The Asian chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus: a global invader and a successful case of classical biological control

DN Avtzis, G Melika, D Matošević, DR Coyle - Journal of pest science, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Native to China, the Asian chestnut gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus (ACGW), was
first found outside its native range in Japan and the Korean peninsula in the mid-twentieth …

Non-native gall-inducing insects on forest trees: a global review

G Csóka, GN Stone, G Melika - Biological Invasions, 2017 - Springer
Gall-inducing insects cause the development of specialised plant tissues (galls) that provide
them with nutrition and some measure of protection from physical and biotic stresses. Their …

An integrative taxonomic study of European Eupelmus (Macroneura)(Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), with a molecular and cytogenetic analysis of …

L Fusu - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The European species of Eupelmus (Macroneura Walker), including the
cosmopolitan and extremely polyphagous species Eupelmus vesicularis (Retzius), are …

Evolution and comparative ecology of parthenogenesis in haplodiploid arthropods

CJ van der Kooi, C Matthey-Doret… - Evolution …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Changes from sexual reproduction to female-producing parthenogenesis
(thelytoky) have great evolutionary and ecological consequences, but how many times …

Delimiting the cryptic diversity and host preferences of Sycophila parasitoid wasps associated with oak galls using phylogenomic data

YM Zhang, SI Sheikh, AKG Ward, AA Forbes… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cryptic species diversity is a major challenge regarding the species‐rich community of
parasitoids attacking oak gall wasps due to a high degree of sexual dimorphism …

Post-release evaluation of non-target effects of Torymus sinensis, the biological control agent of Dryocosmus kuriphilus in Italy

C Ferracini, E Ferrari, M Pontini, LKH Nova… - BioControl, 2017 - Springer
A post-release study was performed to assess the impact of Torymus sinensis
(Hymenoptera: Torymidae), the biological control agent of Dryocosmus kuriphilus …

Speciation in Nearctic oak gall wasps is frequently correlated with changes in host plant, host organ, or both

AKG Ward, RK Bagley, SP Egan, GR Hood, JR Ott… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Quantifying the frequency of shifts to new host plants within diverse clades of specialist
herbivorous insects is critically important to understand whether and how host shifts …

Do Torymus sinensis (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) and agroforestry system affect native parasitoids associated with the Asian chestnut gall wasp?

C Ferracini, S Bertolino, U Bernardo, CP Bonsignore… - Biological Control, 2018 - Elsevier
The Asian chestnut gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu, is one of the most serious
pests of Castanea spp. worldwide. Since local parasitoids did not effectively control this …

Whole-genome data reveal the complex history of a diverse ecological community

L Bunnefeld, J Hearn, GN Stone… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
How widespread ecological communities assemble remains a key question in ecology.
Trophic interactions between widespread species may reflect a shared population history or …

Short-Term Cold Stress Affects Parasitism on the Asian Chestnut Gall Wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus

CP Bonsignore, G Vizzari, G Vono, U Bernardo - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The Asian cynipid gall wasp (ACGW)“Dryocosmus kuriphilus” has become
widespread in Europe. In all invaded areas, it is parasitized by native parasitoids associated …