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Aprostocetus, etc ; Evaniidae; Periplaneta americana; biological control; egg masses; insects; parasitoids; synanthropes; Brazil; Show all 9 Subjects
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... In Brazil, synanthropic cockroaches are considered one of the insect groups of greatest economic importance. Aprostocetus hagenowii (Ratzeburg, 1852) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and Evania appendigaster (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) are parasitoid species that are natural enemies of Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus, 1758) (Blattaria: Blattidae) and can be adopted in biological control. He ...
Aprostocetus, etc ; Erebidae; Orgyia; defoliation; eggs; fecundity; hosts; insects; leaves; parasitism; parasitoids; population growth; Tunisia; Show all 13 Subjects
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... The outbreak species, Orgyia trigotephras caused significant defoliation in northeastern Tunisia in 2005. This work aims to elucidate the population cycle of this pest by testing a wide range of variation of fecundity and population growth. The recorded fecundity was at its highest peak with an average of 153 eggs/egg batch during outbreaks. The action of the complex of egg parasitoid/predator ass ...
Amado O. Cortez Jr.; Cheng‐Lung Chu; Hannah J. Broadley; Yong‐Sin Lo; Yu‐Chun Chen; Michael W. Gates; Laura A. Meyerson; Kim A. Hoelmer; Juli R. Gould; Shaw‐Yhi Hwang
Aprostocetus, etc ; Aclerdidae; Phragmites australis; adults; biological control; coasts; cost effectiveness; dieback; dominant species; entomology; females; hyperparasitism; infrastructure; multiparasitism; oils; parasitic wasps; population dynamics; river deltas; wasps; Louisiana; Mississippi River; Taiwan; Show all 22 Subjects
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... Roseau cane (Phragmites australis (Cav). Trin. ex Steud.) is the dominant plant species of the Mississippi River Delta in Louisiana, USA, and protects the coastline from erosion and storm‐related impacts, maintaining shipping channels and oil infrastructure. Widespread dieback and thinning of P. australis were noted in the Mississippi River Delta in the fall of 2016. Invasive populations of the ro ...
Aprostocetus, etc ; Braconidae; Herpetogramma; Onoclea sensibilis; Thelypteris; climate change; ferns and fern allies; herbivores; hyperparasitoids; marshes; mortality; moths; parasitism; phenology; trophic levels; wasps; Show all 16 Subjects
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... Recent climate change has produced a wide range of shifts in the phenology of species and consequent changes in the relationships among them. However, a dearth of studies exists that evaluates an entire trophic pyramid over an extended period. Here I characterize changes in several important variables on such a multitrophic suite of species, which contains two primary producers (sensitive and mars ...
Aprostocetus, etc ; Astragalus alpinus; Eurytoma; new species; parasitoids; research; spring; Norway; Show all 8 Subjects
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... A new species of Aprostocetus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), gall inducer on Astragalus alpinus (Fabaceae), is described from Norway. The eulophid causes an irregular round or spindle-shaped gall on stem, which shows a single internal cavity for the gregarious larvae. One generation is developed from spring to spring. The parasitoids Macroneura vesicularis (Retzius) and Eurytoma sp. emerged from the g ...
... Phenacoccus solenopsis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) is the most important scale pest of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) around the world and has emerged as an important pest on a wide range of host plants in many countries. This scale insect was first detected in Morocco in 2020 during sampling in a cactus crop in the Benni Mellal region (32° 20′ N, 6° 21′ W) and has also been found on many other non‐c ...
Aprostocetus, etc ; Imperata cylindrica; Orseolia javanica; Platygaster; Pteromalidae; biological control agents; body length; bunds; females; grasses; insects; males; morphometry; parasitoids; plant protection; principal component analysis; rice; taxonomy; Indonesia; Show all 19 Subjects
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... Morphometry of cogongrass gall midges parasitoids from Cianjur District, West Java. Imperata cylindrica is a species of grass that causes economic losses. One of the insects reported to have the potential as a biological control agent for Imperata is the cogongrass gall midges, Orseolia javanica (Diptera: Cecidomyiiae). The development of the cogongrass gall midges is influenced by its natural ene ...
Aprostocetus, etc ; Anoplophora chinensis; adults; biological control; biological control agents; clutch size; complement; diapause; eggs; fecundity; hardwood; overwintering; parasitism; parasitoids; progeny; quarantine; sex ratio; summer; East Asia; Italy; Show all 20 Subjects
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... Aprostocetus fukutai (Miwa & Sonan) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is the only known egg parasitoid of the citrus longhorned beetle Anoplophora chinensis Forster (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), a high-risk invasive pest of hardwood trees. Native to East Asia, A. fukutai has been accidentally introduced in northern Italy, where it has 1–2 generations per year, overwinters as diapausing mature larvae within ...
... New records of Tetrastichinae from Italy are given. The Italian species of Aprostocetus (Ootetrastichus) are revised, a new species is described, and a key to their identification is given. ...
Aprostocetus, etc ; Eurytomidae; Smilax; leaves; new species; parasitoids; research; Florida; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Aprostocetus smilax Gates & Zhang, sp. nov., is described from stem and leaf galls on Smilax havanensis Jacq. in southern Florida, USA. It is the third species of Aprostocetus Westwood known to induce plant galls. Two parasitoids of A. smilax are also described: Phylloxeroxenus smilax Gates & Zhang sp. nov. and Sycophila smilax Gates & Zhang, sp. nov. We conclude that A. smilax is the true gall in ...
Aprostocetus, etc ; Artemisia princeps; Rhopalomyia; color; entomology; galls; new species; rearing; Korean Peninsula; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Genus Aprostocetus is recorded from Korea for the first with the description of a new species: Aprostocetus cumgallae sp. nov. This species is an inquiline of Rhopalomyia giraldii inducing cottony galls on Artemisia princeps. We revealed this species is an inquiline by rearing and gall dissecting. We herein describe and illustrate the new species, its color variations and give some biological info ...
... Platygaster diplosisae (Risbec, 1956) and Aprostocetus procerae (Risbec, 1956) are ovo-larval and pupal parasitoids, respectively of Orseolia oryzivora (H & G). The reproductive biology of the two parasitoids was studied by authors, but their developmental biology was not yet explored. Mature rice galls due to O. oryzivora were collected from irrigated rice fields of Karfiguéla and Boulbi, located ...
Aprostocetus, etc ; Kerria lacca; Lepidoptera; Schleichera oleosa; Ziziphus mauritiana; active ingredients; alkaloids; dipping; insecticides; insects; instars; lactones; larvae; parasitoids; predators; Show all 15 Subjects
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... An experiment was carried out to assess the safety of commercial formulation of insecticide having active ingredient of natural lactone 0.6% and natural alkaloid 0.3%, against lac insect, Kerria lacca (Kerr) and bio-efficacy against associated insect predators and parasitoids. Four concentrations of ‘Augusta™’ viz. 0.0045, 0.0009, 0.0014, 0.0018% a.i. were evaluated by dipping of broodlac (functio ...
... A faunistic complex of chalcidoid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) associated with cynipids and cecidomyids (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae; Diptera: Cecydomyiidae) inhabiting capsules of the annual weed Papaver rhoeas L. (corn poppy) was recorded in Amynteo, Northern Greece (2012) and Orchomenos, Voeotia, Central Greece (2013). The parasitoids are Idiomacromerus papaveris (Forster, 1856), Idiomacr ...
Aprostocetus, etc ; Cecidomyiidae; leaf galls; mangoes; new species; parasitism; parasitoids; India; Show all 8 Subjects
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... A new species of Aprostocetus doonensis Singh sp. nov. is described from northern India. The new species is a parasitoid of mango leaf gall midge, Procontarinia mangiferae (Felt) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Some observations on biology and parasitization rate are also given. ...
Aprostocetus, etc ; Apanteles; Asphondylia; Bracon; Chelonus; Goniozus; Scrobipalpula; Suaeda; Torymus; parasitoids; stem galls; Argentina; Show all 12 Subjects
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... We report on Asphondylia poss. swaedicola Kieffer & Jörgensen inducing apical stem galls on Suaeda divaricata Moquin-Tandon in the Monte region of Argentina. The putative inquiline gelechiid Scrobipalpula patagonica Povolný is confirmed as an associate of A. poss. swaedicola galls. The following hymenopteran parasitoids are associated with this system: Torymus nr swaedicola (Kieffer & Jörgensen), ...
Aprostocetus, etc ; Ficus; Mallotus philippensis; Trioza; leaf galls; multipurpose trees; new species; parasitism; parasitoids; India; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Two new species of Aprostocetus, A. ficicolae sp. nov. and A. malloticolae sp. nov. are described from northern India. The new species are parasitoids of psylloids, Pauropsylla ficicola Kieffer and Trioza malloticola (Crawford) (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Triozidae) which cause leaf galls on Ficus roxburghii Wallich and Mallotus philippensis, Mueller Argoviensis respectively, both important multipurpo ...
Aprostocetus, etc ; Leptocybe invasa; insect larvae; instars; Show all 4 Subjects
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... The final-instar larva of the gall inducer eulophids Aprostocetus monacoi Viggiani and Leptocybe invasa Fisher et La Salle (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) is described. ...
Albéryca Stephany de Jesus Costa Ramos; Raimunda Nonata Santos de Lemos; Valmir Antonio Costa; Ana Lucia Benfatti Gonzalez Peronti; Ester Azedo da Silva; Janaína Marques Mondego; Aldenise Alves Moreira
Aprostocetus, etc ; Aenasius; Coccus hesperidum; Encyrtus; Ortheziidae; fruit trees; new host records; parasitoids; scale insects; Amazonia; Brazil; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Fifteen species of parasitoids emerged from 6 species of scale insects, all are recorded for the first time in Maranhão State, Brazil. A total of 20 coccoid/parasitoid associations were found, 5 of which are new host records for the parasitoid species: Coccus hesperidum (L.) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) with Arrhenophagus chionaspidis (Aurivillius) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae); and Praelongorthezia praelong ...
Aprostocetus, etc ; scale insects; hosts; Kermes; parasitic wasps; Israel; Show all 6 Subjects
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... During the years 2010 to 2013, parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) were collected in Israel from five Kermes species (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Kermesidae), namely, Kermes echinatus Balachowsky, K. greeni Bodenheimer, K. hermonensis Spodek and Ben-Dov, K. nahalali Bodenheimer and K. spatulatus Balachowsky. These collections resulted in thirteen parasitoid species including four species that a ...