Journal of Insect Science (2007) 7 (16), p. 5 (Consoli et al.)

F.L. Cônsoli and E.W. Kitajima (2007)
Symbiofauna associated to the reproductive system of Cotesia flavipes and Doryctobracon areolatus (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)
Journal of Insect Science 7 (16), 5-5
XIV International Entomophagous Insects Workshop - Jun. 11-15, 2006, Newark, Delaware, U.S.A.
Abstract: The diversity of symbionts associated to insects and the multitude of effects on their host biology has prompt a number of studies to understand the role these microorganisms may have on host biology and how they affect their host interactions with other trophic levels. There is also a possibility of using such symbionts as vectors of genes for insect control or learning on the mechanisms they use to interact with their hosts for the development of new approaches to insect control. As most of them are transmitted transovarially from one generation to another, we investigated the presence and distribution and characterized the morphology of such microorganisms in the female reproductive tissues of two important insect pest parasitoids, the braconids Cotesia flavipes and Doryctobracon areolatus, through electron microscopy. C. flavipes was found to be associated with a polydnavirus (PDV), while D. areolatus harbored the rickettsia-like bacterium Wolbachia. We also provide a discussion on the role of these symbionts on the population biology of both parasitoids.
Database assignments for author(s): Fernando L. Consoli, Elliot W. Kitajima

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
Cotesia flavipes (parasitoid)
Doryctobracon areolatus (parasitoid)