Mitogenomics of the Olive Seed Weevil, Marshall and Implications for Its Phylogenetic Position in Curculionidae.

Marshall (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is a seed-feeding weevil native to southern Africa; its larvae are known to develop in the fruits of the African Wild Olive and, more rarely, cultivated olives. The species has been mainly found in the Western Cape province of South Africa, but it has remained in relative obscurity because it does not seem to represent a current threat to commercial olive production. As part of an ongoing effort to produce baseline genetic data for olive-associated entomofauna in South Africa, we generated reference DNA barcodes for collected from wild and cultivated olives and sequenced its mitogenome for assessment of the phylogenetic position of the species in the family Curculionidae.

New Mitochondrial Gene Rearrangement in , and (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), Three Parasitoid Species of Economic Interest.

The family Braconidae consists mostly of specialized parasitoids, some of which hold potential in biocontrol of agricultural pests. and are parasitoids associated with , a major pest of cultivated olives. The native range of is the Mediterranean, and and are native to sub-Saharan Africa.

Description of the sexual generation of Dryocosmus destefanii (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) and disclosure of its life cycle.

The sexual generation of Dryocosmus destefanii Cerasa Melika, 2018 that emerges from galls on Q. suber L. in Italy is described for the first time, establishing its heterogonic life cycle.

Influence of Distance from the Host on Parasitisation by (Szépligeti) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae).

The olive fruit fly, , is considered the main olive pest worldwide, and has been the target of biological control programmes through the release of the braconid parasitoid . Laboratory tests were performed to evaluate the influence of distance from the host on parasitisation, placing larvae of the substitute host at seven distances (0, 0.5, 1, 1.

The complete mitochondrial genome of Bactrocera biguttula (Bezzi) (Diptera: Tephritidae) and phylogenetic relationships with other Dacini.

Bactrocera biguttula is an African olive fruit fly that does not attack cultivated olives but rather develops in the fruits of wild species of Olea and Noronhia. The complete mitochondrial genome of an individual specimen was characterized in comparison to other Bactrocera. The phylogenetic relationships of B.