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Diachasmimorpha longicaudata
| Resource Type | Organism |
|---|---|
| Genus | Diachasmimorpha |
| Species | longicaudata |
| Common Name | NA |
| Description | Diachasmimorpha longicaudata is a solitary species of parasitoid wasp and an endoparasitoid of tephritid fruit fly larvae. D. longicaudata is native to many countries in Southeast Asia and subtropical regions and has also been introduced to many other countries as a biological control agent. It is now considered the most extensively used parasitoid for biocontrol of fruit flies in both the southern portion of the United States and Latin America. D. longicaudata is especially useful for agricultural purposes in the control of fruit flies as it is easily mass-reared and has the ability to infect a variety of hosts within the genus Bactrocera. A negative factor in its use as a biocontrol agent is that it is known to oviposit in grapefruit in the state of Florida. This has resulted in quarantines on grapefruit shipped internationally as well as domestically. Research is ongoing to determine whether D. longicaudata is actually a single species, or if it contains multiple species. It is likely multiple biological species separated by both reproductive isolation and morphological characteristics such as wing geometry. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diachasmimorpha_longicaudata This dataset is not published - please follow Toronto/Ft. Lauderdale conditions of data re-use. This genome project is part of the Ag100Pest project (http://i5k.github.io/ag100pest). |
| Publication | Childers AK, Geib SM, Sim SB, Poelchau MF, Coates BS, Simmonds TJ, Scully ED, Smith TPL, Childers CP, Corpuz RL, Hackett K, Scheffler B. The USDA-ARS Ag100Pest Initiative: High-Quality Genome Assemblies for Agricultural Pest Arthropod Research.. Insects. 2021 Jul 09; 12(7). |
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| Image Credit | Parasitoid wasp by Magnus Hagdorn, UK, licensed under a Creative Commons BY-SA 2.0 License |
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