Tuesday, 16 November 2004 - 3:12 PM
0108

Parasitoids of the Cerambycidae

Peter F. Reagel, reagel@life.uiuc.edu1, Emerson S. Lacey, elacey@uiuc.edu1, Michael T. Smith, mtsmith@udel.edu2, Roger W. Fuester, rfuester@biir.ars.usda.gov2, and Lawrence M. Hanks, hanks@life.uiuc.edu1. (1) Univ. of Illinois, Dept. of Entomology, 320 Morrill Hall, 505 S. Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL, (2) USDA-ARS, Beneficial Insects Introduction Research, 501 S. Chapel St, Newark, DE

Many species in the beetle family Cerambycidae are serious pests of trees in forests, plantations, and ornamental settings. Because the larva develop in the woody tissues of host trees, chemical control is often difficult. Natural enemies, particularly parasitoids, can be important natural enemies of wood boring beetles, and so have great potential as biological control agents. Exploitation of parasitoids to manage cerambycid pests, however, is complicated by the poor state of the literature on host associations. We will present an analysis of phylogenetic relationships among parasitoid species that are associated with the Cerambycidae that is derived from the world literature.


Species 1: Coleoptera Cerambycidae Oncideres cingulata (twig girdler)
Species 2: Coleoptera Cerambycidae Neoclytus acuminatus (redheaded ash borer)
Species 3: Coleoptera Cerambycidae Monochamus carolinensis
Keywords: Natural enemies, Braconidae

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