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Issue: Vol. 4671 No. 3: 18 Sept. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-09-18
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4671.3.8
Page range: 427–433
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 2

Bracon planitibiae sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), a new parasitoid of Asian longhorned beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)

Key Laboratory of Forest Protection, State Forestry and Grassland Administration of China/Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
Key Laboratory of Forest Protection, State Forestry and Grassland Administration of China/Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
USDA APHIS, Science and Technology, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts 02542
Key Laboratory of Forest Protection, State Forestry and Grassland Administration of China/Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
Key Laboratory of Forest Protection, State Forestry and Grassland Administration of China/Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
Key Laboratory of Forest Protection, State Forestry and Grassland Administration of China/Research Institute of Forest Ecology, Environment and Protection, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China
Hymenoptera Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) Bracon planitibiae sp. nov. new species biocontrol agent China

Abstract

Bracon planitibiae sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a new species parasitizing first instar larvae of Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky), (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), is described. Its host is a serious wood boring pest in China, North America and Europe, where it causes severe damages to plantations of Acer spp., Populus spp., Salix spp., Ulmus spp., and many other ornamental and forest tree species. We obtained a variety of parasitoid species by using Asian longhorned beetle–infested sentinel logs to attract natural parasitoids, of which B. planitibiae sp. nov. is one. Detailed photographs of the new species are provided.

 

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