Environmental Entomology (1984) 13, 137-139

J.B. Beavers and C.O. Calkins (1984)
Susceptibility of Anastrepha suspensa (Diptera: Tephritidae) to steinernematid and heterorhabditid nematodes in laboratory studies
Environmental Entomology 13 (1), 137-139
Abstract: Significantly more larvae and adults of the Caribbean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa (Loew), were infected and killed by the entomogenous nematodes Steinernema feltiae Filipjev (=Neoaplectana carpocapsae Weiser) (All, Mexican, and Breton strains), Heterorhabditis heliothidis (Khan, Brooks, and Hirschmann), and H. bacteriophora Poinar than by S. glaseri Steiner in laboratory studies. Fruit fly pupae were less susceptible to nematode infection. The nematodes multiplied in the host cadavers and began leaving the parasitized hosts within 7 days. The infective-stage nematodes collected from host A. suspensa were infectious to fresh A. suspensa and to Galleria mellonella (L.) larvae.
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Database assignments for author(s): Carrol O. Calkins

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
evaluation - screening - selection

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Anastrepha suspensa
Steinernema feltiae/Xenorhabdus bovienii (entomopathogen)	Anastrepha suspensa
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora/Photorhabdus (entomopathogen)	Anastrepha suspensa
Heterorhabditis heliothidis (entomopathogen)	Anastrepha suspensa