Gryon aetherium Talamas (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae): Parasitoid of Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) Adventive in Chile

By

Ninoska Rojas, Roccio
Talamas, Elijah
Albornoz, Marta V.
Flores, M. Fernanda
Barros-Parada, Wilson
Bout, Alexandre

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

Journal of Hymenoptera research

Volume

87

Pages

493--501

Subjects

Biological control , DNA barcoding , egg parasitoid , invasive species , stink bug

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Washington, D.C International Society of Hymenopterists

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.87.75363

 

Abstract

A parasitoid wasp,Gryon aetheriumTalamas (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae), was reared from eggs of the invasive stink bugBagrada hilaris(Burmeister) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) in Chile. The identification ofG. aetherium, which is under study as a biological control agent, was made with morphological and molecular data in the context of a recent taxonomic treatment of this species. The presence of an adventive population ofG. aetheriumin South America has implications for biological control ofB. hilarisin Chile, and other countries on the continent, where this stink bug may become a pest.