Electrophoretic and phylogenetic analyses of selected allopatric populations of the Cotesia flavipes complex (hymenoptera: Braconidae), parasitoids of cereal stemborers

Publication Type

Journal Article

Journal Name

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Name of Author

Susan W. Kimani-Njogu, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi
William A. Overholt, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi
James B. Woolley, Texas A&M University
Charles O. Omwega, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi

Publication Date

4-17-1998

Abstract

Electrophoretic studies were conducted on the Cotesia flavipes Cameron complex and Cotesia glomerata L. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Esterase, glucosephosphate isomerase, hexokinase, sorbital dehydrogenase and phosphogluconate dehydrogenase had fixed alleles for the three species and could be used to distinguish them. Cotesia chilonis (Matsumura) and Cotesia sesamiae (Cameron), have a genetic identity value characteristic of distinct species (Nei's genetic identity, I = 0.587). Cladistic analysis of the allozyme data indicated that allopatric populations currently included in C. flavipes may not be a monophyletic group.

Keywords

Allozyme analysis, Braconidae, C. chilonis, C. sesamiae, Cladistics, Cotesia flavipes, Electrophoresis, Hymenoptera

Recommended Citation

Kimani-Njogu, S., Overholt, W., Woolley, J., & Omwega, C. (1998). Electrophoretic and phylogenetic analyses of selected allopatric populations of the Cotesia flavipes complex (hymenoptera: Braconidae), parasitoids of cereal stemborers. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 26 (3), 285-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-1978(97)00108-7