First report and integrated analysis of two native Trissolcus species utilizing Bagrada hilaris eggs in California

By

Ganjisaffar, Fatemeh
Talamas, Elijah
Bon, Marie-Claude
Perring, Thomas

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

80

Pages

49--70

Subjects

bagrada bug , egg parasitoids , painted bug , Scelionidae , sentinel eggs

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.80.57024

 

Abstract

Surveys with sentinel eggs of Bagrada hilaris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in southern California retrieved two parasitoids that were not previously known to be associated with this stink bug, Trissolcus hullensis and T. utahensis (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae). Molecular and morphological analysis of these specimens is used to modify the concept of T. utahensis and assess the factors that contribute to intraspecific variation. We provide an updated couplet to separate T. utahensis from a morphologically similar species, T. cosmopeplae.