| Literature DB >> 32581638 |
Huayan Chen1, Elijah J Talamas2,3, Hong Pang4.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Trissolcus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) is a cosmopolitan genus of egg-parasitoid wasps associated with stink bugs (Pentatomidae, Scutelleridae, Urostylididae), many of which are important insect pests. Documentation of host associations for these wasps, which we here provide via museum specimens, can support their use as biological control agents of invasive stink bugs. NEW INFORMATION: The hosts of seven Trissolcus species are reported from China: Trissolcus cultratus (Mayr) (hosts: Hippotiscus dorsalis Stål, Pentatomidae; Urochela luteovaria Distant, Urostylididae), Trissolcus elasmuchae (Watanabe) (host: Niphe elongata (Dallas), Pentatomidae), Trissolcus japonicus (Ashmead) (hosts: Erthesina fullo (Thunberg), Pentatomidae; Rhaphigaster nebulosa (Poda), Pentatomidae), Trissolcus latisulcus (Crawford) (host: Poecilocoris latus Dallas, Scutelleridae), Trissolcus mitsukurii (Ashmead) (host: Pentatomidae), Trissolcus semistriatus (Nees von Esenbeck) (host: Eurydema sp., Scutelleridae), Trissolcus yamagishii Ryu (host: Niphe elongata (Dallas), Pentatomidae). Huayan Chen, Elijah J Talamas, Hong Pang.Entities:
Keywords: Platygastroidea ; Biological control; egg parasitoid; stink bug
Year: 2020 PMID: 32581638 PMCID: PMC7303229 DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e53786
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biodivers Data J ISSN: 1314-2828
Figure 6.Host egg mass of (ZJU 816020-1)