Morphological and molecular identification of arrhenotokous strain of Diglyphuswani (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) found in China as a control agent against agromyzid leafminers.

ABSTRACT: Diglyphus species are ecologically and economically important on agromyzid leafminers. In 2018, a thelytokous species, Diglyphuswani Liu, Zhu & Yefremova, was firstly reported and described. Subsequently, the arrhenotokous D.wani were discovered in Yunnan and Guizhou Provinces of China. We compared the morphological characteristics of thelytokous and arrhenotokous strains. However, the females of two strains had a strongly similar morphology and showed subtle differences in fore- and hind-wings. The difference was that forewing of arrhenotokous female was with denser setae overall, showing that costal cell with 2 ~ 4 rows of setae on dorsal surface and the setae of basal cell with 15 ~ 21 hairs and forewing of thelytokous female was with two rows of setae on dorsal sur

SUBMITTER: Du SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8613133 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature