First record of Tamarixiadahlsteni Zuparko (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), a parasitoid of Triozaeugeniae Froggatt (Hemiptera, Triozidae) and current status of the Tamarixia species in Mexico

Kenzy I Peña-Carrillo; Antonio Rodríguez-Rivas; Sara G Díaz-Ramos; Mayra A Gómez-Govea; Patricia Zambrano-Robledo; Iram P Rodríguez-Sánchez; María de Lourdes Ramírez-Ahuja

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1129.90577

First record of Tamarixiadahlsteni Zuparko (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), a parasitoid of Triozaeugeniae Froggatt (Hemiptera, Triozidae) and current status of the Tamarixia species in Mexico

Zookeys. 2022 Nov 11:1129:73-83. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1129.90577. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Kenzy I Peña-Carrillo¹, Antonio Rodríguez-Rivas², Sara G Díaz-Ramos², Mayra A Gómez-Govea³, Patricia Zambrano-Robledo³, Iram P Rodríguez-Sánchez³, María de Lourdes Ramírez-Ahuja³

Affiliations

¹ INIFAP, Campo Experimental General Terán, km 31 carretera Montemorelos-China, 67400, General Terán, N.L. Mexico.
² Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Exacta e Ingenierías, Departamento de Madera Celulosa y Papel, Km 15.5, Autopista Guadalajara-Nogales, 45020 Jalisco, Mexico.
³ Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Laboratorio de Fisiología Molecular y Estructural. Av. Universidad s/n Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolás de los Garza, NL 66455, Mexico.

Abstract

Parasitic wasps of the genus Tamarixia represent important biological control agents of members of the true bug group, Psylloidea, and are host specific; therefore, they can be used to control insect pests. In this study we report, for the first time, the presence of the parasitoid Tamarixiadahlsteni in Mexico and its mitochondrial barcode region of the cytochrome oxidase I gene (COI). We also review the species diversity of the genus Tamarixia in Mexico.

Keywords: Biological control; COI; eugenia psyllid; parasitic wasps.

Kenzy I. Peña-Carrillo, Antonio Rodríguez-Rivas, Sara G. Díaz-Ramos, Mayra A. Gómez-Govea, Patricia Zambrano-Robledo, Iram P. Rodríguez-Sánchez, María de Lourdes Ramírez-Ahuja.