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

By

Rajmohana, K.
Sachin, James
Talamas, Elijah
Shamyasree, Mukundun
Jalali, S. K.
Rikshik, Ojha

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

73

Pages

103--123

Subjects

Biological control , India , invasive species , kudzu bug , phoresy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.73.34262

 

Abstract

Paratelenomus anuRajmohana, 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 fromP. saccharalis(Dodd), a well-known egg parasitoid of the same host.Paratelenomus anuis here described from India and diagnosed from other species ofParatelenomusDodd. This parasitoid can be reared easily, has high rates of parasitism, and thus may be significant for the biological control ofM. cribraria.Phoresy is documented inP. anuand provides the first known example of this behavior inParatelenomus.Paratelenomus longus(Kozlov & Lê)syn. nov.andP. mangrovusRajmohana & Narendran,syn. nov.are treated as junior synonyms ofP. tetartus(Crawford), andP. obtusus(Lê)syn. nov.is treated as a junior synonym ofP. saccharalis.