Natural Enemies of True Fruit Flies - Phytosanitary Resources

Jeffrey N. L. Stibick
Parasites and Predators of the Tephritidae - Table 2
Species Parasites/Predators Notes
Anastrepha
fraterculus
Aganaspis pelleranoi A Eucoilid parasite from Venezuela (Katiyar, et al., 1995).
Doryctobracon
areolatus
A Braconid larval-pupal parasite of late instars from N. and S. America (Jiron
& Mexzon, 1989; Aguiar-Menezes, et al., 2001).
Phaenocaroa sp. A Braconid parasite from Columbia (Carrejo & Gonzalez, 1999)
Phaenocarpa
pericarpa
A Braconid parasite from Columbia (Trostle, et al., 1999)
Biosteres brasiliensis A Braconid larval parasite from Brasil (Silvestri, 1939; Thompson, 1943;
Leonel, et al., 1995; Narayanan & Chawla 1962; Zucchi, et al., 1999).
Doryctabracon
areolatus
Doryctobracon
crawfordi
Doryctobracon
trinidadensis
Biosteres
(=Diachasmimorpha)
longicaudata
A Braconid larval-pupal parasite of late instars from Mexico to Argentina
(Sivinski, et al., 1997; Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983; Wharton & Marsh, 1978;
Leonel, et al., 1995; Narayanan & Chawla 1962; Katiyar, et al., 1995;
Hernandez-Ortiz, 1994; Zucchi, et al., 1999; Lopez, et al., 1999;
Aguiar-Menezes, et al., 2001; Aguiar-Menezes & Menezes, 2002; Sivinski, et
al., 2000: Aluja, et al., 2000; Ovruski, 2002; Marchiori, et al., 2000;
Menezes & Menezes, 2001).
A Braconid larval-pupal parasite, sensitive to heat and dryness, from Mexico
to Northern S. America (Sivinski, et al., 1997; Katiyar, et al., 1995;
(Hernandez-Ortiz, 1994; Lopez, et al., 1999; Sivinski, et al., 2000).
A Braconid larval-pupal parasite from Peru, where it and D. areolatus exert
17% of the natural biological control (Cruz, 1998).
A widely distributed solitary Braconid late-instar larval parasite from the
South Pacific now ranging from Mexico to C. and S. America (Sivinski, et al.,
1997;Lopez, et al., 1999; Sivinski, et al., 2000; Rogg & Camacho, 2003).
Aganaspis pelleranoi An eucoilid parasite from Argentina, Venezuela which seeks out larvae
through fruit holes (Sivinski, et al., 1997; Thompson, 1943; Narayanan &
Chawla 1962; Katiyar, et al., 1995; Lopez, et al., 1999; Sivinski, et al.,
2000; Aguiar-Menezes, et al., 2001; Ovruski, 2002) From Brazil (Guimaraes,
et al., 1999; Marchiori, et al., 2000).
Bracanastrepha
anastrephae (
=Utetes anastrephae)
A Braconid solitary larval-pupal parasite from S. and C. America, the
Carribean and Florida (Wharton &Gilstrap, 1983; Thompson, 1943; Leonel,
et al., 1995; Zucchi, et al., 1999, Narayanan & Chawla 1962; Lopez, et al.,
1999; Aguiar-Menezes, et al., 2001; Aguiar-Menezes & Menezes, 2002;
Sivinski, et al., 2000; Menezes & Menezes, 2001).
Opius bellus A Braconid parasite from S. and C. America (Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983;
Leonel, et al., 1995; Narayanan & Chawla 1962; Zucchi, et al., 1999;
Aguiar-Menezes, et al., 2001; Aguiar-Menezes & Menezes, 2002; Menezes
& Menezes, 2001).
Doryctobracon A Braconid parasite in Brazil (Zucchi, et al., 1999; Leonel, et al., 1995).
fluminensis
Asobara sp. An Alysiid parasite in Brazil (Zucchi, et al., 1999).
Biosteres areolatus A Braconid parasite in Brazil (Thompson, 1943).
Bracanastrepha
argentina
A Braconid parasite from Argentina (Thompson, 1943; Narayanan & Chawla
1962).
Ganaspis carvalhoi A Cynipid parasite from Brazil (Thompson, 1943; (Narayanan & Chawla,
1962).)
Coeloides
anastrephae
A Braconid parasite from Argentina (Narayanan & Chawla 1962).
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