دورية أكاديمية
Summer Development and Survivorship of the Weed Biocontrol Agent, Mecinus janthiniformis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Within Stems of Its Host, Dalmatian Toadflax (Lamiales: Plantaginaceae), in Utah.
العنوان: | Summer Development and Survivorship of the Weed Biocontrol Agent, Mecinus janthiniformis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Within Stems of Its Host, Dalmatian Toadflax (Lamiales: Plantaginaceae), in Utah. |
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المؤلفون: | Willden SA; Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT., Evans EW; Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT. |
المصدر: | Environmental entomology [Environ Entomol] 2019 Jun 07; Vol. 48 (3), pp. 533-539. |
نوع المنشور: | Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
اللغة: | English |
بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 7502320 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1938-2936 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 0046225X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Environ Entomol Subsets: MEDLINE |
أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: Oxford : Oxford University Press Original Publication: College Park, Md., Entomological Society of America. |
مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Coleoptera* , Lamiales* , Linaria* , Plantaginaceae* , Weevils*, Animals ; Ovum ; Survivorship ; Utah |
مستخلص: | The summer phenology and survivorship of the stem-mining weevil, Mecinus janthiniformis Toševski and Caldara, a biocontrol agent of Dalmatian toadflax, Linaria dalmatica (L.) Miller, was studied in 2015-2016 as it developed within host plant stems at a low elevation, open rangeland site in northern Utah. Hatching from eggs in spring and early summer, weevils occurred as larvae within stems in June. Earliest maturing adults occurred in mid-July, and the majority of individuals had completed pupal development by early August. Survivorship within stems was high, with two-thirds or more of individuals surviving from egg hatch to adulthood as assessed in mid-September. Mortality rates within stems were highest during larval development, with parasitism accounting for the majority of deaths. At least three parasitoid species (Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae and Eupelmidae), including both endoparasitoids and ectoparasitoids, were found attacking weevils within stems. Although most surviving weevils remained as adults within stems to overwinter, some adults were found to have chewed exit holes, and in some cases had exited from stems, beginning in July; the fate of these prematurely exiting adults is unknown. Low summer mortality rates within stems should promote weevil establishment under the hot, dry conditions of northern Utah, but parasitism and premature exiting of adults from host stems merit further investigation concerning their potential to reduce biocontrol efficacy. The results presented here for M. janthiniformis phenology within host stems will contribute to the development of standardized, summer monitoring for this biocontrol agent by stem dissection. (© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.) |
فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: insect monitoring; insect mortality; parasitism; weed biological control |
تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20190430 Date Completed: 20191016 Latest Revision: 20191016 |
رمز التحديث: | 20231215 |
DOI: | 10.1093/ee/nvz042 |
PMID: | 31034548 |
قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
تدمد: | 1938-2936 |
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DOI: | 10.1093/ee/nvz042 |