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ArticleNeotropical entomology2024

Reproductive Biology of Trichopria anastrephae (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae), a Biological Control Agent of Drosophila suzukii  (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae).

Alexandra P Krüger, Amanda M Garcez, Tiago Scheunemann, Daniel Bernardi, Dori E Nava, Flávio R M Garcia

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Alexandra P KrügerCrop Protection Department, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Capão do Leão, RS, Brazil. alexandra_kruger@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1358-192X
Amanda M GarcezCrop Protection Department, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Capão do Leão, RS, Brazil.
Tiago ScheunemannCrop Protection Department, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Capão do Leão, RS, Brazil.
Daniel BernardiCrop Protection Department, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Capão do Leão, RS, Brazil.
Dori E NavaEmbrapa Temperate Agriculture, Pelotas, RS, Brazil.
Flávio R M GarciaCrop Protection Department, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Capão do Leão, RS, Brazil.

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CAPES 001CNPQ 311896/2021-9International Atomic Energy Agency 004
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Abstract

Hymenopteran parasitoids, like any other insect, employ strategies to ensure their reproduction. Understanding these strategies is important for ecological purposes, but also to improve mass rearing of biological control agents. Here, we describe mating strategies used by the pupal parasitoid Trichopria anastrephae Lima (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae), a potential biocontrol agent, that has been considered for augmentative releases for management of the invasive pest species Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae). We studied the emergence pattern of males and females of T. anastrephae and the effects of parental ae on offspring number and sex ratio. Polygamy was also studied and its effects on parasitism and offspring production were described. Adults from this species emerge in the first hours of photophase, and males emerge before females, demonstrating that T. anastrephae is a protandrous species. Parasitoid age when first mated influences the parasitism and sex ratio. Younger females result in a higher number of offspring (8.16 parasitoids/day), while older males result in a more female-biased sex ratio of offspring (64% females). Both males and females are polygamic, and the order in which a female is mated by the male affects parasitism, viability of parasitized pupae, and sex ratio of offspring, with the first female performing the highest parasitism and sex ratio (63.83 and 61% of females, respectively), but the lowest viability (92.92%). Females that are allowed to mate multiple times generate lower numbers of offspring (113.05 parasitoids) when compared to virgin or single-mated females (135.20 and 130.70 parasitoids, respectively), but the highest sex ratio (49% of females). Data present in this study and how it can be used to improve parasitoid rearing and field releases of T. anastrephae, in biological control programs for D. suzukii are discussed.

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HymenopteraAnimalsBiological Control AgentsBiologyDrosophilaFemaleMalePupaReproductionBiological Control AgentsOffspringParasitismPolygamyProtandrySex ratio

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