Abstract:
【Objective】 Parasitoids, as a class of parasitic natural enemies, parasitic on the larvae, eggs or pupae of Lepidoptera, Diptera and other insects, are a kind of important natural enemy insects, and play a certain role in controlling the occurrence of pests. This project aims to study the occurrence and transfer of parasitic wasps on the southern margin of Guerbantungote Desert in Xinjiang which might provide scientific basis for the control of insect pests and protection and utilization of natural enemy insect resources in farmland, ecotone and desert plants.
【Method】 In this experiment, the occurrence of parasitic wasps in the desert, farmland and plantlets in the southern margin of Guerbantungott Desert was investigated by net capture method. This research was done using fixed-point sampling method weekly.
【Result】 553 parasitic wasps were collected during the test, 5 superfamilies and 10 families, among which, Chalcidoidea is the most abundant in the family, accounting for 46.90% of the total. Ichneumonoidea and Proctotrupoidea accounted for 27.02% and 21.20%, respectively. The number of Braconidae was 144, accounting for 27.02% of the total, which was the dominant family. In the three habitats of farmland, ecotone and desert, the occurrence of parasitic wasps increased first and then decreased. Parasitic wasps began to appear in May, the number of parasitic wasps in the ecotone habitat (0.90 individual/(m
2·d)) in June reached the peak of the year, the highest value of farmland habitat and desert habitat in July was (0.94 individual/(m
2·d)) and (0.80 individual/(m
2·d)) respectively. In different samples from May to September, the number of parasitic wasps at weeds sample (0.82 individual/(m
2·d)) was significantly higher than that of other samples, the number of parasitic wasps in ecotone ephemeral plant sample (0.20 individual/(m
2·d)) was the lowest.
【Conclusion】 There are abundant natural enemy insect resources in the southern margin of Guerbantungut Desert, and the species of parasitoids are abundant, so we should protect the desert and the ecotone, reduce the application of insecticides in near desert farmland to protect parasitic wasps and play a better role of natural enemies to minimize the damage.