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- Title
The Viromes of Six Ecosystem Service Provider Parasitoid Wasps.
- Authors
Caldas-Garcia, Gabriela B.; Santos, Vinícius Castro; Fonseca, Paula Luize Camargos; de Almeida, João Paulo Pereira; Costa, Marco Antônio; Aguiar, Eric Roberto Guimarães Rocha
- Abstract
Parasitoid wasps are fundamental insects for the biological control of agricultural pests. Despite the importance of wasps as natural enemies for more sustainable and healthy agriculture, the factors that could impact their species richness, abundance, and fitness, such as viral diseases, remain almost unexplored. Parasitoid wasps have been studied with regard to the endogenization of viral elements and the transmission of endogenous viral proteins that facilitate parasitism. However, circulating viruses are poorly characterized. Here, RNA viromes of six parasitoid wasp species are studied using public libraries of next-generation sequencing through an integrative bioinformatics pipeline. Our analyses led to the identification of 18 viruses classified into 10 families (Iflaviridae, Endornaviridae, Mitoviridae, Partitiviridae, Virgaviridae, Rhabdoviridae, Chuviridae, Orthomyxoviridae, Xinmoviridae, and Narnaviridae) and into the Bunyavirales order. Of these, 16 elements were described for the first time. We also found a known virus previously identified on a wasp prey which suggests viral transmission between the insects. Altogether, our results highlight the importance of virus surveillance in wasps as its service disruption can affect ecology, agriculture and pest management, impacting the economy and threatening human food security.
- Subjects
BIOLOGICAL control of agricultural pests; WASPS; VIRAL transmission; VIRUS diseases; SUSTAINABLE agriculture; BIOLOGICAL pest control
- Publication
Viruses (1999-4915), 2023, Vol 15, Issue 12, p2448
- ISSN
1999-4915
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/v15122448