scholarly journals Parasitoids of Butterflies: Reassignment of Dolichogenidea hasorae (wilkinson, 1928) as a New Combination along with New Host-parasitoid Linkages and Notes on Host Specificity from Kerala, India

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Ankita Gupta ◽  
K. Saji ◽  
P. Manoj
Keyword(s):  
Host Range ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Host Specificity ◽  
Natural Enemies ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Butterfly Species ◽  
Flagship Species ◽  
New Host ◽  
First Time

Butterflies are flagship species for biodiversity conservation and thus the knowledge of their associated natural enemies is important. In this study, rearing data on parasitism of seven butterfly species in six genera belonging to three Lepidoptera families (Hesperiidae, Lycaenidae and Papilionidae) are presented for the first time from Kerala, India. Four species of parasitic wasps along with two possibly unnamed species, collectively from three Hymenoptera families (Braconidae, Chalcididae and Ichneumonidae), were discovered. <em>Dolichogenidea hasorae</em> (Wilkinson, 1928) <strong>n. comb.</strong> (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is reassigned from the traditionally defined genus <em>Apanteles</em>. The following host associations are recorded: <em>Brachymeria lasus</em> (Walker) (Chalcididae) from pupa of <em>Hasora chromus</em> (Cramer) (Hesperiidae); <em>Casinaria ajanta</em> Maheshwary&amp;Gupta (Ichneumonidae) from caterpillars of two hesperiid species − <em>Ampittia dioscorides</em> (Fabricius) (Hesperiidae) and <em>Parnara</em> sp. (Hesperiidae); <em>Dolichogenidea hasorae</em> (Wilkinson) <strong>n. comb.</strong> from caterpillar of <em>Hasora taminatus</em> (Hübner); <em>Glyptapanteles aristolochiae</em> (Wilkinson) from caterpillar of <em>Troides minos</em> (Cramer) (Papilionidae); <em>Apanteles</em> sp. (Braconidae) from caterpillar of <em>Telicota bambusae</em> (Moore) (Hesperiidae); and <em>Cotesia</em> sp. from caterpillar of <em>Udara akasa</em> (Horsfield) (Lycaenidae). The majority of these records are the first reports except <em>C. ajanta</em> from <em>Parnara</em> sp. Host range extension and varied host association of parasitoids are discussed based on newly acquired and previously published data. Brief diagnosis of wasps and illustrations of wasps along with their respective hosts are provided.

Occurrence and spread of Ceroplastes cirripediformis Comstock (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae) in India

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5039 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-570
Author(s):  
SUNIL JOSHI ◽  
HASEENA BHASKAR ◽  
V.S. AASHIQ POON ◽  
B.R. JAYANTHI MALA ◽  
P.D. KAMALA JAYANTHI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Host Range ◽  
Natural Enemies ◽  
Scale Insect ◽  
Indian Species ◽  
Broad Host Range ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Soft Scale ◽  
Plant Pest ◽  
Plant Families ◽  
First Time

The notoriously destructive and invasive soft scale, Ceroplastes cirripediformis Comstock (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha: Coccidae), is recorded for the first time from India. The scale is redescribed to facilitate its identification and information on its host range, natural enemies and distribution is provided. An identification key to the Indian species in this genus is given. Management options in the event of an outbreak are discussed briefly. The establishment of this scale insect warrants special attention in India as it is a potentially damaging plant pest and has a broad host range across many plant families.  

New host-plants records of Afrotropical Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera), with description of three new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4952 (3) ◽  
pp. 495-522
Author(s):  
OLEKSIY BIDZILYA
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
First Record ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Larval Biology ◽  
New Host ◽  
North West ◽  
Annotated List ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
First Time

First and additional host-plant records for 38 species of Gelechiidae from South Africa and Kenya are presented. An annotated list with brief descriptions of larval biology and known geographical distributions is presented. Three species are described as new: Mesophleps kruegeri sp. nov. (Namibia: Kavango Region and South Africa: Limpopo Province), Istrianis inquilinus sp. nov. (South Africa: North West Province), and Teleiopsis sharporum sp. nov. (South Africa: Limpopo Province). The new combination Istrianis epacria (Bradley, 1965) comb. nov. is proposed. The male genitalia of Hypatima melanecta (Meyrick, 1914) is described for the first time. It is noticed that male hitherto associated with T. commaculata (Meyrick, 1918) in fact refers to T. pundamilia Bidzilya & Mey, 2018. Hypatima stasimodes (Meyrick, 1931), Dichomeris coenulenta (Meyrick, 1927), Dichomeris eustacta Meyrick, 1921, Neotelphusa similella Janse, 1958 and Argophara epaxia Janse, 1963 are recorded for the first time from South Africa, and Istrianis epacria is new for Kenya. The adults, male and female genitalia are illustrated for some species mentioned in paper. The first record of the genus Teleiopsis Sattler, 1960 from South Africa is briefly discussed. 

On Urceolaria mitra (Protozoa, Peritricha) epizoic on North American flatworms

1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 981-985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian R. Ball ◽  
C. H. Fernando
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Host Specificity ◽  
North American ◽  
Biological Data ◽  
Temporary Waters ◽  
New Host ◽  
First Time

Urceolaria mitra (von Sieb.) is described for the first time from North America, and new host and geographic records are given. Brief biological data on host specificity, distribution and dispersal, and survival of the epizoite in temporary waters are also provided.

scholarly journals Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Some European Countries: Diffusion, Hosts, Molecular Characterization, and Natural Enemies

Insects ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Nugnes ◽  
Stefania Laudonia ◽  
Giovanni Jesu ◽  
Maurice Gerardus Maria Jansen ◽  
Umberto Bernardo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Characterization ◽  
Natural Enemies ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Biocontrol Agent ◽  
First Record ◽  
New Host ◽  
Ladybird Beetle ◽  
Albanian Population ◽  
First Time

After the first record in 2008 in Southeast Italy, the alien invasive and quarantine pest Aleurocanthus spiniferus (orange spiny whitefly—OSW) has gradually spread throughout Europe, infesting several new host plants in addition to the known hosts. Molecular characterization of some Italian populations and a newly found Albanian population highlighted two different haplotypes invading Europe, belonging to one of the haplogroups previously recorded in China. A predator was recorded for the first time in several fields in Italy in association with OSW and other whitefly species. It was successively identified through a morpho-molecular characterization as a Nearctic member of the tribe Serangiini, the ladybird beetle, Delphastus catalinae. This predator represents a promising biocontrol agent to manage A. spiniferus outbreaks in Italy and other invaded countries.

HOST SHIFT OF THE LEAF GALLER DIPLOLEPIS POLITA (HYMENOPTERA: CYNIPIDAE) TO THE DOMESTIC SHRUB ROSE ROSA RUGOSA

1994 ◽  
Vol 126 (6) ◽  
pp. 1499-1503 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.D. Shorthouse
Keyword(s):  
Host Specificity ◽  
Rocky Mountains ◽  
Host Shift ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Rosa Rugosa ◽  
New Host ◽  
First Time ◽  
Established Population ◽  
Insight Into

AbstractThe leaf galler Diplolepis polita (Ashmead), known only from Rosa acicularis Lindl. west of the Rocky Mountains, is recorded for the first time on the introduced, urban shrub rose Rosa rugosa Thunb. Inquilines and parasitoids commonly kill over 90% of the inducers in populations of galls found in natural habitats, whereas 55% of the galls from the urban roses contained an inducer. Differences in component communities associated with galls on domestic and wild roses are likely indicative of a recently established population in an atypical habitat. Occurrence of D. polita on this new host also provides insight into the host specificity and vagility of cynipid wasps.

New records of bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae), with an updated checklist of the nycteribiids of Russia

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4927 (3) ◽  
pp. 410-430
Author(s):  
MARIA V. ORLOVA ◽  
PAVEL B. KLIMOV ◽  
NINA S. MOSKVITINA ◽  
OLEG L. ORLOV ◽  
ALEXANDER V. ZHIGALIN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
New Records ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Russian Regions ◽  
New Host ◽  
Bat Flies ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Bat Fly ◽  
Myotis Nattereri ◽  
First Time

We assembled a checklist by documenting and curating previously published data as well as previously unpublished records of bat flies from the Russian Federation. A total of 20 bat fly species are listed, belonging to 4 genera. Basilia mongolensis nudior Hůrka, 1972 and Basilia nattereri (Kolenati, 1857) are recorded from Russia for the first time. The following new host associations are reported: Basilia mongolensis nudior ex Myotis nattereri (Kuhl), Basilia nattereri ex Eptesicus nilssonii (Keyserling & Blasius), Basilia rybini Hůrka, 1969 ex Myotis dasycneme (Boie) and Eptesicus nilssonii, and Nycteribia quasiocellata Theodor, 1966 ex Vespertilio murinus Linnaeus. We provide data on nine major Russian regions for which nycteribiid records were previously lacking. 

scholarly journals Trissolcus kozlovi in North Italy: Host Specificity and Augmentative Releases against Halyomorpha halys in Hazelnut Orchards

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 464
Author(s):  
Silvia Teresa Moraglio ◽  
Francesco Tortorici ◽  
Sara Visentin ◽  
Marco Giuseppe Pansa ◽  
Luciana Tavella
Keyword(s):  
Host Range ◽  
Host Specificity ◽  
Environmental Conditions ◽  
Laboratory Tests ◽  
Biological Traits ◽  
Halyomorpha Halys ◽  
New Host ◽  
Augmentative Releases ◽  
Few Data ◽  
High Adaptation

Trissolcus kozlovi (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) emerged from field-laid eggs of Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in North Italy, and it emerged in significantly higher numbers from fresh H. halys eggs compared to other native scelionids. Since few data on T. kozlovi are available, its host-specificity and some biological traits were investigated in laboratory tests, and its impact after augmentative releases was evaluated in two hazelnut orchards. Among the 12 tested bug species (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae, Scutelleridae), only Nezara viridula was an unsuitable host, while the highest offspring proportions were obtained from Arma custos, Pentatoma rufipes, and Peribalus strictus, followed by Acrosternum heegeri and Palomena prasina. Furthermore, when reared on P. strictus, T. kozlovi showed a high longevity as well as a high adaptation to H. halys eggs. In both hazelnut orchards, T. kozlovi emerged from H. halys eggs after field releases, but it was not found in the next two years. The physiological host range of T. kozlovi was quite similar to that of T. japonicus, and probably T. kozlovi has just begun to attack H. halys as a new host. This aspect needs to be further investigated, as well as its favorable environmental conditions, its distribution and also its possible interaction with T. japonicus, currently present in Italy.

scholarly journals Helminths parasites of freshwater fishes from Pirassununga, SP, Brazil

1985 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kohn ◽  
B. M. M. Fernandes ◽  
B. Macedo ◽  
B. Abramson
Keyword(s):  
Host Species ◽  
Freshwater Fishes ◽  
Bufo Marinus ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Locality Record ◽  
New Host ◽  
Parasitic Helminths ◽  
Digenetic Trematodes ◽  
New Hosts ◽  
First Time

Twelve species of parasitic helminths, seven trematodes, four nematodes and one acanthocephalan are reported from various hosts. Creptotrema lynchi, a parasite from Bufo marinus in Colombia, is described for the first time in fish and from Brazil, parasitizing two different species. A list of the host species, measurements and figures of most parasites are included with particular reference to the tegument of Bellumcorpus major recovered from a new host. The genus Zonocotyloides Padilha, 1978 is considered a synonym of Zonocotyle and the new combination: Zonocotyle haroltravassosi is proposed to the species Zonocotyloides haroltravassosi Padilha, 1978. The nematodes Cucullanus pinnai and Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) inopinatus and the trematode Pararhipidocotyle jeffersoni are reported in new hosts. The description of the acanthocephalan Neoechinorhynchus curemais (new locality record) is supplemented. Other parasites recovered include the nematodes Travnema travnema (new locality record), Rondonia rondoni and the digenetic trematodes Cladocystis intestinalis, Pseudosellacotyla lutzi (new locality record), Teratotrema sp. and Zonocotyle bicaecata.

scholarly journals First Report of Aberia caffra and Quercus cerris as Hosts of Inonotus rickii

Plant Disease ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Annesi ◽  
R. Coppola ◽  
L. D'Amico ◽  
E. Motta
Keyword(s):  
Host Range ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
Sambucus Nigra ◽  
New Host ◽  
First Report ◽  
The Past ◽  
Voucher Specimens ◽  
Quercus Cerris ◽  
First Time ◽  
Celtis Australis

Inonotus rickii (Pat.) D. Reid (Hymenochaetaceae), widespread in tropical and subtropical countries, produces cankers and decay in several hardwoods. In Italy, it was recorded for the first time approximately 20 years ago on Parkinsonia sp. and Schinus molle L. in Sicily (2) and more recently on Acer negundo L. and Celtis australis L. in Rome (1). During May 2004, a survey was performed in Sicily in public and botanical gardens where the fungus had been detected in the past. Although the previously attacked plants had been removed, more trees were showing decline symptoms, with sparse foliage and some dieback. Typical brown, powdery masses of chlamydospores of I. rickii were observed near wounds or pruning cuts on Quercus cerris L. in Palermo and Sambucus nigra L. and Aberia caffra Hook. F. & Harv. in Catania. From each fungal specimen, fragments were isolated and cultured on malt agar. Cultures produced acute, thick-walled, brown setae (as much as 250 µm long) and abundant chlamydospores that were yellowish brown, thick walled, irregularly shaped, and 10 to 12 × 8 to 12 µm. Each isolate conformed to I. rickii (3). Cultures and voucher specimens have been deposited in the ISPaVe collection (PF40, PF41, and PF42) and the ROPV herbarium (772, 773, and 774). To our knowledge, this is the first report of I. rickii in living Q. cerris and A. caffra. S. nigra is a new host in Italy. This record shows that the pathogen has fully established itself in southern Europe where it may expand its host range. References: (1) T. Annesi et al. For. Pathol. 33:405, 2003. (2) M. Intini. Micol. Ital. 20:49, 1988. (3) J. A. Stalpers. Karstenia 40:167, 2000.

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