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Life history of Vrestovia fidenas, a potential control agent of Drosophila suzukii

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Vrestovia fidenas (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) is a pupal parasitoid of Drosophila spp. native to Europe and could be useful for the biological control of the invasive spotted-wing Drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae). We assessed life-table parameters (fecundity and longevity of adults, and weight and developmental time of offspring) of V. fidenas on two hosts: D. suzukii and the common native vinegar fly, Drosophila subobscura Collin (Diptera: Drosophilidae). Drosophila suzukii was determined to be a suitable host for V. fidenas and a better host than D. subobscura, i.e., V. fidenas produced more offspring and developed more rapidly on D. suzukii than on D. subobscura. The results indicate that V. fidenas should be further assessed for the biological control of D. suzukii. In addition, morphological analysis demonstrated that a second species of the genus Vrestovia, V. brevior, is also present in Europe. We present an identification key to the most common pteromalid pupal parasitoids of Drosophila, including both species of Vrestovia.

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Acknowledgements

This research project was funded by the Drosophila suzukii R & G Task Force (funded by the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG). We thank Gary Gibson of the Canadian National Collection of Insects for loaning us specimens of Vrestovia brevior. We also thank Valeria Trivellone, Corrado Cara and Michela Meier for giving their specimens of Vrestovia brevior they collected in 2017. And thanks to Jörg Romeis and three anonymus reviewers for their valuable comments on earlier versions of this manuscript.

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    Sarah Wolf & Jana Collatz

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  3. Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 6, 3012, Bern, Switzerland

    Hannes Baur

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Wolf, S., Baur, H. & Collatz, J. Life history of Vrestovia fidenas, a potential control agent of Drosophila suzukii. BioControl 64, 263–275 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-019-09933-5

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