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Quadrastichus leaf galls on Erythrina latissima
(1) and Erythrina lysistemon (2). |
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Distribution |
Worldwide. |
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Biology |
Parasitoids of Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera,
Lepidoptera and Homoptera, or phytophagous gall
formers. |
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References |
Gates, M. & Delvare, G. 2008.
A new species of Eurytoma
(Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) attacking Quadrastichus spp.
(Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) galling Erythrina spp. (Fabaceae), with
a summary of African Eurytoma biology and species checklist.
Zootaxa 175: 1–24.
Kim, I.-K., Delvare, G. & La Salle, J. 2004. A new species of
Quadrastichus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): a gall inducing pest on
Erythrina spp. (Fabaceae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research
13: 243–249.
La Salle, J., Ramadan, M. & Kumashiro, B.R. 2009.
A new
parasitoid of the Erythrina Gall Wasp, Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim
(Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Zootaxa 2083: 19–26.
Prinsloo, G. L. & Kelly, J.A. 2009.
The tetrastichine
wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) associated with galls on
Erythrina species (Fabaceae) in South Africa, with the description of five
new species. Zootaxa 2083: 27–45. |
Credits
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Photographs
© Charles Griffiths - Banner image (University of Cape Town) or © Gerhard Prinsloo & Janine Kelly (1) or
© Stefan Neser (2) (ARC).
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