Share to: share facebook share twitter share wa share telegram print page

 

Encarsia

Encarsia
Adult Encarsia perplexa with eggs and hatching nymphs of citrus blackfly
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Aphelinidae
Subfamily: Coccophaginae
Genus: Encarsia
Foerster, 1878
Species

See text

Encarsia is a large genus of minute parasitic wasps of the family Aphelinidae. The genus is very diverse with currently about 400 described species and worldwide distribution.[1] The number of existing species is expected to be several times higher because many species are still undescribed.[2] Encarsia is a very complex genus, with specimens showing both inter- and intra-specific variations, making morphological classification difficult.[3]

The adult wasps, tiny insects about 1 or 2 millimeters in size, are primarily parasitoids of sessile stages of Sternorrhyncha, in particular whiteflies (Aleyrodidae) and scale insects (Diaspididae). A few species are known to parasitize aphids, eggs of shield-back bugs (Plataspidae), and eggs of Lepidoptera. Females mostly develop as primary endoparasitoids, and males are commonly hyperparasitoids of the same or other species. This so-called heteronomy, a sexually dimorphic host relationship, occurs in quite a few species.[4][5]

Species of Encarsia are of particular interest because of their economic importance for biological pest control, especially in horticulture and for crops grown under glass. Many seem to be extremely host-specific which is an important trait for an acceptable and effective bio-control agent.

Species used in biological control

References

  1. ^ Noyes, J. S. 2003. Universal Chalcidoidea database
  2. ^ Heraty, J. M., et al. (2008) Systematics and Biology of Encarsia. Chapter 4, pp. 71-87 In: Gould, J., et al. (Eds), In: Classical Biological Control of Bemisia tabaci in the United States. A review of interagency research and implementation. Progress in Biological Control 4. Springer Science and Business Media B. V. 1-343.
  3. ^ Hayat, Mohammad (1989). "A revision of the species of Encarsia Foerster (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) from India and adjacent countries" (PDF). Oriental Insects. 23: 1–131. doi:10.1080/00305316.1989.11835501. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 December 2013.
  4. ^ Williams, T. and A. Polaszek. (1996). A re-examination of host relations in the Aphelinidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 57: 35-45. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1996.tb01694.x
  5. ^ Hunter, M. S. and J. B. Woolley. (2001). Evolution and behavioral ecology of heteronomous aphelinid parasitoids. Annual Review of Entomology 46, 251-90.
  6. ^ a b c d "EPPO". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-12-19.
  7. ^ Heraty, J. M., et al. (2008). Systematics and Biology of Encarsia. Chapter 4, pp. 71-87 In: Gould, J., et al. (Eds), In: Classical Biological Control of Bemisia tabaci in the United States. A review of interagency research and implementation. Progress in Biological Control 4. Springer Science and Business Media B. V. 1-343.
  8. ^ Singh, S. P. (2004) Some success stories in classical biological control of pests in India. Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions, Publication 2004/2.
  9. ^ Hoddle, M. S., et al. (1998). Biology and use of the whitefly parasitoid Encarsia formosa. Annual Review of Entomology 43, 645-69.
  10. ^ a b Williams, Trevor (1996). "Invasion and displacement of experimental populations of a conventional parasitoid by a heteronomous hyperparasitoid" (PDF). Biocontrol Science and Technology. 6 (4): 603–618. Bibcode:1996BioST...6..603W. doi:10.1080/09583159631244. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 December 2013.
  11. ^ Ash Whitefly. Center for Invasive Species Research. University of California, Riverside. 2009.
  12. ^ Schauff, Michael E.; Evans, Gregory A. (1996). "A pictorial guide to the species of Encarsia (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) parasitic on whiteflies (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) in North America" (PDF). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 98: 1–35. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2004. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
  13. ^ Hoelmer, K. and J. Goolsby. Release, establishment and monitoring of Bemisia tabaci natural enemies in the United States. In: 1st International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2002. pp. 58-65.
  14. ^ Nguyen, R., et al. (1983). Population density of the citrus blackfly, Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae), and its parasites in urban Florida in 1979-1981. Environmental Entomology 12, 878-84.
  15. ^ Luo, C. and T. X. Liu. (2011). Fitness of Encarsia sophia (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) parasitizing Trialeurodes vaporariorum and Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Insect Science 18(1), 84-91.
Kembali kehalaman sebelumnya


Index: pl ar de en es fr it arz nl ja pt ceb sv uk vi war zh ru af ast az bg zh-min-nan bn be ca cs cy da et el eo eu fa gl ko hi hr id he ka la lv lt hu mk ms min no nn ce uz kk ro simple sk sl sr sh fi ta tt th tg azb tr ur zh-yue hy my ace als am an hyw ban bjn map-bms ba be-tarask bcl bpy bar bs br cv nv eml hif fo fy ga gd gu hak ha hsb io ig ilo ia ie os is jv kn ht ku ckb ky mrj lb lij li lmo mai mg ml zh-classical mr xmf mzn cdo mn nap new ne frr oc mhr or as pa pnb ps pms nds crh qu sa sah sco sq scn si sd szl su sw tl shn te bug vec vo wa wuu yi yo diq bat-smg zu lad kbd ang smn ab roa-rup frp arc gn av ay bh bi bo bxr cbk-zam co za dag ary se pdc dv dsb myv ext fur gv gag inh ki glk gan guw xal haw rw kbp pam csb kw km kv koi kg gom ks gcr lo lbe ltg lez nia ln jbo lg mt mi tw mwl mdf mnw nqo fj nah na nds-nl nrm nov om pi pag pap pfl pcd krc kaa ksh rm rue sm sat sc trv stq nso sn cu so srn kab roa-tara tet tpi to chr tum tk tyv udm ug vep fiu-vro vls wo xh zea ty ak bm ch ny ee ff got iu ik kl mad cr pih ami pwn pnt dz rmy rn sg st tn ss ti din chy ts kcg ve 
Prefix: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9