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Issue: Vol. 81 No. 2: 18 Mar. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-03-18
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2026.81.2.1
Page range: 33-43
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First report of Lipolexis peregrina Tomanović & Kocić (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) from India as a parasitoid of banana aphid, Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel (Hemiptera: Aphididae), a new host

ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Thogamalai Road, Thayanur Post, Tiruchirappalli-620102, Tamil Nadu, India
ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Thogamalai Road, Thayanur Post, Tiruchirappalli-620102, Tamil Nadu, India
ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Thogamalai Road, Thayanur Post, Tiruchirappalli-620102, Tamil Nadu, India
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THANIGAIRAJ RAMALINGAM

Technical Assistant, Division of Crop Protection

ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli, India
Lipolexis banana aphid distribution Asia

Abstract

The aphid parasitoid, Lipolexis peregrina Tomanović & Kocić (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae), currently known from Europe and parts of Asia (China, South Korea, and Japan), is reported from India (Tamil Nadu) for the first time. It was found to parasitize the banana black aphid, Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel (Hemiptera: Aphididae), a vector of the dreaded bunchy top virus disease of banana and this also constitutes a new host-parasitoid association. Illustrated notes on the parasitoid morphology are given along with a barcode sequence to facilitate its rapid identification. Comparison of the barcode sequence of the Indian specimens with other GenBank mined sequences revealed its occurrence in Pakistan.

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