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Diversity of agromyzidae and associated hymenopteran parasitoid species in the afrotropical region: implications for biological control

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Agromyzidae (Diptera) is a family with many species of economic importance on agricultural plants. However, many species are attacked by hymenopteran parasitoids which are known to be habitat rather than species specific. In the Afrotropical region, information about agromyzid and parasitoid diversity in different habitats is scattered in literature. Our aim was to assemble this dispersed information and discuss future needs of biological control efforts against invasive agromyzids in the Afrotropics. From published information, 581 agromyzid records comprising 302 species from 20 genera were recorded from 48 plant families. Parasitoids (90 records) were associated only with 20 agromyzid species belonging to 10 different genera. The comparatively low parasitoid diversity in the Aftrotropical region is, however, most likely a result of poor sampling effort and lack of taxonomic expertise for parasitoid species in this area. More research on native parasitoids and associated Agromyzidae is therefore required before embarking on extensive biological control programmes.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by icipe’s research project on IPM of vegetable leafminers through the African Regional Postgraduate Programme in Insect Science (ARPPIS), the German Academic Exchange Programme (DAAD), icipe and the University of Pretoria. The National Museums of Kenya and the Biosystematics Division, Agricultural Research Council, South Africa granted access to the Agromyzidae database and parasitoid database of Kenya and South Africa, respectively. Appreciation also goes to Fabian Haas (icipe) for his assistance in gathering some of the information, Martin Krüger (Transvaal Museum, South Africa) and Subramanian Sevgan (icipe) for comments on the manuscript.

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Musundire, R., Chabi-Olaye, A., Löhr, B. et al. Diversity of agromyzidae and associated hymenopteran parasitoid species in the afrotropical region: implications for biological control. BioControl 56, 1–9 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-010-9312-z

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