Intrinsic Interspecific Competition Between Telenomus podisi and Trissolcus teretis (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae).
Neotrop Entomol
; 50(3): 453-461, 2021 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
The competition between Telenomus podisi Ashmead and Trissolcus teretis (Johnson) parasitizing eggs of Diceraeus melacanthus (Dallas) and Euschistus heros (Fabricius) was studied in three different laboratory bioassays to gather knowledge in order to improve stink bug management and to strengthen the preservation of naturally occurring parasitoid species. The impact of parasitoid sequence and time intervals (4 to 192 h) between parasitoid species was evaluated. Competition of Te. podisi and Tr. teretis for the same host favored the parasitoid encountering the egg host first, as it usually outcompetes the second parasitoid. We conclude that it is unwarranted in a short-term goal to release both species together in augmentative biological control programs since the repeated release of Te. podisi led to higher parasitism than any other studied variation of parasitoid sequence. However, simultaneous release of multiple species could be important to help the preservation of the diversity of scelionids in the agroecosystem, a hypothesis that needs to be further investigated in future research.
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2021
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