TY - JOUR
T1 - Synopeas maximum Awad & Talamas (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae)
T2 - a new species of parasitoid associated with soybean gall midge, Resseliella maxima Gagné (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae)
AU - Melotto, Gloria
AU - Awad, Jessica
AU - Talamas, Elijah J.
AU - Koch, Robert L.
AU - Lindsey, Amelia R.I.
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Synopeas maximum Awad & Talamas, sp. nov., the first reported parasitoid associated with the soybean gall midge, Resseliella maxima Gagné, is described based on morphological and molecular data. Parasitoids were reared from soybean stems infested by R. maxima in Minnesota. A phylogenetic reconstruction of the genus Synopeas Förster was performed with COI sequences (n=2412) available on the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Phylogenetic and barcode gap analyses suggest 279 Synopeas species in this dataset, with S. maximum sequences forming a monophyletic clade that is distinct from relatives. The Synopeas maximum clade was close to specimens from Canada and the United States, suggesting it is native to North America. We present a taxonomic treatment of S. maximum to facilitate its identification, including comparison to morphologically similar species. This project provides baseline data for further ecological study of R. maxima parasitism, and its management in soybean.
AB - Synopeas maximum Awad & Talamas, sp. nov., the first reported parasitoid associated with the soybean gall midge, Resseliella maxima Gagné, is described based on morphological and molecular data. Parasitoids were reared from soybean stems infested by R. maxima in Minnesota. A phylogenetic reconstruction of the genus Synopeas Förster was performed with COI sequences (n=2412) available on the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Phylogenetic and barcode gap analyses suggest 279 Synopeas species in this dataset, with S. maximum sequences forming a monophyletic clade that is distinct from relatives. The Synopeas maximum clade was close to specimens from Canada and the United States, suggesting it is native to North America. We present a taxonomic treatment of S. maximum to facilitate its identification, including comparison to morphologically similar species. This project provides baseline data for further ecological study of R. maxima parasitism, and its management in soybean.
KW - gall midge
KW - parasitism
KW - phylogenetic reconstruction
KW - soybean
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U2 - 10.3897/jhr.96.102865
DO - 10.3897/jhr.96.102865
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85162253953
SN - 1070-9428
VL - 96
SP - 181
EP - 205
JO - Journal of Hymenoptera Research
JF - Journal of Hymenoptera Research
ER -