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Giovanni Benelli - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Aggression in Tephritidae Flies: Where, When, Why? Future Directions for Research in Integrated Pest Management
    Insects, 2014
    Co-Authors: Giovanni Benelli
    Abstract:

    True fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) include over 4000 species, many of which constitute enormous threats to fruit and vegetable production worldwide. A number of Tephritidae are lekking species, forming aggregations in which males fight to defend a small territory where they court females and mate. Male-male contests also occur in non-lekking species, characterized by resource defense polygyny. Tephritidae females display agonistic behavior to maintain single oviposition sites and reduce larval competition for food. Here, how, where, when and why aggressive interactions occur in Tephritidae flies is reviewed. A number of neglected issues deserving further research are highlighted, with a special focus on diel periodicity of aggression, cues evoking aggressive behavior, the role of previous experience on fighting success and the evolution of behavioral lateralization of aggressive displays. In the final section, future directions to exploit this knowledge in Integrated Pest Management, with particular emphasis on enhancement of Sterile Insect Technique and interspecific competitive displacement in the field are suggested.

  • Lek dynamics and cues evoking mating behavior in tephritid flies infesting soft fruits: implications for behavior-based control tools
    Applied Entomology and Zoology, 2014
    Co-Authors: Giovanni Benelli, Giulia Giunti, Angelo Canale, Russell H. Messing
    Abstract:

    Soft fruits are cultivated in many parts of the world and are heavily attacked by a huge range of arthropod pests, including many Tephritidae flies. Soft fruits are consumed by a broad array of consumers, including children, pregnant women and elderly people; thus, high safety levels are required to ensure their adequate protection. On this basis, ecofriendly control tools against Tephritids Infesting Soft Fruits (TISF) are urgently needed. Despite extensive research carried out on Tephritidae behavioral ecology, little is known about lek dynamics and cues evoking mating behavior in TISF. Here we provide a focused look at this issue, reviewing the current knowledge about sexual communication in TISF. First, we examine pre-courtship lek dynamics and the role of male-male aggression in TISF. Second, we review knowledge about mating behavior sequences, with special reference to chemical (mainly sex pheromones) and physical cues (both vibrational and visual) guiding mate choice dynamics. Third, current and potential Integrated Pest Management applications aimed at area-wide control of TISF are outlined, with special reference to improvement of monitoring, the sterile insect technique, and “lure and kill” tools, including the male annihilation technique based on the sprayable specialized pheromone and lure application technology.

  • sexual communication and related behaviours in Tephritidae current knowledge and potential applications for integrated pest management
    Journal of Pest Science, 2014
    Co-Authors: Giovanni Benelli, Angelo Canale, Russell H. Messing, Kent M Daane, Roger I Vargas
    Abstract:

    Tephritidae are an enormous threat to fruit and vegetable production throughout the world, causing both quantitative and qualitative losses. Investigating mating sequences could help to unravel mate choice dynamics, adding useful information to improve behaviour-based control strategies. We review current knowledge about sexual communication and related behaviours in Tephritidae, with a focus on six key agricultural pests: Anastrepha ludens, Bactrocera cucurbitae, Bactrocera dorsalis, Bactrocera oleae, Ceratitis capitata and Rhagoletis pomonella. We examine features and the role of male–male combat in lekking sites, cues affecting mating dynamics, and some fitness-promoting female behaviours that occur at oviposition sites [the use of oviposition marking pheromones (OMPs) and female–female fights for single oviposition sites]. We outline future perspectives and potential contributions of knowledge about sexual communication to Integrated Pest Management programs for tephritid pests. Sexually selected traits are frequently good indicators of male fitness and knowledge of sexual selection processes may contribute to the improvement of the sterile insect technique (SIT), to select genotypes with high reproductive success and to promote sexually selected phenotypes through mass-rearing optimization. Furthermore, males’ exposure to parapheromones, such as phenyl propanoids (PPs), ginger root oil and trimedlure can enhance the mating success of sterile flies used in SIT programs. PPs are also a powerful tool to improve reduced-risk monitoring dispensers and the male annihilation technique, with low side effects on non-target insects. Lastly, we outline the possibility to sensitise or train mass-reared parasitoids on OMPs during the pre-release phase, in order to improve their post-release performance in the field.

  • impact of mass rearing on the host seeking behaviour and parasitism by the fruit fly parasitoid psyttalia concolor szepligeti hymenoptera braconidae
    Journal of Pest Science, 2012
    Co-Authors: Angelo Canale, Giovanni Benelli
    Abstract:

    Psyttalia concolor (Szepligeti) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a koinobiont larval–pupal endoparasitoid of a large number of tephritids. P. concolor can be commonly reared on fully grown Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) larvae. In our laboratory, over 180 consecutive generations have been completed on C. capitata. In this study, we tested the possibility that the uninterrupted mass-rearing of P. concolor on C. capitata may influence its host location and parasitisation behaviours when used against Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) (Diptera: Tephritidae), the fruit fly commonly targeted in mass release of P. concolor in olive-groves. Choice and no-choice tests were used with naive and experienced P. concolor females exposed to B. oleae and/or C. capitata larvae. The study showed no significant difference in oviposition behaviours and host acceptance when provided either C. capitata or B. oleae. However, the study did show that experience on a host plus a substrate complex could influence host preferences, since females that had previous oviposition experience on a given host species searched and chose significantly more when the same host species was presented, both in choice and no-choice conditions. Therefore, within the context of the pest management of fruit flies, it could be very useful to incorporate procedures in insectary-propagated fruit fly parasitoids designed to provide adequate training (i.e. oviposition experience) on the fruit fly species needing to be controlled.

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Angelo Canale - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Lek dynamics and cues evoking mating behavior in tephritid flies infesting soft fruits: implications for behavior-based control tools
    Applied Entomology and Zoology, 2014
    Co-Authors: Giovanni Benelli, Giulia Giunti, Angelo Canale, Russell H. Messing
    Abstract:

    Soft fruits are cultivated in many parts of the world and are heavily attacked by a huge range of arthropod pests, including many Tephritidae flies. Soft fruits are consumed by a broad array of consumers, including children, pregnant women and elderly people; thus, high safety levels are required to ensure their adequate protection. On this basis, ecofriendly control tools against Tephritids Infesting Soft Fruits (TISF) are urgently needed. Despite extensive research carried out on Tephritidae behavioral ecology, little is known about lek dynamics and cues evoking mating behavior in TISF. Here we provide a focused look at this issue, reviewing the current knowledge about sexual communication in TISF. First, we examine pre-courtship lek dynamics and the role of male-male aggression in TISF. Second, we review knowledge about mating behavior sequences, with special reference to chemical (mainly sex pheromones) and physical cues (both vibrational and visual) guiding mate choice dynamics. Third, current and potential Integrated Pest Management applications aimed at area-wide control of TISF are outlined, with special reference to improvement of monitoring, the sterile insect technique, and “lure and kill” tools, including the male annihilation technique based on the sprayable specialized pheromone and lure application technology.

  • sexual communication and related behaviours in Tephritidae current knowledge and potential applications for integrated pest management
    Journal of Pest Science, 2014
    Co-Authors: Giovanni Benelli, Angelo Canale, Russell H. Messing, Kent M Daane, Roger I Vargas
    Abstract:

    Tephritidae are an enormous threat to fruit and vegetable production throughout the world, causing both quantitative and qualitative losses. Investigating mating sequences could help to unravel mate choice dynamics, adding useful information to improve behaviour-based control strategies. We review current knowledge about sexual communication and related behaviours in Tephritidae, with a focus on six key agricultural pests: Anastrepha ludens, Bactrocera cucurbitae, Bactrocera dorsalis, Bactrocera oleae, Ceratitis capitata and Rhagoletis pomonella. We examine features and the role of male–male combat in lekking sites, cues affecting mating dynamics, and some fitness-promoting female behaviours that occur at oviposition sites [the use of oviposition marking pheromones (OMPs) and female–female fights for single oviposition sites]. We outline future perspectives and potential contributions of knowledge about sexual communication to Integrated Pest Management programs for tephritid pests. Sexually selected traits are frequently good indicators of male fitness and knowledge of sexual selection processes may contribute to the improvement of the sterile insect technique (SIT), to select genotypes with high reproductive success and to promote sexually selected phenotypes through mass-rearing optimization. Furthermore, males’ exposure to parapheromones, such as phenyl propanoids (PPs), ginger root oil and trimedlure can enhance the mating success of sterile flies used in SIT programs. PPs are also a powerful tool to improve reduced-risk monitoring dispensers and the male annihilation technique, with low side effects on non-target insects. Lastly, we outline the possibility to sensitise or train mass-reared parasitoids on OMPs during the pre-release phase, in order to improve their post-release performance in the field.

  • impact of mass rearing on the host seeking behaviour and parasitism by the fruit fly parasitoid psyttalia concolor szepligeti hymenoptera braconidae
    Journal of Pest Science, 2012
    Co-Authors: Angelo Canale, Giovanni Benelli
    Abstract:

    Psyttalia concolor (Szepligeti) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a koinobiont larval–pupal endoparasitoid of a large number of tephritids. P. concolor can be commonly reared on fully grown Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) larvae. In our laboratory, over 180 consecutive generations have been completed on C. capitata. In this study, we tested the possibility that the uninterrupted mass-rearing of P. concolor on C. capitata may influence its host location and parasitisation behaviours when used against Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) (Diptera: Tephritidae), the fruit fly commonly targeted in mass release of P. concolor in olive-groves. Choice and no-choice tests were used with naive and experienced P. concolor females exposed to B. oleae and/or C. capitata larvae. The study showed no significant difference in oviposition behaviours and host acceptance when provided either C. capitata or B. oleae. However, the study did show that experience on a host plus a substrate complex could influence host preferences, since females that had previous oviposition experience on a given host species searched and chose significantly more when the same host species was presented, both in choice and no-choice conditions. Therefore, within the context of the pest management of fruit flies, it could be very useful to incorporate procedures in insectary-propagated fruit fly parasitoids designed to provide adequate training (i.e. oviposition experience) on the fruit fly species needing to be controlled.

Ricardo Adaime - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • First record of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the state of Acre, Brazil
    EntomoBrasilis, 2017
    Co-Authors: Ricardo Adaime, Maria Do Socorro Miranda De Sousa, Rodrigo Souza Santos, Tatyane Da Silva Azevedo, Adriana Da Silva Vasconcelos, Miguel Francisco De Souza-filho
    Abstract:

    Abstract. We report for the first time the presence of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the state of Acre, Brazil, reared from guava fruit ( Psidium guajava L.) and star fruit ( Averrhoacarambola L.). This finding increases our knowledge about the geographical records of this fruit fly in the Brazilian Amazon. Primeiro registro de Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) no estado do Acre, Brasil Resumo. Registra-se pela primeira vez a presenca de Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) no estado do Acre, Brasil, a partir de frutos de goiabeira ( Psidium guajava L.) e de caramboleira ( Averrhoacarambola L.), aumentando o conhecimento dos registros geograficos dessa mosca na Amazonia brasileira.

  • frugivorous flies diptera Tephritidae lonchaeidae their host plants and associated parasitoids in the extreme north of amapa state brazil
    Florida Entomologist, 2017
    Co-Authors: Ricardo Adaime, Maria Do Socorro Miranda De Sousa, Cristiane Ramos De Jesusbarros, Ezequiel Da Gloria De Deus, Jose Francisco Martins Pereira, Pedro Carlos Strikis, Miguel Francisco De Souzafilho
    Abstract:

    We conducted a survey of frugivorous flies (Diptera: Tephritidae and Lonchaeidae), their host plants, and associated parasitoids in the extreme north of Amapa State, Brazil. Fruit were collected from various plant species between May 2011 and Jul 2013. In total, 218 fruit samples were collected (3,915 fruits, 115.6 kg), from 33 plant species (12 native and 21 introduced) in 22 families. Infestation by fruit flies was observed in 69 samples, representing 17 plant species in 13 families. In total, 3,480 puparia were obtained, from which emerged specimens of Anastrepha Schiner (6 species; Tephritidae), Neosilba McAlpine (4 species; Lonchaeidae), and Bactrocera carambolae Drew & Hancock (Tephritidae), as well as wasp parasitoids in the family Braconidae (3 species). This work adds new records of frugivorous flies in the studied area and establishes new relationships between species of frugivorous flies and host plants in the Brazilian Amazon.

  • Potential of Amazonian isolates of Metarhizium to control immatures of Bactrocera carambolae (Diptera: Tephritidae)
    Florida Entomologist, 2016
    Co-Authors: Taline De Lima Silva, Maria Do Socorro Miranda De Sousa, Jose Francisco Martins Pereira, A. L. Lima, Cristiane Ramos Des Jesus-barros, A. Bariani, Ricardo Adaime
    Abstract:

    This study shows the potential of Amazonian isolates of Metarhizium Sorokin to control immatures of Bactrocera carambolae Drew & Hancock (Diptera: Tephritidae), a quarantine pest present in Brazil. Our results reveal the effectiveness of an isolate of Metarhizium anisopliae (Metsch.) Sorokin to control immatures of B. carambolae, suggesting the potential for direct application of this isolate onto the soil to reduce populations of the pest.

  • New Host Records for Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the State of Pará, Brazil
    Florida Entomologist, 2016
    Co-Authors: Mayara Ribeiro De Araujo, Walkymário De Paulo Lemos, Leandro Carvalho Da Silva, Luana Priscila Nogueira França, Ricardo Adaime
    Abstract:

    Summary Natural infestation of fruits of Garcinia acuminata Planch. & Triana and Garcinia brasiliensis C. Martius (Malpighiales: Clusiaceae) by Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is reported for the first time in the state of Para, Brazil. Garcinia acuminata is reported as a fruit fly host for the first time in Brazil.

  • First record of Anastrepha fraterculus and Ceratitis capitata (Diptera, Tephritidae) on Arecaceae in Brazil.
    Florida Entomologist, 2013
    Co-Authors: Marcoandre Savaris, Ricardo Adaime, Silvana Lampert, Alberto Luiz Marsaro-júnior, Miguel Francisco De Souza-filho
    Abstract:

    Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) and Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera, Tephritidae) were associated with fruits of Butia eriospatha (Mart. ex Drude) Becc. (Arecaceae) for the first time in Brazil, from samples collected in Passo Fundo, state of Rio Grande do Sul. Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) e Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera, Tephritidae) foram associadas a frutos de Butia eriospatha (Mart. ex Drude) Becc. (Arecaceae) pela primeira vez no Brasil, a partir de amostras coletadas em Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul. View this article in BioOne

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