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Bull Entomol Res ; 108(1): 93-100, 2018 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28969718

ABSTRACT

The Red Palm Weevil (RPW) Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier 1790) is an invasive pest from southeastern Asia and Melanesia that in the last 30 years has spread widely in the Middle East and Mediterranean Basin. Its stem-boring larvae cause great damage to several palm species of the Arecaceae family, many of which are economically important for agricultural and ornamental purposes. Therefore, great attention has recently been focused in studying this species to identify sustainable and effective eradication strategies, such as sterile insect technique (SIT). The rapid spread of RPW is associated with its high reproductive success. To evaluate the suitability of a SIT strategy, particular physiological and behavioral aspects of RPW reproduction, such as the presence of polyandry and post-copulatory sperm selection mechanisms, were investigated. To determine paternity of progeny from multiply mated females, double-crossing experiments were carried out confining individual females with either a wild-type male or a γ-irradiated male (Co-60). Fecundity and fertility of females were scored to evaluate post-copulatory sperm selection. Results showed that progeny were almost exclusively produced by the sperm of the second male, suggesting that a last-male sperm precedence is expressed at high levels in this species, and providing interesting insights for an area-wide RPW management strategy such as the SIT.


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Pest Control, Biological , Weevils , Animals , Female , Male , Reproduction , Spermatozoa
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Bull Entomol Res ; 106(1): 99-113, 2016 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26548721

ABSTRACT

Trichosirocalus horridus sensu lato has been used as a biological control agent of several invasive thistles (Carduus spp., Cirsium spp. and Onopordum spp.) since 1974. It has been recognized as a single species until 2002, when it was split into three species based on morphological characters: T. horridus, Trichosirocalus briesei and Trichosirocalus mortadelo, each purported to have different host plants. Because of this taxonomic change, uncertainty exists as to which species were released in various countries; furthermore, there appears to be some exceptions to the purported host plants of some of these species. To resolve these questions, we conducted an integrative taxonomic study of the T. horridus species complex using molecular genetic and morphological analyses of specimens from three continents. Both mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and nuclear elongation factor 1α markers clearly indicate that there are only two distinct species, T. horridus and T. briesei. Molecular evidence, morphological analysis and host plant associations support the synonymy of T. horridus (Panzer, 1801) and T. mortadelo Alonso-Zarazaga & Sánchez-Ruiz, 2002. We determine that T. horridus has been established in Canada, USA, New Zealand and Australia and that T. briesei is established in Australia. The former species was collected from Carduus, Cirsium and Onopordum spp. in the field, whereas the latter appears to be specific to Onopordum.


Subject(s)
Asteraceae , Introduced Species , Weed Control , Weevils/anatomy & histology , Weevils/genetics , Animals , Australasia , Electron Transport Complex IV/genetics , Electron Transport Complex IV/metabolism , Europe , Female , Food Chain , Herbivory , Insect Proteins/genetics , Insect Proteins/metabolism , Male , Molecular Sequence Data , North America , Phylogeny , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Weevils/physiology
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Bioorg Chem ; 29(5): 321-31, 2001 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16256701

ABSTRACT

A manganese porphyrin having four 2,2'-bipyridyl groups on its meso positions was synthesized. In the presence of Cu2+ ions it catalyzes the regioselective oxidation of steroid substrates carrying auxiliary metal coordinating groups.


Subject(s)
2,2'-Dipyridyl/chemistry , Copper/chemistry , Manganese/chemistry , Organometallic Compounds/chemistry , Porphyrins/chemistry , Steroids/chemistry , Catalysis , Crystallography, X-Ray , Models, Molecular , Molecular Structure , Organometallic Compounds/chemical synthesis , Oxidation-Reduction , Stereoisomerism , Steroids/chemical synthesis
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