First record of Zombrus bicolor (Enderlein) (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) in Western Europe

By

Loni, Augusto
Spooner-Hart, Robert
Lucchi, Andrea

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

219

Pages

87-91

Subjects

Anoplophora chinensis , Exotic species , new finding , Vineyard , wood borer parasitoid

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.219.3439

 

Abstract

The finding of Zombrus bicolor (Enderlein) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) in a Tuscan vineyard of the Siena province (Italy) represents the first record of this species in western Europe. A female was captured in summer 2009 with a malaise trap located in an organic vineyard. Until this finding, the species was recorded only in the Oriental regions of continental China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan and, very recently, in the eastern and southern parts of the Palaearctic region.