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FIGURES 3–8.
Selitrichodes neseri female: 3, dosolateral habitus; 4, head in
frontal view; 5, antenna in lateral view; 6, mesosoma in dorsal view; 7,
wing in dorsal view; 8, metasoma in dorsal view. FIGURES 9–10.
Selitrichodes neseri male: 9, dosolateral habitus; 10, antenna in
lateral view (Photos © Janine Kelly,
ARC). |
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Distribution |
Australia. Introduced to South Africa as a biocontrol agent of
Leptocybe invasa
(Tetrastichinae, Eulophidae). |
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Selitrichodes neseri inserting ovipositor into a Leptocybe invasa
gall on Eucalyptus grandis x Eucalyptus camaldulensis
(GC540) (Photo © Stefan Neser, ARC). |
Selitrichodes neseri eggs on a pupa of Leptocybe invasa (more
than one egg probably a cage artefact) (Photo
© Stefan Neser, ARC). |
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Twig, petiole
and leaf lamina galls as found at type locality on young plant of
Eucalyptus
sp. (Photo © Stefan Neser, ARC). |
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Biology |
Parasitoid of the eucalyptus gall wasp
Leptocybe invasa
(Tetrastichinae, Eulophidae) attacking both
Lineage A and Lineage B; as well as
Megastigmus zebrinus
(Gevers et al. 2020). |
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References |
Gevers, C.R., Dittrich-Schröder, G., Slippers, B.
and Hurley, B.P. 2020. Interactions between hymenopteran species associated
with gall-forming wasps: the Leptocybe invasa community as a case study.
Agricultural and Forest Entomology
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Huang, Z., Li, J., Lu,W. & Yang, Z. 2018. Parasitoids of
the Eucalyptus gall wasp Leptocybe spp.: a global review.
Environmental Science and Pollution Research 25: 29983–29995.
Kelly, J., La Salle, J., Harney, M., Dittrich-Schröder,& Hurley, B. 2012.
Selitrichodes neseri
n. sp., a new parasitoid of the eucalyptus gall wasp Leptocybe invasa
Fisher & La Salle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae).
Zootaxa 3333:
50-57.
La Salle, J., Arakelian, G., Garrison, R.W. & Gates, M.W. 2009.
A new species of invasive gall wasp (Hymenoptera:
Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae) on blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) in California.
Zootaxa 2121, 35–43.
Mendel, Z.,
Protasov, A., Fisher, N. & La Salle, J. 2004. The taxonomy and natural
history of Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) gen & sp. nov., an
invasive gall inducer on Eucalyptus. Australian Journal of Entomology 43:
101–113.
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Credits
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Photographs © Janine Kelly (ARC) or
© Stefan Neser (ARC).
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