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Elsevier, Biological Control, 2(30), p. 149-155

DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2004.03.003

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Wasp eat wasp: Facultative hyperparasitism and intra-guild predation by bethylid wasps

Journal article published in 2004 by Gabriela Pérez-Lachaud ORCID, Tim P. Batchelor, Ian C. W. Hardy
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Abstract

Bethylid wasps are primary parasitoids of coleopteran and lepidopteran pests of economic importance and have thus been deployed as biological control agents. We show that Cephalonomia hyalinipennis (Hym.: Bethylidae) is also a facultative hyperparasitoid of four other bethylid species: Cephalonomia stephanoderis and Prorops nasuta, natural enemies of the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Col.: Scolytidae), and of Goniozus nephantidis and Goniozus legneri, which have been released against lepidopteran pests of coconuts and almonds, respectively. Conspecific and allospecific ovicide and larvicide are also observed, constituting intra-guild predation. Such trophic interactions have the potential to disrupt biological control in coffee, coconut, and almond agroecosystems.