Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Award Date
2019
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department / School
Agronomy, Horticulture, and Plant Science
First Advisor
Paul J. Johnson
Abstract
The diversity of parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in South Dakota is largely unexamined despite these wasps providing innumerable important ecological and biological services and being an essential part of natural and agricultural ecosystems. A new species of Acrisis Foerster was reared and is described from the native prairie legume Glycyrrhiza lepidota (Nuttall) Pursh, a plant studied for its potential for conservation and remediation. A large insect guild of seed predators and their associated parasitoids and hyperparasitoids reported from G. lepidota provides a list of potential hosts associated with the new parasitoid species. The agriculturally significant legume soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merrill, similarly has a large guild of pests, predators, and parasitoids, including the significant pest, soybean aphid, Aphis glycines Matsumura. A survey of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) demonstrated a surprising diversity of species not previously recorded in soybean fields.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Parasitoids -- South Dakota.
Parasitoids -- Variation -- South Dakota.
Soybean -- Diseases and pests -- South Dakota.
Licorice (Plant) -- Diseases and pests -- South Dakota.
Format
application/pdf
Number of Pages
48
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Martens, Abigail P., "A Review of the Genus Acrisis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with a New Species from American Licorice and a Survey of Aphid Parasitoids of Soybean Fields in Eastern South Dakota" (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3398.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/3398
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