Applied Entomology and Zoology
Online ISSN : 1347-605X
Print ISSN : 0003-6862
ISSN-L : 0003-6862
Detection of hybrids between introduced Torymus sinensis and native T. beneficus (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) in central Japan, using malic enzyme
Kaori YaraEizi YanoTerunori SasawakiMasakazu Shiga
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2000 Volume 35 Issue 2 Pages 201-206

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Torymus sinensis is an introduced parasitoid used to control chestnut gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus. After the release of T. sinensis, morphologically-intermediate individuals between T. sinensis and the native parasitoid, T. beneficus appeared in the field, which were suspected to be the result of interspecific hybridization. In order to confirm whether the intermediate individuals were hybrids of T. sinensis and T. beneficus (early-season strain), their genotype for malic enzyme was analyzed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Nine individuals of 821 analyzed Torymus females showed a banding pattern (FS genotype) of hybrids between T. sinensis and the early-season strain of T. beneficus. Of 388 individuals categorized as morphologically-intermediate, only 2 individuals showed the FS genotype.

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