Open AccessMicrosatellite markers in a complex of Horismenus sp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), parasitoids of bruchid beetles
Author(s) -
AEBI A.,
ALVAREZ N.,
BUTCHER R. D. J.,
HANSSON C.,
RISTERUCCI A. M.,
BENREY B.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
molecular ecology notes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1471-8286
pISSN - 1471-8278
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00766.x
Subject(s) - eulophidae , biology , hymenoptera , parasitoid , phaseolus , taxonomy (biology) , genus , biological pest control , microsatellite , zoology , botany , allele , biochemistry , gene
Parasitoids of the genus Horismenus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) are the main natural enemies of bruchid beetles that feed on several species of Phaseolus beans. Samples of Horismenus depressus , H. missouriensis and H. butcheri were collected from seeds of three Phaseolus species throughout Mexico to examine the impact of plant variability on the genetic structure of parasitoid populations. For this purpose, six microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized. These loci are of great interest in understanding the taxonomy of the genus Horismenus , the most important Eulophid genus in the Neotropics.