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Native egg parasitoids recorded from the invasive Halyomorpha halys successfully exploit volatiles emitted by the plant–herbivore complex

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When an accidentally introduced pest establishes in the invaded area, native natural enemies may adapt to the new host. A decade after the accidental introduction of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, in Europe, two generalist native egg parasitoids, the eupelmid Anastatus bifasciatus and the encyrtid Ooencyrtus telenomicida, have been recorded from this invasive agricultural pest in the field. Both species are able to complete development to the adult stage within the new host. Trissolcus basalis (Platygastridae = Scelionidae), which is not associated with H. halys in the field, was reared from freeze-killed sentinel eggs placed on soybean plants in central Italy. We tested in a Y-tube olfactometer the behavioural responses of these egg parasitoids to volatiles from H. halys adults and from Vicia faba plants attacked by H. halys. Both A. bifasciatus and O. telenomicida positively responded to adult H. halys male volatiles and to H. halys-induced plant volatiles, indicating ability to exploit cues associated with the new host for egg location, whereas T. basalis only reacted to female volatiles. A. bifasciatus and O. telenomicida are generalist egg parasitoids, showing a much wider host range when compared to T. basalis. On the other hand, platygastrid egg parasitoids from the native area of H. halys, considered for classical biological control, may be too risky due to the possibility of attacking non-target species, including predaceous stink bugs. Therefore, indigenous A. bifasciatus and O. telenomicida are presently under evaluation for augmentative biological control of H. halys in Europe.

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Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015 of the European Union with the project Impact of invasive alien true bug species in native trophic webs – INVASIoN (GA 690952). GR wish to thank Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia for funding. The authors are grateful to Andrea Luchetti, Luciana Bartoli, Daniela Fortini and Cesare Dentini for maintaining the stink bug and egg parasitoid cultures and for helping in field collection. The authors also thank Elena Costi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) and Giacomo Vaccari (Consorzio Fitosanitario Provinciale di Modena) for field assistance.

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Perugia, 06100, Perugia, Italy

    Gabriele Rondoni, Valeria Bertoldi, Robert Malek & Eric Conti

  2. Fondazione Edmund Mach, 38010, San Michele all’Adige, TN, Italy

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  3. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Forestali, Università degli Studi di Palermo, 90128, Palermo, Italy

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    Lara Maistrello

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    Tim Haye

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Rondoni, G., Bertoldi, V., Malek, R. et al. Native egg parasitoids recorded from the invasive Halyomorpha halys successfully exploit volatiles emitted by the plant–herbivore complex. J Pest Sci 90, 1087–1095 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-017-0861-0

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