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Genome Editing in Astyanax mexicanus Using Transcription Activator-like Effector Nucleases TALENs
Published on: June 20, 2016
A member of the Telenomus californicus Ashmead, 1893 complex parasitizing native cactus moth (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Renato Villegas-Luján1, M Morales-Gálvez2, R Plowes3
1Departamento de Parasitología; Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro; Saltillo; Coahuila; Mexico 25315. renato_villegas1988@hotmail.com.
Abstract:
A collection of egg parasitoids in the Scelionidae are identified as members of the Telenomus californicus Ashmead, 1893 complex (californicus+dalmanni+arzamae groups). They were reared from eggs of the cactus zebra worm, Melitara cf. junctoliniella Hulst, 1900 (Pyralidae: Phycitinae) infesting Opuntia streptacantha Lemaire, 1839 (Cactaceae) at Bustamante, Nuevo León, Mexico. Lacking both male specimens and a revision of the complex, no species-level identification could be made. The taxonomic placement of these wasps is discussed as well as possible implementation of these egg parasitoids in new-association biological control of the invasive cactus moth Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg, 1885) (Pyralidae: Phycitinae) in North America.
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