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Parasites of Harmonia axyridis: current research and perspectives

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  • Danny Haelewaters
  • Serena Y. Zhao
  • Susana Clusella-Trullas
  • Ted E. Cottrell
  • André De Kesel
  • Lukas Fiedler
  • Annette Herz
  • Helen Hesketh
  • Cang Hui
  • Regina G. Kleespies
  • John E. Losey
  • Ingrid A. Minnaar
  • Katie M. Murray
  • Oldrich Nedved
  • Walter P. Pfliegler
  • Lidwien C. Raak-van den Berg
  • Eric W. Riddick
  • David I. Shapiro-Ilan
  • Rebecca R. Smyth
  • Tove Steenberg
  • Paul S. van Wielink
  • Sandra Viglášová
  • Zihua Zhao
  • Piotr Ceryngier
  • Helen E. Roy
Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) has been introduced widely for biological control of agricultural pests. Harmonia axyridis has established in four continents outside of its native range in Asia and it is considered an invasive alien species (IAS). Despite a large body of work on invasion ecology, establishment mechanisms of IAS and their interactions with natural enemies remain open questions. Parasites, defined as multicellular organisms that do not directly kill the host, could potentially play an important role in regulating host populations. This study presents a review of the parasites of H. axyridis, discussing their distributions and effects on host populations across the host’s native and invasive range. These parasites are: Hesperomyces virescens Thaxt. fungi, Coccipolipus hippodamiae (McDaniel and Morrill) mites, and Parasitylenchus bifurcatus Poinar and Steenberg nematodes.
Original languageEnglish
JournalBioControl
Pages (from-to)355-371
Number of pages17
ISSN1573-8248
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12-Oct-2016

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