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Aprostocetus theioneurus (Masi)

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera; Superfamily: Chalcidoidea; Family: Eulophidae; Subfamily: Tetrastichinae; Genus: Aprostocetus)

Tetrastichus theioneurus Masi, 1917. Holotype: in Natural history Museum, London (BMNH). Type locality: Seychelles.

Distribution

Kenya, Madagascar, Seychelles.

Biology

Hyperparasitoid of the cereal stem borer Chilo partellus (Noctuidae) through the microgastrine braconid Cotesia sesamiae (La Salle, 1993; Polaszek & LaSalle, 1995).

References

La Salle, J. 1993. Aprostocetus (Ootetrastichus) theioneurus (Masi) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): a hyperparasitoid on the cereal stem borer Chilo partellus (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) in Africa. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 67: 445-451.

Masi, L. 1917. Chalcididae of the Seychelles islands. (With an appendix by J.J.Kieffer.) Novitates Zoologicae 24:121-330.
Polaszek, A. & LaSalle, J. 1995. The hyperparasitoids (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae, Encyrtidae, Eulophidae, Eurytomidae) of cereal stem borers (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae, Pyralidae) in Africa. African Entomology 3(2): 131-146

Credits

Line illustrations and SEM photographs © John LaSalle (CSIRO).

Map illustration © Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa).


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