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Coccygidium luteum (Brullé) (Life:
Kingdom: Metazoa (animals),
Phylum: Arthropoda,
Class: Hexapoda, Order:
Hymenoptera, Superfamily:
Ichneumonoidea, Family:
Braconidae,
Subfamily:
Agathidinae, Genus:
Coccygidium)
Agathis lutea Brullé, 1846.
Holotype: type lost.
Type Locality: Ile de France [= Mauritius] and Ile de
Bourbon [= Réunion]).
Brachyropalum pallidum Kriechbaumer, 1894. Synonymy by
Enderlein, 1920.
Neophylax snyderi Ashmead, 1900. Synonymy by van
Achterberg, 2011.
Xanthomicrodus iridipennis Cameron, 1904: 158. Synonymy by
van Achterberg, 2011.
Microdus? ambiguus Kohl, 1906. Lectotype in NMW:
Type Locality: Socotra, Yemen. Synonymy by Granger, 1949.
Megagathis testacea Cameron, 1908.
Holotype: in BMNH.
Type Locality: Seychelles .Synonymy by Granger 1949.
Xanthomicrodus pallidinervis Cameron, 1912: Synonymy by
Brues, 1926. |
Distribution
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Cameroon,
Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya,
Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria,
Rodriques Island, Réunion, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, South
Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen (including Socotra). |
Biology
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Parasitoids of Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Condica capensis;
Crypsotidia mesosema [on Acacia albida]; Spodoptera exempta;
Spodoptera exigua; Spodoptera frugiperda. Pyralidae: Prophantis. Tortricidae:
Cydia ptychora [on Vigna unguiculata]. |
External links
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CABI Invasives Blog
CABI Fall Armyworm Portal |
References
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Agboyi,
L, Mensah, S, Clottey, V, Beseh, P, Glikpo, R, Rwomushana, I, Day, R
& Kenis, M. 2019.
Evidence of leaf consumption rate decrease in Fall Armyworm,
Spodoptera frugiperda, larvae parasitized by Coccygidium
luteum. Insects 10: 410-418.
https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10110410
Ashmead,
W.H. 1900. Classification of the Ichneumon flies, or the
superfamily Ichneumonoidea. Proceedings of the United States
National Museum. 23(1206):1-220.
Brullé, M.A. 1846. Tome Quatrième. Des Hyménoptères. Les Ichneumonides. In:
Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau A. "Histoire Naturelles des Insectes." Paris. 680
pp. pp. 56-521.
Cameron, P. 1904. Descriptions of new genera and species of
Hymenoptera from Dunbrody, Cape Colony. Records of the Albany
Museum. 1:125-160.
Cameron, P. 1907. No.IV.- Hymenoptera. Transactions of the
Linnean Society of London. (2)12:69-86.
Cameron, P. 1912. On the Hymenoptera from Belgian Congo in the
Congo Museum, Tervueren. Annales de la Société Entomologique de
Belgique. 56:357-401.
Granger, C. 1949. Braconides de Madagascar. Mémoires de
l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar. (A)2:1-428.
Hutchinson, D. 2019.
Study finds endoparasitoid wasp can reduce fall armyworm leaf
consumption rate by up to 89%. CABI Invasives Blog (accessed 29
November 2019).
Kohl,
F.F. 1906. Hymenopteren Südarabiens. 133 pp.
Ichneumonidae & Braconidae in pp.118-127.
Kriechbaumer, J. 1894. Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae a medico
nautico Dr. Joh. Brauns in itinere secundo ad oras Africae lecta.
Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 39:297-318.
van Achterberg, Cornelis. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family
Braconidae. The subfamily Agathidinae from the United Arab Emirates,
with a review of the fauna of the Arabian Peninsula. Arthropod
fauna of the United Arab Emirates. 4:286-352. |
Credits
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Photographs
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). |
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