Biological control of tephritid fruit flies in the Americas and Hawaii: A review of the use of parasitoids and predators

FRM Garcia, SM Ovruski, L Suárez, J Cancino… - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Biological control has been the most commonly researched control tactic
within fruit fly management programs, and parasitoids have been the main natural enemies …

Indigenous parasitoids (Hymenoptera) attacking Anastrepha fraterculus and Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) in native and exotic host plants in Northwestern …

SM Ovruski, P Schliserman, M Aluja - Biological control, 2004 - Elsevier
We collected 16 species of wild and cultivated fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) host plants over
a 5-year period (1991–1995) in the province of Tucumán, Northwestern Argentina, with the …

Role of visual information and learning in habitat selection by a generalist parasitoid foraging for concealed hosts

DF Segura, MM Viscarret, LZC Paladino, SM Ovruski… - Animal Behaviour, 2007 - Elsevier
Generalist species usually have to deal with a larger variety of cues during habitat selection
than do specialists, and thus, learning has been proposed as a highly profitable strategy to …

Abundance of Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae) and Its Associated Native Parasitoids (Hymenoptera) in “Feral” Guavas Growing in the Endangered …

SM Ovruski, RA Wharton… - Environmental …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
We report the results of a 2-yr survey aimed at determining the identity and abundance of
native parasitoids of fruit infesting tephritids attacking Psidium guajava L.(common guava) in …

A review of hymenopterous parasitoid guilds attacking Anastrepha spp. and Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Argentina

SM Ovruski, LE Oroño, S Núñez-Campero… - 2006 - osti.gov
This study provides detailed information on the diversity, abundance, guilds, host plant and
host fly ranges, distribution, and taxonomic status of hymenopterous parasitoid species …

Hymenopteran parasitoids of Anastrepha fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) reared from different hosts in Yucatan, Mexico

V Hernández-Ortiz, H Delfín-González… - Florida …, 2006 - BioOne
In order to carry on the detection and species inventory of hymenopteran parasitoids
associated with fruit flies, we examined various tropical fruits growing at the Southern region …

[HTML][HTML] Family Tephritidae

M Savaris, L Marinoni, AL Norrbom - Zootaxa, 2016 - mapress.com
The present Catalogue includes 90 species and 23 genera of Tephritidae that have been
recorded in Colombia. Four subfamilies (Blepharoneurinae, Dacinae, Trypetinae and …

Genetic diversity and population structure of Anastrepha obliqua in southwestern Colombia

EJ Aguirre‐Ramirez… - Entomologia …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The West Indian fruit fly, A nastrepha obliqua (M acquart)(D iptera: T ephritidae), is
a quarantine pest in C olombia that infests economically important plants, although little is …

The Mayan tropical rainforest: an uncharted reservoir of tritrophic host-fruit fly-parasitoid interactions

M López-Ortega, F Díaz-Fleischer, JC Piñero… - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Tropical rainforest can provide various ecological services to adjacent
agricultural environments, including maintaining and amplifying the numbers of beneficial …

[HTML][HTML] Relaciones ecológicas entre frutos hospederos, moscas frugívoras y parasitoides en un fragmento de bosque seco tropical

J Saavedra-Díaz, PE Galeano-Olaya… - Revista de Ciencias …, 2017 - scielo.org.co
Las moscas de las frutas (Tephritoidea: Tephritidae y Lonchaeidae) son una de las
principales plagas de la fruticultura a nivel mundial. El conocimiento de las interacciones …