Description of a new species of Oligosita Walker (Chalcidoidea: Trichogrammatidae), egg parasitoid of Balclutha brevis Lindberg (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) living on Pennisetum setaceum, from Italy

Eight species of parasitic wasps were bred from various stages of five species of hesperiids viz. Thoressa evershedi (Evans), Pelopidas mathias (Fabricius), Udaspes folus (Cramer), Borbo cinnara (Wallace) and Caltoris sp. inhabiting Western Ghats, Kerala, India. One new species, Dolichogenidea kunhi Gupta & Kalesh, is described and illustrated from Kerala, India, and its relationship with closely allied species is discussed. This new species was bred from parasitized larvae of Thoressa evershedi (Evans) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Microgastrinae braconid species, Apanteles javensis Rohwer and Cotesia erionotae (Wilkinson) were bred from parasitized larvae of P. mathias and U. folus respectively. Brachymeria habui Özdikmen (Chalcididae) was recorded from pupae of U. folus. Two hyperparasitoids, Eurytoma manilensis Ashmead (Eurytomidae) & Pediobius foveolatus (Crawford) (Eulophidae) were bred from larvae of B. cinnara. Egg parasitoid, Ooencyrtus papilionis Ashmead (Encyrtidae) and pupal parasitoid Brachymeria lasus (Walker) (Chacididae) was recorded from Caltoris sp. Information on the parasitoid distribution, brief diagnosis of each species with a habitus photograph for easy identification, host association, host caterpillars, caterpillar host plants, and taxonomic comments are provided.

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A new species of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from Argentina, an egg parasitoid of Tapajosa rubromarginata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1619.1.4 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1619 (1) ◽

pp. 61-68 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN ◽

GUILLERMO A. LOGARZO ◽

EDUARDO G. VIRLA ◽

JESSE H. DE LEÓN

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Egg Parasitoid ◽

Species Group ◽

Homalodisca Vitripennis ◽

Laboratory Conditions ◽

The Usa ◽

Corn Plants ◽

A New Species ◽

Host Associations

Specimens of Gonatocerus virlai S. Triapitsyn, Logarzo & de León sp. n., which belongs to the ater species group of Gonatocerus Nees (Mymaridae), were reared in Argentina mostly from wild-collected and sentinel eggs of the sharpshooter Tapajosa rubromarginata (Signoret) (Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae: Proconiini) on citrus and corn plants. The distribution and host associations (both natural and laboratory) of G. virlai are given. Under quarantine laboratory conditions in the USA, it was successfully reared for many generations on an unnatural host, the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar).

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Description and biological traits of a new species ofParacentrobia(Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae), an egg parasitoid of the sharpshooterTapajosa rubromarginata(Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in Argentina

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment ◽

10.1080/01650520902826831 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 44 (1) ◽

pp. 47-53 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Eduardo G. Virla ◽

Erica Luft Albarracin ◽

Serguei V. Triapitsyn ◽

Gennaro Viggiani ◽

Guillermo A. Logarzo

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Egg Parasitoid ◽

Biological Traits ◽

A New Species

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Aethiophenax mycetophagi sp. nov. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Acarophenacidae), an egg parasitoid of Mycetophagus quadripustulatus (Coleoptera: Mycetophagidae) from Iran

Systematic and Applied Acarology ◽

10.11158/saa.22.4.9 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 22 (4) ◽

pp. 541 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Elham Arjomandi ◽

Hamidreza Hajiqanbar ◽

Omid Joharchi

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Egg Parasitoid ◽

Mazandaran Province ◽

Northern Iran ◽

World Species ◽

Adult Females ◽

The World ◽

Oyster Mushrooms ◽

A New Species

A new species of the genus Aethiophenax Mahunka, 1981 (Acari: Prostigmata: Acarophenacidae), A. mycetophagi Arjomandi and Hajiqanbar sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on adult females. Mites were collected from the beneath elytra of hairy fungus beetles, Mycetophagus quadripustulatus (Linnaeus, 1761) (Col.: Tenebrionoidea: Mycetophagidae) grazing on oyster mushrooms on a bough of a tree in Mazandaran province, northern Iran. The new species, as fourth representative of the genus, is characterized by all dorsal setae thin and relatively long (26–35) in comparison with those of congeners; all ventral setae thin, setae 2a longest and 1b shortest of venter of idiosoma; tibiotarsus I with solenidion φ slightly clavate and as long as ω; tarsi II with seta pl” modified and spine-like; genu III with two setae (l’ and v’). A key to the world species of the genus is also provided.

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Re-description and biology of Parastethynium maxwelli (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of Zophiuma lobulata (Hemiptera: Lophopidae), and description of a new species of Parastethynium from Indonesia

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2733.1.5 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2733 (1) ◽

pp. 49 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

JOHN T. HUBER ◽

CATHERINE W. GITAU ◽

GEOFF M. GURR ◽

CHARLES F. DEWHURST ◽

MURRAY J. FLETCHER

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Relative Humidity ◽

Papua New Guinea ◽

Adult Development ◽

Oil Palm ◽

Development Time ◽

First Record ◽

Egg Parasitoid ◽

Basic Biology ◽

A New Species

Both sexes of Parastethynium maxwelli (Girault), a parasitoid of Zophiuma lobulata Ghauri eggs on coconut and oil palm in Papua New Guinea, are described and illustrated. The second known species in the genus Parastethynium, P. hirsutum Huber sp. n., from Indonesia (Sulawesi) is also described. The latter represents the first record from the Oriental region. The basic biology of P. maxwelli is presented. Mean progeny produced per female was 57 with a female proportion of 0.59. Mean egg to adult development time was 11 days, at 24.5 o C−29.7 o C and 72−93% relative humidity. Survival time of females and males fed on honey and water was longer compared to males and differed significantly with those provided with water only or nothing at all.

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Stink bug egg parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae) associated with pistachio in Iran and description of a new species: Trissolcus darreh Talamas

Journal of Hymenoptera Research ◽

10.3897/jhr.87.72838 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 87 ◽

pp. 291-308

Author(s):

Fateme Ranjbar ◽

M. Amin Jalali ◽

Mahdi Ziaaddini ◽

Zahra Gholamalizade ◽

Elijah J. Talamas

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Intraspecific Variation ◽

Egg Parasitoid ◽

Egg Parasitoids ◽

Parasitoid Wasps ◽

Stink Bug ◽

New Host ◽

A New Species ◽

Host Associations

Surveys for egg-parasitoid wasps were conducted in Rafsanjan, Iran, on two species of Pentatomidae (Hemiptera) found in pistachio orchards, Acrosternum arabicum Wagner and Brachynema signatum Jakovlev. Five species of Scelionidae (Platygastroidea) were recovered, including one that is here described as new: Psix saccharicola (Mani), Trissolcus colemani (Crawford), T. darreh Talamas sp. nov., T. perepelovi (Kozlov), and T. semistriatus (Nees). In addition to describing a new species, we report new host associations, provide COI barcodes for four of these species, and discuss host-related intraspecific variation in T. darreh and T. perepelovi.

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Paratelenomus anu Rajmohana, Sachin & Talamas (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae): description and biology of a new species of phoretic egg parasitoid of Megacopta cribraria (Fab.) (Hemiptera, Plataspidae)

Journal of Hymenoptera Research ◽

10.3897/jhr.73.34262 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 73 ◽

pp. 103-123

Author(s):

Keloth Rajmohana ◽

James P. Sachin ◽

Elijah J. Talamas ◽

Mukundan S. Shamyasree ◽

S. K. Jalali ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Biological Control ◽

New Species ◽

Egg Parasitoid ◽

Junior Synonym ◽

A New Species

Paratelenomus anu Rajmohana, Sachin & Talamas, sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) is an egg parasitoid of the kudzu bug, Megacopta cribraria (Fab.) (Hemiptera: Plataspidae). It is morphologically and genetically distinct from P. saccharalis (Dodd), a well-known egg parasitoid of the same host. Paratelenomus anu is here described from India and diagnosed from other species of Paratelenomus Dodd. This parasitoid can be reared easily, has high rates of parasitism, and thus may be significant for the biological control of M. cribraria. Phoresy is documented in P. anu and provides the first known example of this behavior in Paratelenomus. Paratelenomus longus (Kozlov & Lê) syn. nov. and P. mangrovus Rajmohana & Narendran, syn. nov. are treated as junior synonyms of P. tetartus (Crawford), and P. obtusus (Lê) syn. nov. is treated as a junior synonym of P. saccharalis.

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