Natural Enemies of True Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) - USDA - aphis

Species Parasites/Predators Notes
Anastrepha
sororcula
Anastrepha
spatulata
Anastrepha
striata
Jeffrey N. L. Stibick
Parasites and Predators of the Tephritidae - Table 2
Doryctobracon zeteki A solitary Braconid entoparasitoid from Columbia (Carrejo & Gonzalez,
1999).
Pachycrepoideus
vindemiae
A Pteromalid pupal parasite from Mexico (exotic) (Lopez, et al., 1999;
Sivinski, et al., 2000).
Utetes anastrephae A solitary Braconid entoparasitoid from Mexico (Sivinski, et al., 2000).
Doryctobracon
areolatus
Doryctobracon
brasiliensis
A solitary Braconid entoparasitoid from Brazil (Leonel, et al., 1995;
Aguiar-Menezes & Menezes, 1997; Aguiar-Menezes, et al., 2001;
Aguiar-Menezes & Menezes, 2002; Menezes & Menezes, 2001).
A solitary Braconid entoparasitoid from Brazil (Leonel, et al., 1995).
Utetes anastrephae A solitary Braconid entoparasitoid from Brazil (Leonel, et al., 1995;
Aguiar-Menezes, et al., 2001; Aguiar-Menezes & Menezes, 1997; Menezes
& Menezes, 2001).
Odontosema
A Figitid parasite from Brazil (Aguiar-Menezes & Menezes, 2002).
anastrephae
Opius bellus A Braconid parasite from Brazil (Aguiar-Menezes, et al., 2001; Menezes &
Menezes, 2001)
Aganaspis pelleranoi A Figitid parasite from Brazil (Aguiar-Menezes, et al., 2001; Aguiar-Menezes &
Menezes, 2002).
Pachycrepoideus A Pteromalid parasite from Brazil (Aguiar-Menezes & Menezes, 2002).
vindemmiae
Doryctabracon
areolatus
Doryctobracon
toxotrypanae
Doryctabracon
areolatus
Doryctobracon
crawfordi
Diachasmimorpha
longicaudata
(= Biosteres
longicaudatus)
Aganaspis
nordlanderi
A widely distributed solitary Braconid late-instar larval parasite from the
South Pacific now ranging from Mexico to N. and S. America (Aluja, et al.,
2000)
A larval-pupal host restricted Braconid parasite from Costa Rica, Mexico
(Aluja, et al., 2000)
A widely distributed solitary Braconid late-instar larval parasite from the
South Pacific now ranging from Mexico to N. and S. America (Sivinski, et al.,
1997; Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983; Jiron & Mexzon, 1989; Aluja, et al., 1990;
Lopez, et al., 1999; Sivinski, et al., 2000; Aluja, et al., 2000).
A Braconid larval-pupal parasite, sensitive to heat and dryness, from Mexico
to Northern S. America (Sivinski, et al., 1997; Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983;
Thompson, 1943; Narayanan & Chawla 1962; Katiyar, et a; 1995; Jiron &
Mexzon, 1989; Hernandez-Ortiz, 1994; Aluja, et al., 1990; Lopez, et al.,
1999; Sivinski, et al., 2000).
A Braconid larval-pupal parasite of late instars from Mexico to Columbia to
Argentina (Sivinski, et al., 1997; Leonel, et al., 1995; Katiyar, et al., 1995:
Jiron & Mexzon, 1989; Hernandez-Ortiz, 1994; Carrejo & Gonzalez, 1999;
Lopez, et al., 1999; Sivinski, et al., 2000; Rogg & Camacho, 2003).
An Eucoilid larval parasite from Brazil (Guimaraes, et al., 1999).
Aganaspis pelleranoi An Eucoilid parasite which seeks out larvae through fruit holes (Sivinski, et
al., 1997). From Venezuela (Katiyar, et al., 1995;), Mexico (Lopez, et al.,
1999; Sivinski, et al., 2000). From Brasil (Guimaraes, et al., 1999).
Fopius arisanus
(=Biosteres arisanus)
A Braconid larval-pupal parasite from Indo-Australia, now America, (Wharton
& Gilstrap, 1983; Quimio & Walter, 2001)
Opius bellus A Braconid parasite from N. and S. America (Wharton & Gilstrap, 1983).
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