Host range of braconid species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) that attack Asphondyliini (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Japan |
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| Authors: | Kazunori Matsuo Nami Uechi Makoto Tokuda Kaoru Maeto Junichi Yukawa |
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| Institution: | 1. Tokushima Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Technology Support Center, Tokushima, Japan;2. NARO Institute of Fruit Tree Science, Tsukuba, Japan;3. Laboratory of Systems Ecology, Faculty of Agriculture, Saga University, Saga, Japan;4. Laboratory of Insect Biodiversity and Ecosystem Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan;5. Entomological Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan |
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| Abstract: | We reared six idiobiont braconids, Bracon asphondyliae, B. sunosei, B. tamabae, Simplicibracon curticaudis, Testudobracon longicaudis and T. pleuralis from 22 identified species and 11 unidentified segregates of Asphondyliini (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Japan. A total of 22 cecidomyiid species and segregates were newly recorded as hosts of the braconids. Analysis of cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) did not show any evidence of host races among the braconids. Bracon sunosei, which was synonymized with B. asphondyliae, is restored to a valid species. The host range of the braconid species seemed to be related to the lineage of host genera within Asphondyliini. |
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| Keywords: | Bracon Braconinae DNA barcoding gall midge idiobiont Simplicibracon Testudobracon |
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