Evidence of the establishment of Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in continental Africa
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1995-12
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Ogol, C.K.P.O.
Omwega, C. O.
Kimani, S. W.
Overholt, W. A.
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Cambridge University Press
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Cotesia flavipes Cameron has been released several times in Africa for biological control of gramineous stem borers. Establishment has been reported on the Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius, Réunion and Madagascar, however, several attempts to introduce C. flavipes into continental Africa are reported to have failed. Recently, several cocoon masses of C. flavipes were recovered from south-western Kenya where the parasitoid was never released. Identifications of the parasitoids from south-western Kenya were based on morphological characters, allozyme frequencies, and mating experiments with laboratory populations of C. flavipes. It is hypothesized that C. flavipes became established from individuals escaping from a laboratory colony maintained in south-western Kenya in 1991.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007485300033022
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Bulletin of Entomological Research / Volume 85 / Issue 04 / December 1995, pp 525-530