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Minotetrastichus Kostjukov

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

Minotetrastichus Kostjukov, 1977. Type species: Cirrospilus ecus Walker, 1839.

Minotetrastichus species (South Africa)

Distribution

Worldwide.

Biology

Parasitoids of mostly leaf mining Lepidoptera, but also attack Coleoptera, Diptera, and Hymenoptera leafminers; occasionally hyperparasitoids of the braconid, ichneumonid or chalcid parasitoids attacking these primary hosts (Graham, 1987; La Salle, 1994; Murphy & La Salle, 1999).

References

Graham, M.W.R. de V. 1987. A reclassification of the European Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), with a revision of certain genera. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology) 55(1): 1-392.

Kostjukov V.V. 1977. Stravnitel’naya morfologiya khal’tsid podsem. Tetrastichinae i sistema roda Tetrastichus Haliday 1844 (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) [in Russian]. Entomologicheskoe Obozreniye 56: 177-194.

La Salle J., Schauff M.E. 1994. Systematics of the tribe Euderomphalini (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): parasitoids of whiteflies (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). Systematic Entomology 19: 235-258.

Murphy S., La Salle J. 1999. Balancing biological control strategies in the IPM of New World invasive Liriomyza leafminers in field vegetable crops. Biocontrol News and Information 20: 91-104.

Credits

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


Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

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