Selitrichodes neseri n. sp., a new parasitoid of the eucalyptus gall wasp Leptocybe invasa Fisher &amp; La Salle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae)

JANINE KELLY; JOHN LA SALLE; MARLENE HARNEY; GUDRUN DITTRICH-SCHRÖDER; BRETT HURLEY

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3333.1.4

Issue: Vol. 3333 No. 1: 4 Jun. 2012

Type: Articles

Published: 2012-06-04

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3333.1.4

Page range: 50–57

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Selitrichodes neseri n. sp., a new parasitoid of the eucalyptus gall wasp Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae)

JANINE KELLY⁺⁻
JOHN LA SALLE⁺⁻
MARLENE HARNEY⁺⁻
GUDRUN DITTRICH-SCHRÖDER⁺⁻
BRETT HURLEY⁺⁻

ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute, Private Bag x134, Queenswood 0121, Pretoria, South Africa

CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia

Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa

Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa

Hymenoptera gall inducer biological control

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Abstract

Selitrichodes neseri Kelly & La Salle n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae), is described as a parasitoid of the inva-sive eucalyptus gall wasp Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae), which is causingsubstantial damage particularly in commercial Eucalyptus plantations. Selitrichodes neseri was originally collected in Australiain 2010 when searching for biological control agents of L. invasa. It has since been reared in quarantine in South Africa where it is being evaluated for release as a biological control agent of L. invasa.

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