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Trichilogaster
signiventris, female, schematic presentation of colour
variation (from Prinsloo & Neser, 2007) |
Distribution
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Afrotropical: South Africa (introduced). Australasian:
Australia.
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Biology
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Phytophagous
bud-gall former on
Golden Wattle,
Acacia
pycnantha (Mimosoidea)
(Dennill & Gordon, 1991; Dennill et
al. 1999). Also recorded in Australia from galls on Acacia
rivalis Bouček (1988).
Agricultural Research Council leaflet
on biology of T. signiventris.
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References |
Bouček, Z. 1988.
Australasian Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) – a biosystematic
revision of fourteen families, with a reclassification of species.
C.A.B. International, Wallingford.
Dennill,
G.B., Donnelly, D., Steward, K. & Impson, F.A.C. 1999. Insect agents
used for the biological control of Australian Acacia species and
Paraserianthes lophantha (Willd.) Nielsen (Fabaceae) in South
Africa. African Entomology Memoir 1: 45–54.
Dennill, G.B
& Gordon, A.J. 1991. Trichilogaster sp. (Hymenoptera:
Pteromalidae), a potential biocontrol agent for the weed Acacia
pycnantha (Fabaceae). Entomophaga 36: 295–301.
Girault, A.A. 1931. A new habit in an old insect,
Homo pudicus and new Eurytomidae. Girault, Brisbane.
Neser, O.C. & Prinsloo, G.L. 2005.
Trichilogaster signiventris (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae): a name for
the bud-galling biocontrol agent of Acacia pycnantha in South
Africa. In: Villet, M. H. (Ed.) Proceedings of the 15th Entomological
Congress. 60–61. Entomological Society of Southern Africa,
Grahamstown.
Prinsloo, G.L. & Neser,
O.C. 2007. Revision of the pteromalid wasp genus
Trichilogaster Mayr (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): gall-inducers on
Australian acacias. African Entomology 15: 161-184.
van Noort, S. & Picker, M.
2011.
Wasps, Bees, Ants. Class Insecta, Order Hymenoptera.
Pp 140-146. In:
Picker,
M. & Griffiths, C. (eds.)
Alien & Invasive Animals. A South African perspective.
Struik Nature.
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Credits
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Photographs
© Simon van Noort (Iziko Museums of South Africa). Illustration © Prinsloo & Neser 2007.
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