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Psyttalia Walker

(Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera;  Superfamily: Ichneumonoidea; Family: Braconidae; Subfamily: Opiinae)

Psyttalia Walker, 1860 Type species:

Classification

 

Psyttalia advenator (Fischer, 1963)                  

Psyttalia agreutretae (Wilkinson, 1927)                

Psyttalia alleni (Fischer, 1964)               

Psyttalia bisulcata (Szépligeti, 1914)              

Psyttalia concolor (Szépligeti, 1910)

Psyttalia cosyrae (Wilkinson, 1927)    

Psyttalia dacicida (Silvestri, 1911)              

Psyttalia dexter (Silvestri, 1913)                 

Psyttalia distinguenda (Granger, 1949)

Psyttalia gigantura (Fischer, 1972)           

Psyttalia hemicauda (Fischer, 1972)

Psyttalia humilis (Silvestri, 1913)

 

Psyttalia hypopygialis (Szépligeti, 1913)

Psyttalia inconsueta (Silvestri, 1913)

Psyttalia infuscata (Granger, 1949)

Psyttalia insignipennis (Granger, 1949)

Psyttalia kirstenboschensis (Fischer, 1972)

Psyttalia lounsburyi (Silvestri, 1913)

 

Psyttalia ngomeensis (Fischer, 1972)

Psyttalia paralleni (Fischer, 1972)

Psyttalia perproxima (Silvestri, 1913)

Psyttalia phaeostigma (Wilkinson, 1927)

Psyttalia phorelliae (Wilkinson, 1929)

Psyttalia prothoracalis (Fischer, 1972)

Psyttalia puncticranium (Fischer, 1972)

Psyttalia pusilla (Szépligeti, 1913)

Psyttalia sequentator (Fischer, 1963)

Psyttalia somereni (Fischer, 1972)

Psyttalia subsulcata (Granger, 1949)

Psyttalia tshuapana (Fischer, 1972)

Psyttalia urogramma (Fischer, 1972)

Psyttalia vittator (Brues, 1926)

Psyttalia yangambiana (Fischer, 1972)

Biology

Solitary endoparasitoids of mostly Tephritidae (Diptera) larvae, and occasionally Tachinidae (Diptera) or Pyralidae (Lepidoptera).

Distribution

Worldwide.

References

Fischer, M. 1971. Index of entomophagous insects, Hym., Braconidae, World Opiinae. Le François, Paris, France. 189 pp.

Fischer, M. 1972. Hymenoptera: Braconidae (Opiinae I) Das Tiereich 91, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany. xii + 620 pp.

Fischer, M. 1977. Hymenoptera: Braconidae (Opiinae II-Amerika). Das Tiereich 91, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany. xxvii + 1001 pp

Fischer, M. 1987. Hymenoptera: Braconidae (Opiinae III-äthiopische, orientalische, autralische und oceanische Region. Das Tierreich 104, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin, Germany. xv + 734 pp.

Haran J, Grove T, van Noort S, Benoit L, Addison, P. 2019. Natural biocontrol of fruit flies by parasitoids in indigenous hosts: a perspective for management of populations in and out of the orchard. Biological Control 137: October 2019, 104022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2019.104022

Silvestri, F. 1913. Viaggio in Africa per cercare parassiti di mosche dei frutti. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria, Portici 8:1-164.

Credits

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

Web author Simon van Noort (Iziko South African Museum)

 

Citation: van Noort, S. 2024. WaspWeb: Hymenoptera of the World. URL: www.waspweb.org (accessed on <day/month/year>).

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