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Coexistence between two fruit fly species is supported by the different strength of intra- and interspecific competition
Liendo, María Clara; Parreño, María Alejandra; Cladera, Jorge Luis; Vera, María Teresa; Segura, Diego Fernando (2018-04)1. Unravelling the strength and modes of interspecific interactions between resident and introduced species is necessary in order to understand the basis of their coexistence or the displacement of the former by the ... -
Differences in sperm storage and remating propensity between adult females of two morphotypes of the Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae) cryptic species complex
Abraham, Solana; Rull Gabayet, Juan Antonio; Mendoza, Mariana; Liendo, María Clara; Devescovi, Francisco; Roriz, Alzira K.P.; Kovaleski, Adalesio; Segura, Diego Fernando; Vera, María Teresa (Cambridge University Press, 2014-06)The South American fruit fly, Anastrepha fraterculus, is a complex of cryptic species composed of at least seven morphotypes. Some of them, such as the Peruvian and Brazilian 1 morphotypes (which include Argentinean ... -
Discrimination of infested cotton squares by females of Anthonomus grandis
Nussenbaum, Ana Laura; Devescovi, Francisco; Fogar, Mariela Noemi; Almada, Melina Soledad; Salerno, Juan Carlos; Cladera, Jorge Luis; Lecuona, Roberto Eduardo; Segura, Diego Fernando (2017)The avoidance of infested squares of Gossypium hirsutum as oviposition substrate by females of Anthonomus grandis was studied following two approaches. First, the preference for oviposition in infested versus non-infested ... -
Dynamics of genetic variability in Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae) during adaptation to laboratory rearing conditions
Parreño, María Alejandra; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla; Remis, Maria Isabel; Juri, Marianela Lucía; Vera, María Teresa; Segura, Diego Fernando; Cladera, Jorge Luis; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz (BioMed Central, 2014)Background: Anastrepha fraterculus is one of the most important fruit fly plagues in the American continent and only chemical control is applied in the field to diminish its population densities. A better understanding ... -
Effects of superparasitism on immature and adult stages of Diachasmimorpha longicaudata Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) reared on Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Devescovi, Francisco; Bachmann, Guillermo Enrique; Nussenbaum, Ana Laura; Viscarret, Mariana Mabel; Cladera, Jorge Luis; Segura, Diego Fernando (2017)The optimal use of available host by parasitoid insects should be favoured by natural selection. For solitary parasitoids, superparasitism (i.e. the egg-laying of several eggs/host) may represent a detrimental phenomenon ... -
Evaluating mating compatibility within fruit fly cryptic species complexes and the potential role of sex pheromones in pre-mating isolation
Juárez, María Laura; Devescovi, Francisco; Břízová, Radka; Bachmann, Guillermo Enrique; Segura, Diego Fernando; Kalinová, Blanka; Fernandez, Patricia; Ruiz, María Josefina; Yang, Jianquan; Teal, Peter E. A.; Caceres, Carlos; Vreysen, Marc J. B.; Hendrichs, Jorge; Vera, María Teresa (Pensoft Publishers, 2015-11)The study of sexual behavior and the identification of the signals involved in mate recognition between con-specifics are key components that can shed some light, as part of an integrative taxonomic approach, in delimitating ... -
Evolution of pre‐zygotic and post‐zygotic barriers to gene flow among three cryptic species within the Anastrepha fraterculus complex
Rull Gabayet, Juan Antonio; Abraham, Solana; Kovaleski, Adalesio; Segura, Diego Fernando; Mendoza, Mariana; Liendo, María Clara; Vera, Maria Teresa (Wiley, 2013-09)Tropical tephritids are ideally suited for studies on population divergence and speciation because they include species groups undergoing rapid radiation, in which morphologically cryptic species and sister species are ... -
Fruit infestation patterns by Anastrepha fraterculus and Ceratitis capitata reveal that cross-recognition does not lead to complete avoidance of interspecific competition in nature
Devescovi, Francisco; Liendo, María Clara; Bachmann, Guillermo Enrique; Bouvet, Juan Pedro; Milla, Fabian Horacio; Vera, María Teresa; Cladera, Jorge Luis; Segura, Diego Fernando (Wiley, 2015-08)1. The avoidance of parasitized or infested hosts, which is a common phenomenon in parasitic wasps and phytophagous insects, may act both intra- and interspecifically. Most studies on chemically-mediated avoidance of ... -
Genetics and biology of Anastrepha fraterculus: research supporting the use of the sterile insect technique (SIT) to control this pest in Argentina
Cladera, Jorge Luis; Vilardi, Juan Cesar; Juri, Marianela Lucía; Paulin, Laura Elisa; Giardini, Maria Cecilia; Gómez Cendra, Paula Valeria; Segura, Diego Fernando; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz (BMC, 2014-12)Two species of true fruit flies (taxonomic family Tephritidae) are considered pests of fruit and vegetable production in Argentina: the cosmopolitan Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann) and the new world ... -
Gut bacteriome analysis of Anastrepha fraterculus sp. 1 during the early steps of laboratory colonization
Salgueiro, Julieta; Pimper, Lidia Elena; Segura, Diego Fernando; Milla, Fabian Horacio; Russo, Romina Maria; Asimakis, Elias D.; Stathopoulou, Panagiota; Bourtzis, Kostas; Cladera, Jorge Luis; Tsiamis, George; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz (Frontiers Media, 2020-10)Microbial communities associated to insect species are involved in essential biological functions such as host nutrition, reproduction and survivability. Main factors have been described as modulators of gut bacterial ... -
Host discrimination in the fruit fly parasitoid Diachasmimorpha longicaudata : evidence from virgin female behaviour and egg distribution patterns
Devescovi, Francisco; Bachmann, Guillermo Enrique; Nussenbaum, Ana Laura; Viscarret, Mariana Mabel; Cladera, Jorge Luis; Segura, Diego Fernando (Cambridge University Press, 2021-04)Many parasitoid species discriminate already parasitized hosts, thus avoiding larval competition. However, females incur in superparasitism under certain circumstances. Superparasitism is commonly observed in the artificial ... -
Identification and characterization of soluble binding proteins associated with host foraging in the parasitoid wasp Diachasmimorpha longicaudata
Wulff, Juan Pedro; Segura, Diego Fernando; Devescovi, Francisco; Muntaabski, Irina; Milla, Fabian Horacio; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla; Cladera, Jorge Luis; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz (Plos, 2021-06)The communication and reproduction of insects are driven by chemical sensing. During this process, chemical compounds are transported across the sensillum lymph to the sensory neurons assisted by different types of soluble ... -
Infestation of fruit by conspecific and heterospecific females deters oviposition in two Tephritidae fruit fly species
Liendo, María Clara; Parreño, María Alejandra; Pietrek, Alejandro G.; Bouvet, Juan Pedro; Milla, Fabian Horacio; Vera, María Teresa; Cladera, Jorge Luis; Segura, Diego Fernando (Wiley, 2020-09)Tephritidae fruit fly larvae develop entirely in the host chosen by the females. To improve the fitness of their progeny, females would benefit from rejecting previously exploited hosts. Anastrepha fraterculus and Ceratitis ... -
Innate Host Habitat Preference in the Parasitoid Diachasmimorpha longicaudata: Functional Significance and Modifications through Learning
Segura, Diego Fernando; Nussenbaum, Ana Laura; Viscarret, Mariana Mabel; Devescovi, Francisco; Bachmann, Guillermo Enrique; Corley, Juan Carlos; Ovruski Alderete, Sergio Marcelo; Cladera, Jorge Luis (2016)Parasitoids searching for polyphagous herbivores can find their hosts in a variety of habitats. Under this scenario, chemical cues from the host habitat (not related to the host) represent poor indicators of host location. ... -
Lemon and Schinus polygama essential oils enhance male mating success of Anastrepha fraterculus
Ruiz, María Josefina; Suárez, María L.; Jofré Barud, Flavia; Goane, Lucía; Valladares, Gabriela A.; Bachmann, Guillermo Enrique; Belliard, Silvina Ahnahi; Páez Jerez, Paula; Zamora Belli, Ana Lucía; García Méndez, F. Daniela; Segura, Diego Fernando; Lopez, María Liza; Vera, María Teresa (Wiley, 2020-11-27)The sterile insect technique (SIT) is an environmentally friendly pest control method that relies on the introduction of sterility into the pest population by the release of sterile males. Many Tephritidae fruit fly pests ... -
Male Sexual Behavior and Pheromone Emission Is Enhanced by Exposure to Guava Fruit Volatiles in Anastrepha fraterculus
Bachmann, Guillermo Enrique; Segura, Diego Fernando; Devescovi, Francisco; Juárez, María Laura; Ruiz, María Josefina; Vera, María Teresa; Cladera, Jorge Luis; Teal, Peter E.A.; Fernandez, Patricia Carina (Plos One, 2015-04)Background: Plant chemicals can affect reproductive strategies of tephritid fruit flies by influencing sex pheromone communication and increasing male mating competitiveness. Objective and Methodology: We explored whether ... -
Male sexual enhancement after methoprene treatment in Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae) : a sustained response that does not fade away after sexual maturation
Bachmann, Guillermo Enrique; Devescovi, Francisco; Nussenbaum, Ana Laura; Cladera, Jorge Luis; Fernandez, Patricia Carina; Vera, María Teresa; Teal, Peter E.A.; Segura, Diego Fernando (2017)The juvenile hormone (JH) of insects triggers physiological changes related to reproduction in adults of both sexes. Methoprene is a sesquiterpene with some effects that are analogous to those of JH. Treatments with ... -
Mate choice confers direct benefits to females of Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Bachmann, Guillermo Enrique; Devescovi, Francisco; Nussenbaum, Ana Laura; Milla, Fabian Horacio; Shelly, Todd E.; Cladera, Jorge Luis; Fernandez, Patricia; Vera, María Teresa; Segura, Diego Fernando (Public Library of Science, 2019-06)Exposure to plant compounds and analogues of juvenile hormone (JH) increase male mating success in several species of tephritid fruit flies. Most of these species exhibit a lek mating system, characterized by active female ... -
Microsatellite markers from the ‘South American fruit fly’ Anastrepha fraterculusa: valuable tool for population genetic analysis and SIT applications
Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz; Juri, Marianela Lucía; Bonomi, Angelica; Gomulski, Ludvik; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla; Segura, Diego Fernando; Malacrida, Anna; Cladera, Jorge Luis; Gasperi, Giuliano (BioMed Central, 2014-12-01)Background: Anastrepha fraterculus Wiedemann is a horticultural pest which causes significant economic losses in the fruit-producing areas of the American continent and limits the access of products to international markets. ... -
Ongoing speciation within the Anastrepha fraterculus cryptic species complex: the case of the Andean morphotype
Devescovi, Francisco; Abraham, Solana; Roriz, Alzira K.P.; Nolazco, Norma; Castañeda, Rosario; Tadeo, Eduardo; Caceres, Carlos; Segura, Diego Fernando; Vera, María Teresa; Joachim-Bravo, Iara; Canal, Nelson; Rull Gabayet, Juan Antonio (Wiley, 2014-09)The Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) cryptic species complex is currently composed of seven taxonomically recognized morphotypes. Both, pre‐ and post‐zygotic isolation has been documented among ...