Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society (2007) 39, 121-126

Ernest J. Harris, Renato C. Bautista, Roger I. Vargas and Eric B. Jang (2007)
Rearing Fopius arisanus (Sonan) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Mediterranean fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 39, 121-126
Abstract: n Hawaii, the egg-larval parasitoid Fopius (= Biosteres) arisanus (Sonan) (= Opius oophilus Fullaway) (Hymenotera: Braconidae) is the most effective parasitoid of its preferred host the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae). Other Hymenopterous parasitoid species introduced into Hawaii still exist but vary considerably in their distribution and effectiveness as biological control agents. Based on field observations of F. arisanus parasitizing medfly in coffee and oriental fruit fly in guava, we postulated that a strain of F. arisanus could be selected in the laboratory to be reared exclusively on medfly. We report the results of these studies.
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Database assignments for author(s): Ernest J. Harris, Roger I. Vargas, Eric B. Jang

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

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Bactrocera dorsalis	Guava (Psidium)	U.S.A. (Hawaii)
	Ceratitis capitata	Coffee (Coffea)	U.S.A. (Hawaii)
Fopius arisanus (parasitoid)	Bactrocera dorsalis	Guava (Psidium)	U.S.A. (Hawaii)
Fopius arisanus (parasitoid)	Ceratitis capitata	Coffee (Coffea)	U.S.A. (Hawaii)