak silk moth, Antheraeapernyi (Guérin-Méneville) (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae) in China. The four species, A.fulloi Sheng & Wang, 1997, A.gansuensis Chen & Zang, sp. nov., A.japonicus Ashmead, 1904, and A.meilingensis Sheng, 1998, were reared initially from eggs of C.japonica collected in Gansu, Jilin and Liaoning provinces and subsequently cultured in the laboratory on eggs of A.pernyi. An illustrated key to differentiate females of the four species, and males of some of the species is provided. Key features are illustrated, both sexes of the new species are described, and diagnoses of females of the other species are given.
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- Yong-Ming Chen
- Jilin Engineering Research Center of Resource Insects Industrialization/Institute of Biological Control, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China Jilin Agricultural University Changchun China
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- Honorary Research Associate, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, K. W. Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Avenue, K1A 0C6, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Canadian National Collection of Insects Ottawa Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Insect Ecology, College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University Fuzhou China
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- Jilin Engineering Research Center of Resource Insects Industrialization/Institute of Biological Control, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China Jilin Agricultural University Changchun China
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- Jilin Engineering Research Center of Resource Insects Industrialization/Institute of Biological Control, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, 130118, China Jilin Agricultural University Changchun China
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Borowiec N, La Salle J, Brancaccio L, Thaon M, Warot S, Branco M, Ris N, Malausa JC, Burks R. Ophelimus mediterraneus sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae): a new Eucalyptus gall wasp in the Mediterranean region. Bull Entomol Res 2019; 109:678-694. [PMID: 30724138 DOI: 10.1017/s0007485318001037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We report here for the first time the presence of Ophelimus mediterraneus sp. n. in Mediterranean Europe. This species appears to be closely related to Ophelimus maskelli, a well-known invasive pest of Eucalyptus. Based on molecular (cytochrome oxidase I, 28S), morphological (multivariate ratio analysis) and bio-ecological investigations, our study gives unambiguous relevant criteria that allow the discrimination between these two species. A full description of O. mediterraneus sp. n. is also provided. The geographic distribution of O. mediterraneus sp. n. as well as its impact on Eucalyptus species needs to be more widely assessed since its presence may have been confused with O. maskelli in their sympatric introduced areas. Further investigations of potential parasitoids in the native area may thus be welcomed to evaluate classical biological control achievability.
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- N Borowiec
- UMR INRA-CNRS-Université Côte d'Azur 'Sophia Agrobiotech Institute', 400 Route des Chappes, 06903 Sophia Antipolis, France
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- Atlas of Living Australia, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
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- UMR INRA-CNRS-Université Côte d'Azur 'Sophia Agrobiotech Institute', 400 Route des Chappes, 06903 Sophia Antipolis, France
- Atlas of Living Australia, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
- Bioline Agroscience, R&D Division, 1306 route de Biot, 06560 Valbonne, France
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- UMR INRA-CNRS-Université Côte d'Azur 'Sophia Agrobiotech Institute', 400 Route des Chappes, 06903 Sophia Antipolis, France
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- UMR INRA-CNRS-Université Côte d'Azur 'Sophia Agrobiotech Institute', 400 Route des Chappes, 06903 Sophia Antipolis, France
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- Forest Research Center, Institute Superior of Agronomy, Technical University of Lisbon, Tapada da Ajuda 1349-017 Lisbon, Portugal
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- UMR INRA-CNRS-Université Côte d'Azur 'Sophia Agrobiotech Institute', 400 Route des Chappes, 06903 Sophia Antipolis, France
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- UMR INRA-CNRS-Université Côte d'Azur 'Sophia Agrobiotech Institute', 400 Route des Chappes, 06903 Sophia Antipolis, France
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- University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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Tavares MT, Santos MEV, Dal Molin A, Peronti ALBG, Sousa-Silva CR. Neotropical Species of Metaphycus (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) Parasitoids of Ceroplastes (Hemiptera, Coccidae): New Species, Interaction Records, and a Checklist. Neotrop Entomol 2019; 48:633-644. [PMID: 30900202 DOI: 10.1007/s13744-019-00676-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Parasitoids of Ceroplastes Gray were surveyed in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Among the parasitoids reared, seven species of Metaphycus Mercet (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) were obtained. Metaphycusanaluciaesp. nov., M. floridensissp. nov., and M. grandissp. nov., are described as new species, and M. ceros Noyes, M. comes Noyes, M. dardanus Noyes, M. opis Noyes are recorded for the first time from Brazil. Ten new host-parasitoid associations are reported: M. analuciaesp. nov. parasitizing C. formicarius Hempel, C. glomeratus Peronti and C. iheringi Cockerel; M. ceros parasitizing C. cirripediformis Comstock; M. comes parasitizing C. formicarius; M. dardanus parasitizing C. glomeratus; M. floridensissp. nov. parasitizing C. floridensis; M. grandissp. nov. parasitizing C. grandis Hempel; and M. opis parasitizing C. glomeratus and C. janeirensis (Gray). A checklist of Metaphycus species associated with Ceroplastes, their distribution and host ranges are summarized and discussed.
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- M T Tavares
- Depto de Ciências Biológicas, Univ Federal do Espírito Santo, Av. Fernando Ferrari 514, 29.075-910, Vitória, ES, Brasil.
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal, Univ Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Brasil
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- Depto de Ciências Biológicas, Univ Federal do Espírito Santo, Av. Fernando Ferrari 514, 29.075-910, Vitória, ES, Brasil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias de Jaboticabal, Univ Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Jaboticabal, Brasil
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- In memoriam. Depto de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Univ Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brasil
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Cruaud A, Nidelet S, Arnal P, Weber A, Fusu L, Gumovsky A, Huber J, Polaszek A, Rasplus JY. Optimized DNA extraction and library preparation for minute arthropods: Application to target enrichment in chalcid wasps used for biocontrol. Mol Ecol Resour 2019; 19:702-710. [PMID: 30758892 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Revised: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Target enrichment is increasingly used for genotyping of plant and animal species or to better understand the evolutionary history of important lineages through the inference of statistically robust phylogenies. Limitations to routine target enrichment are both the complexity of current protocols and low input DNA quantity. Thus, working with tiny organisms such as microarthropods can be challenging. Here, we propose easy to set up optimizations for DNA extraction and library preparation prior to target enrichment. Prepared libraries were used to capture 1,432 ultraconserved elements (UCEs) from microhymenoptera (Chalcidoidea), which are among the tiniest insects on Earth and the most commercialized worldwide for biological control purposes. Results show no correlation between input DNA quantities (1.8-250 ng, 0.4 ng with an extra whole genome amplification step) and the number of sequenced UCEs on an Illumina MiSeq. Phylogenetic inferences highlight the potential of UCEs to solve relationships within the families of chalcid wasps, which has not been achieved so far. The protocol (library preparation + target enrichment) allows processing 96 specimens in five working days, by a single person, without requiring the use of expensive robotic molecular biology platforms, which could help to generalize the use of target enrichment for minute specimens.
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- Astrid Cruaud
- CBGP, INRA, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- CBGP, INRA, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- CBGP, INRA, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.,ISYEB-UMR 7205 MNHN, CNRS, UPMC, EPHE, Sorbonne Universités, Paris, France
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- AGAP, INRA, CIRAD, Montpellier SupAgro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Faculty of Biology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania
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- Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
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- Natural Resources Canada, c/o Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa, Canada
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- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK
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- CBGP, INRA, CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Cancian de Araujo B, Schmidt S, Schmidt O, von Rintelen T, Ubaidillah R, Balke M. The Mt Halimun-Salak Malaise Trap project - releasing the most species rich DNA Barcode library for Indonesia. Biodivers Data J 2018:e29927. [PMID: 30598619 PMCID: PMC6306476 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.6.e29927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The Indonesian archipelago features an extraordinarily rich biota. However, the actual taxonomic inventory of the archipelago remains highly incomplete and there is hardly any significant taxonomic activity that utilises recent technological advances. The IndoBioSys project was established as a biodiversity information system aiming at, amongst other goals, creating inventories of the Indonesian entomofauna using DNA barcoding. Here, we release the first large scale assessment of the megadiverse insect groups that occur in the Mount Halimun-Salak National Park, one of the largest tropical rain-forest ecosystem in West Java, with a focus on Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Diptera and Lepidoptera collected with Malaise traps. From September 2015 until April 2016, 34 Malaise traps were placed in different localities in the south-eastern part of the Halimun-Salak National Park. A total of 4,531 specimens were processed for DNA barcoding and in total, 2,382 individuals produced barcode compliant records, representing 1,195 exclusive BINs or putative species in 98 insect families. A total of 1,149 BINs were new to BOLD. Of 1,195 BINs detected, 804 BINs were singletons and more than 90% of the BINs incorporated less than five specimens. The astonishing heterogeneity of BINs, as high as 1.1 exclusive BIN per specimen of Diptera successfully processed, shows that the cost/benefit relationship of the discovery of new species in those areas is very low. In four genera of Chalcidoidea, a superfamily of the Hymenoptera, the number of discovered species was higher than the number of species known from Indonesia, suggesting that our samples contain many species that are new to science. Those numbers shows how fast molecular pipelines contribute substantially to the objective inventorying of the fauna giving us a good picture of how potentially diverse tropical areas might be.
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- Bruno Cancian de Araujo
- SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Munich, Germany SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München Munich Germany
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- SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Munich, Germany SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München Munich Germany
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- SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Munich, Germany SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München Munich Germany
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- Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Berlin, Germany Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung Berlin Germany
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- Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Cibinong, Indonesia Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences Cibinong Indonesia
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- SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Munich, Germany SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung München Munich Germany
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Yan Z, Fang Q, Tian Y, Wang F, Chen X, Werren JH, Ye G. Mitochondrial DNA and their nuclear copies in the parasitic wasp Pteromalus puparum: A comparative analysis in Chalcidoidea. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 121:572-9. [PMID: 30315882 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.10.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Revised: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Chalcidoidea (chalcidoid wasps) are an abundant and megadiverse insect group with both ecological and economical importance. Here we report a complete mitochondrial genome in Chalcidoidea from Pteromalus puparum (Pteromalidae). Eight tandem repeats followed by 6 reversed repeats were detected in its 3308 bp control region. This long and complex control region may explain failures of amplifying and sequencing of complete mitochondrial genomes in some chalcidoids. In addition to 37 typical mitochondrial genes, an extra identical isoleucine tRNA (trnI) was detected at the opposite end of the control region. This recent mitochondrial gene duplication indicates that gene arrangements in chalcidoids are ongoing. A comparison among available chalcidoid mitochondrial genomes reveals rapid gene order rearrangements overall and high protein substitution rates in most chalcidoid taxa. In addition, we identified 24 nuclear sequences of mitochondrial origin (NUMTs) in P. puparum, summing up to 9989 bp, with 3617 bp of these NUMTs originating from mitochondrial coding regions. NUMTs abundance in P. puparum is only one-twelfth of that in its relative, Nasonia vitripennis. Based on phylogenetic analysis, we provide evidence that a faster nuclear degradation rate contributes to the reduced NUMT numbers in P. puparum. Overall, our study shows unusually high rates of mitochondrial evolution and considerable variation in NUMT accumulation in Chalcidoidea.
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Pers D, Lynch JA. Ankyrin domain encoding genes from an ancient horizontal transfer are functionally integrated into Nasonia developmental gene regulatory networks. Genome Biol 2018; 19:148. [PMID: 30266092 PMCID: PMC6161386 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-018-1526-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/05/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND How regulatory networks incorporate additional components and how novel genes are functionally integrated into well-established developmental processes are two important and intertwined questions whose answers have major implications for understanding the evolution of development. We recently discovered a set of lineage-restricted genes with strong and specific expression patterns along the dorsal-ventral (DV) axis of the embryo of the wasp Nasonia that may serve as a powerful system for addressing these questions. We sought to both understand the evolutionary history of these genes and to determine their functions in the Nasonia DV patterning system. RESULTS We have found that the novel DV genes are part of a large family of rapidly duplicating and diverging ankyrin domain-encoding genes that originated most likely by horizontal transfer from a prokaryote in a common ancestor of the wasp superfamily Chalcidoidea. We tested the function of those ankyrin-encoding genes expressed along the DV axis and found that they participate in early embryonic DV patterning. We also developed a new wasp model system (Melittobia) and found that some functional integration of ankyrin genes have been preserved for over 90 million years. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that regulatory networks can incorporate novel genes that then become necessary for stable and repeatable outputs. Even a modest role in developmental networks may be enough to allow novel or duplicate genes to be maintained in the genome and become fully integrated network components.
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- Daniel Pers
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, MBRB 4020, 900 S. Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, MBRB 4020, 900 S. Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA.
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Zhu JC, Tang P, Zheng BY, Wu Q, Wei SJ, Chen XX. The first two mitochondrial genomes of the family Aphelinidae with novel gene orders and phylogenetic implications. Int J Biol Macromol 2018; 118:386-396. [PMID: 29932999 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.06.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Revised: 06/17/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Chalcidoidea is one of the most diverse group in Hymenoptera by possessing striking mitochondrial gene arrangement. By using next generation sequencing method, the first two nearly complete mitochondrial genomes in the family Aphelinidae (Insecta, Hymenopetra, Chalcidoidea) were obtained in this study. Almost all previously sequenced mitochondrial genome of Chalcidoidea species have a large inversion including six genes (atp6-atp8-trnD-trnK-cox2-trnL2-cox1) as compared with ancestral mitochondrial genome, but these two Encarsia mitochondrial genomes had a large inversion including nine genes (nad3-trnG-atp6-atp8-trnD-trnK-cox2-trnL2-cox1), which was only congruent with the species in the genus Nasonia. Moreover, we found that one shuffling changes (trnD and trnK) happened in the species E. obtusiclava but not in another species E. formosa within the same genus, of which such shuffling within the same genus at this region was only detected in Polisters within Insecta. Phylogenetic analysis displayed that different data matrix (13PCG+ 2 rRNA or 13 PCG) and inference methods (BI or ML) indicate the identical topology with high nodal supports that Aphelinidae formed a sister group with (Trichogrammatidae + Aganoidae) and the monophyly of Pteramalidae. Our results also indicated the validity of assembling and feasibility of next-generation technology to obtain the mitochondrial genomes of parasitic Hymenoptera.
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- Jia-Chen Zhu
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Plant Pathogens and Insect Pests, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Plant Pathogens and Insect Pests, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Plant Pathogens and Insect Pests, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Plant Pathogens and Insect Pests, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Ministry of Agriculture Key Lab of Molecular Biology of Plant Pathogens and Insect Pests, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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Lindsey ARI, Kelkar YD, Wu X, Sun D, Martinson EO, Yan Z, Rugman-Jones PF, Hughes DST, Murali SC, Qu J, Dugan S, Lee SL, Chao H, Dinh H, Han Y, Doddapaneni HV, Worley KC, Muzny DM, Ye G, Gibbs RA, Richards S, Yi SV, Stouthamer R, Werren JH. Comparative genomics of the miniature wasp and pest control agent Trichogramma pretiosum. BMC Biol 2018; 16:54. [PMID: 29776407 PMCID: PMC5960102 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-018-0520-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2018] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Background Trichogrammatids are minute parasitoid wasps that develop within other insect eggs. They are less than half a millimeter long, smaller than some protozoans. The Trichogrammatidae are one of the earliest branching families of Chalcidoidea: a diverse superfamily of approximately half a million species of parasitoid wasps, proposed to have evolved from a miniaturized ancestor. Trichogramma are frequently used in agriculture, released as biological control agents against major moth and butterfly pests. Additionally, Trichogramma are well known for their symbiotic bacteria that induce asexual reproduction in infected females. Knowledge of the genome sequence of Trichogramma is a major step towards further understanding its biology and potential applications in pest control. Results We report the 195-Mb genome sequence of Trichogramma pretiosum and uncover signatures of miniaturization and adaptation in Trichogramma and related parasitoids. Comparative analyses reveal relatively rapid evolution of proteins involved in ribosome biogenesis and function, transcriptional regulation, and ploidy regulation. Chalcids also show loss or especially rapid evolution of 285 gene clusters conserved in other Hymenoptera, including many that are involved in signal transduction and embryonic development. Comparisons between sexual and asexual lineages of Trichogramma pretiosum reveal that there is no strong evidence for genome degradation (e.g., gene loss) in the asexual lineage, although it does contain a lower repeat content than the sexual lineage. Trichogramma shows particularly rapid genome evolution compared to other hymenopterans. We speculate these changes reflect adaptations to miniaturization, and to life as a specialized egg parasitoid. Conclusions The genomes of Trichogramma and related parasitoids are a valuable resource for future studies of these diverse and economically important insects, including explorations of parasitoid biology, symbiosis, asexuality, biological control, and the evolution of miniaturization. Understanding the molecular determinants of parasitism can also inform mass rearing of Trichogramma and other parasitoids for biological control. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12915-018-0520-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Amelia R I Lindsey
- Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, 92521, USA. .,Present Address: Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405, USA.
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- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 14627, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 14627, USA.,Present Address: Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 14627, USA.,State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology & Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, 92521, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology & Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology, Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332, USA
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- Department of Entomology, University of California Riverside, Riverside, California, 92521, USA.
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- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 14627, USA.
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Darwell CT, Segar ST, Cook JM. Conserved community structure and simultaneous divergence events in the fig wasps associated with Ficus benjamina in Australia and China. BMC Ecol 2018; 18:13. [PMID: 29615023 DOI: 10.1186/s12898-018-0167-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Localised patterns of species diversity can be influenced by many factors, including regional species pools, biogeographic features and interspecific interactions. Despite recognition of these issues, we still know surprisingly little about how invertebrate biodiversity is structured across geographic scales. In particular, there have been few studies of how insect communities vary geographically while using the same plant host. We compared the composition (species, genera) and functional structure (guilds) of the chalcid wasp communities associated with the widespread fig tree, Ficus benjamina, towards the northern (Hainan province, China) and southern (Queensland, Australia) edges of its natural range. Sequence data were generated for nuclear and mtDNA markers and used to delimit species, and Bayesian divergence analyses were used to test patterns of community cohesion through evolutionary time. Results Both communities host at least 14 fig wasp species, but no species are shared across continents. Community composition is similar at the genus level, with six genera shared although some differ in species diversity between China and Australia; a further three genera occur in only China or Australia. Community functional structure remains very similar in terms of numbers of species in each ecological guild despite community composition differing a little (genera) or a lot (species), depending on taxonomic level. Bayesian clustering analyses favour a single community divergence event across continents over multiple events for different ecological guilds. Molecular dating estimates of lineage splits between nearest inter-continental species pairs are broadly consistent with a scenario of synchronous community divergence from a shared “ancestral community”. Conclusions Fig wasp community structure and genus-level composition are largely conserved in a wide geographic comparison between China and Australia. Moreover, dating analyses suggest that the functional community structure has remained stable for long periods during historic range expansions. This suggests that ecological interactions between species may play a persistent role in shaping these communities, in contrast to findings in some comparable temperate systems. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12898-018-0167-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Muru D, Madl M, Jacquot M, Deguine JP. A literature-based review of HymenopteraParasitica and Chrysidoidea from Reunion Island. Zookeys 2017; 652:55-128. [PMID: 28331391 PMCID: PMC5345342 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.652.10729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 01/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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A review of the genera and species of Hymenoptera Parasitica and Chrysidoidea reported so far from Reunion Island is provided with host information. Data presented here is based on a review of the existing literature by the authors. The list includes: (1) 156 species of Ichneumonoidea belonging to 65 genera and 25 subfamilies (Braconidae: Agathidinae, Alysiinae, Aphidiinae, Braconinae, Charmontinae, Cheloninae, Doryctinae, Euphorinae, Gnamptodontinae, Microgastrinae, Opiinae; Ichneumonidae: Banchinae, Campopleginae, Cremastinae, Cryptinae, Diplazontinae, Ichneumoninae, Mesochorinae, Metopiinae, Ophioninae, Orthocentrinae, Pimplinae, Tersilochinae, Tryphoninae); (2) 121 species of Chalcidoidea belonging to 56 genera and 8 families (Agaonidae, Aphelinidae, Chalcididae, Encyrtidae, Eulophidae, Eupelmidae, Eurytomidae, Ormyridae, Pteromalidae, Signophoridae, Torymidae and Trichogrammatidae); (3) seven species of Cynipoidea (family Figitidae); (4) six species of Chrysidoidea in three families (Bethylidae, Chrysididae, Dryinidae); (5) five species of Platygastroidea (families Platygastridae and Scelionidae); (6) five species of Diaprioidea (family Diapriidae); (7) four species of Ceraphronoidae (families Ceraphronidae and Megaspilidae); and (8) two species of Evanioidea (family Evaniidae). This review records a total of 306 species.
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- David Muru
- CIRAD, UMR PVBMT, F – 97410 Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, France
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- Naturhistorisches Museum, 2 Zoologische Abteilung, Burgring 7, 1010 Wien, Austria
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- CIRAD, UMR PVBMT, F – 97410 Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, France
- Université de La Réunion, UMR PVBMT, F-97410, Saint-Pierre, La Réunion, France
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Egan SP, Weinersmith KL, Liu S, Ridenbaugh RD, Zhang YM, Forbes AA. Description of a new species of Euderus Haliday from the southeastern United States (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae): the crypt-keeper wasp. Zookeys 2017; 645:37-49. [PMID: 28228666 PMCID: PMC5299223 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.645.11117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Accepted: 12/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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A new species of the genus Euderus Haliday, Euderus setsp. n., is described and illustrated from the southeastern United States, where it parasitizes the crypt gall wasp, Bassettia pallida Ashmead, 1896, on live oaks in the genus Quercus (subsection Virentes). This is the 1st species of the genus reported from the southeastern United States to parasitize cynipid gall wasps and the 3rd species of the genus reported to attack cynipids in North America. Modified sections of the identification keys to subgenera and species of Euderus (Yoshimoto, 1971) are included to integrate the new species.
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- Scott P. Egan
- Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 77005
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- Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, 77005
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- Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 32816
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- Department of Biology, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, 32816
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- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242
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Farache FH, Cruaud A, Genson G, Rasplus JY, Pereira RA. Taxonomic revision and molecular phylogenetics of the Idarnes incertus species-group (Hymenoptera, Agaonidae, Sycophaginae). PeerJ 2017; 5:e2842. [PMID: 28168097 PMCID: PMC5289451 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Sycophaginae is a group of non-pollinating fig wasps considered closely related to the fig pollinators (Agaoninae, Tetrapusiinae, and Kradibiinae) in the most recent phylogenetic analyses. They occur in all tropical regions and are associated with Ficus subgenera Urostigma and Sycomorus. There are six described genera of Sycophaginae, and two are native and confined to the Neotropics, namely Idarnes Walker, 1843 and Anidarnes Bouček, 1993. Genus Idarnes is divided into three morphologically distinct groups that were proven to be monophyletic by recent molecular phylogenetic analyses. In this paper we reviewed the Idarnes incertus species-group and provide detailed morphological descriptions and illustrations for the species belonging to this group. Three previously described species were redescribed: I. brasiliensis (Mayr, 1906) comb. nov., I. hansoni Bouček, 1993, and I. incertus (Ashmead, 1900). Seventeen new species are described by Farache and Rasplus: I. amacayacuensissp. n., I. amazonicussp. n., I. americanaesp. n., I. badiovertexsp. n., I. brevissp. n., I. brunneussp. n., I. comptonisp. n., I. cremersiaesp. n., I. dimorphicussp. n., I. flavicrussp. n., I. flaviventrissp. n., I. gibberosussp. n., I. gordhisp. n., I. maximussp. n., I. nigriventrissp. n., I. pseudoflavussp. n. and I. ramirezisp. n. We provided keys for the identification of the species as well as for recognising the different species-groups of Idarnes and a closely related genus (Sycophaga Westwood, 1840). Additionally, phylogenetic relationships among 13 species of the I. incertus species-group were inferred using four molecular markers and discussed in the light of Ficus taxonomy and host specificity.
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- Fernando H.A. Farache
- Departamento de Biologia, FFCLRP, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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- INRA, UMR 1062 CBGP, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France
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- INRA, UMR 1062 CBGP, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France
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- INRA, UMR 1062 CBGP, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France
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- Departamento de Biologia, FFCLRP, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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Paulson AR, Le CH, Dickson JC, Ehlting J, von Aderkas P, Perlman SJ. Transcriptome analysis provides insight into venom evolution in a seed-parasitic wasp, Megastigmus spermotrophus. Insect Mol Biol 2016; 25:604-16. [PMID: 27286234 DOI: 10.1111/imb.12247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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One of the most striking host range transitions is the evolution of plant parasitism from animal parasitism. Parasitoid wasps that have secondarily evolved to attack plants (ie gall wasps and seed-feeders) demonstrate intimate associations with their hosts, yet the mechanism of plant-host manipulation is currently not known. There is, however, emerging evidence suggesting that ovipositional secretions play a role in plant manipulation. To investigate whether parasites have modified pre-existing adaptations to facilitate dramatic host shifts we aimed to characterize the expression of venom proteins in a plant parasite using a collection of parasitoid venom sequences as a guide. The transcriptome of a seed-feeding wasp, Megastigmus spermotrophus, was assembled de novo and three putative venoms were found to be highly expressed in adult females. One of these putative venoms, aspartylglucosaminidase, has been previously identified as a major venom component in two distantly related parasitoid wasps (Asobara tabida and Leptopilina heterotoma) and may have originated via gene duplication within the Hymenoptera. Our study shows that M. spermotrophus, a specialized plant parasite, expresses putative venom transcripts that share homology to venoms identified in Nasonia vitripennis (both superfamily Chalcidoidea), which suggests that M. spermotrophus may have co-opted pre-existing machinery to develop as a plant parasite.
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- A R Paulson
- Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Integrated Microbial Biodiversity Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Krishnachaitanya T, Manickavasagam S. Two new species of Prionomastix Mayr (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) with a key to Indian species. Biodivers Data J 2016:e7326. [PMID: 27563277 PMCID: PMC4983778 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.4.e7326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2015] [Accepted: 01/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Species of Prionomastix Mayr were not known from India when Manickavasagam and Rameshkumar 2011 and Rameshkumar and Poorani 2015 misidentified a new species as P. siccarius. Now it is corrected by explaining the characters as to why it is new and not P. siccarius along with another new species. As we have one another new species, P. orientialis, described by Rameshkumar and Poorani 2015 our two new species are compared with P. orientalis also. NEW INFORMATION Two new species of Prionomastix Mayr (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), one from Bihar state and the other from Tamil Nadu state, India, are described viz., P. tamilnadensis sp. nov and P. biharensis sp. nov. and a key to all known Indian species is provided.
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Dale-Skey N, Askew RR, Noyes JS, Livermore L, Broad GR. Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Chalcidoidea and Mymarommatoidea. Biodivers Data J 2016; 4:e8013. [PMID: 27346954 PMCID: PMC4910507 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.4.e8013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background A revised checklist of the British and Irish Chalcidoidea and Mymarommatoidea substantially updates the previous comprehensive checklist, dating from 1978. Country level data (i.e. occurrence in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and the Isle of Man) is reported where known. New information A total of 1754 British and Irish Chalcidoidea species represents a 22% increase on the number of British species known in 1978.
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- The Natural History Museum, London, London, United Kingdom
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Roques A, Copeland RS, Soldati L, Denux O, Auger-Rozenberg MA. Megastigmus seed chalcids (Hymenoptera, Torymidae) radiated much more on Angiosperms than previously considered. I- Description of 8 new species from Kenya, with a key to the females of Eastern and Southern Africa. Zookeys 2016:51-124. [PMID: 27199604 PMCID: PMC4857038 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.585.7503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2015] [Accepted: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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A survey of seed chalcids from woody plants in Kenya revealed 12 species belonging to the genus Megastigmus Dalman, 1820, and has increased to 16 the number of Megastigmus species presently recorded from the Afrotropical Region, of which at least 13 are seed feeders. A key to female Megastigmus of the Afrotropical Region is provided. Eight new species are described from morphological evidence: Megastigmuslanneae Roques & Copeland, Megastigmuslaventhali Roques & Copeland, Megastigmusozoroae Roques & Copeland, and Megastigmussmithi Roques & Copeland in seeds of species of the family Anacardiaceae, Megastigmuscopelandi Roques & Copeland and Megastigmusgrewianae Roques & Copeland in seeds of Malvaceae, Megastigmushelinae Roques & Copeland in seeds of Rhamnaceae, and Megastigmusicipeensis Roques & Copeland for which no host is known. These collections include the first records of Malvaceae and Rhamnaceae as hosts of Megastigmus seed chalcids, which appear to have radiated in Angiosperms much more than previously considered. Analyses of the mitochondrial (cytochrome oxidase subunit one – COI) and nuclear DNA (28S ribosomal region) could be carried out on 8 of the 16 African species of which 5 were newly described ones. The species associated with Anacardiaceae always clustered together in phylogenies, confirming the existence of a strong and ancestral monophyletic clade, unlike the ones associated with Malvaceae and Rhamnaceae, whose position remains unclear. All holotypes are deposited in the National Museums of Kenya.
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- Alain Roques
- INRA, UR633, Zoologie Forestière, 2163 Avenue Pomme de Pin, F-45075, Orléans, France
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- ICIPE, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi 00100, Kenya; National Museums of Kenya, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, P.O. Box 40658, Nairobi 00100, Kenya
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- INRA, UMR 1062, Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations, Campus International de Baillarguet, CS 30016, F-34988, Montferrier-sur-Lez, France
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- INRA, UR633, Zoologie Forestière, 2163 Avenue Pomme de Pin, F-45075, Orléans, France
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Gowri P, Manickavasagam S, Kanagarajan R. New records of chalcidid (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) pupal parasitoids from India. Biodivers Data J 2016:e6900. [PMID: 26929709 PMCID: PMC4759434 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.4.e6900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Chalcidids are one of the most important parasitoids of pupae of agriculturally important pests belonging to orders like Lepidoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera and Hymenoptera. Such an important group has not been studied consistently by any team of workers from any country apart from the notable contributions by Boucek, Steffan, Delvare and Narendran. (Boucek 1988, Steffan 1973, Delvare 1992 and Narendran 1989). On a personal note, Dr. John S Noyes of Natural History Museum London agrees with this view as expressed with the second author and hence we felt that we can initiate further work on this group within India. We currently hold hundreds of unidentified specimens of this family in our department collection confirming that we will have much work to do over a long period of time. New information New distribution records of Chalcididae from Andhra Pradesh (Brachymeriamegaspila, B.minuta, Dirhinusanthracia and D.auratus), Bihar (B.podagrica, B.excarinata, B.hearseyi, D.anthracia, D.auratus, D.pilifer, Epitranuserythrogaster and Psilochalciscarinigena), Karnataka (B.apicicornis), Manipur (B.euploeae, D.auratus and E.erythrogaster), Mizoram (B.euploeae and D.anthracia), Nagaland (B.euploeae), Himachal Pradesh (B.alternipes), and Tamil Nadu (B.apicicornis, D.anthracia, D.deplanatus, D.pilifer, D.bakeri, E.observator, E.elongatulus, P.keralensis and P.soudanensis) and union territories Andaman & Nicobar Islands (B.podagrica, B.excarinata, E.erythrogaster and P.carinigena) and Pudhucherry (B.albicrus, D.anthracia, D.auratus, E.erythrogaster and P.kerelensis) are documented from the unidentified material mentioned above.
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- Prakash Gowri
- Annamalai University, Faculty of Agriculture, Chidambaram, India
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Bain A, Tzeng HY, Wu WJ, Chou LS. Ficus (Moraceae) and fig wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) in Taiwan. Bot Stud 2015; 56:11. [PMID: 28510820 PMCID: PMC5432906 DOI: 10.1186/s40529-015-0090-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2014] [Accepted: 04/27/2015] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Although Ficus-associated wasp fauna have been extensively researched in Australasia, information on these fauna in Taiwan is not well accessible to scientists worldwide. In this study, we compiled records on the Ficus flora of Taiwan and its associated wasp fauna. Initial agronomic research reports on Ficus were published in Japanese in 1917, followed by reports on applied biochemistry, taxonomy, and phenology in Chinese. On the basis of the phenological knowledge of 15 species of the Ficus flora of Taiwan, recent research has examined the pollinating and nonpollinating agaonid and chalcid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Updating records according to the current nomenclature revealed that there are 30 taxa (27 species) of native or naturalized Ficus with an unusually high proportion of dioecious species (78%). Four species were observed to exhibit mutualism with more than one pollinating wasp species, and 18 of the 27 Ficus species were reported with nonpollinating wasp species. The number of nonpollinating wasp species associated with specific Ficus species ranges from zero (F. pumila) to 24 (F. microcarpa). Approximately half of the Taiwanese fig tree species have been studied with basic information on phenology and biology described in peer-reviewed journals or theses. This review provides a solid basis for future in-depth comparative studies. This summary of knowledge will encourage and facilitate continuing research on the pollination dynamics of Ficus and the associated insect fauna in Taiwan.
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- Anthony Bain
- Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd.,, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan
- Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive CEFE, UMR 5175 CNRS, 1919 route de Mende, Montpellier, 34293 France
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- Department of Forestry, National Chung-Hsing University, 250 Kuokwang Road, Taichung, 40227 Taiwan
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- Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd.,, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan
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- Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd.,, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan
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