Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 3790 No. 4: 23 Apr. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-04-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3790.4.2
Page range: 534–542
Abstract views: 60
PDF downloaded: 19

Two new species of Selitrichodes (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae) inducing galls on Casuarina (Casuarinaceae)

Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
Western Pacific Tropical Research Center, University of Guam Station, Mangilao, Guam, 96923, USA.
USDA ARS Australian Biological Control Laboratory, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, 120 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, QLD 4068, Australia.
USDA ARS Australian Biological Control Laboratory, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, 120 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, QLD 4068, Australia.
Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity and School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Atlas of Living Australia, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
gall induction invasive species Micronesia Guam Rota Palau sheoak

Abstract

Two new species of gall-inducing wasps, Selitrichodes casuarinae Fisher & La Salle sp. n. and Selitrichodes utilis Fisher & La Salle sp. n., are described from Micronesia (Guam, Rota and Palau Islands) and Australia respectively. These species induce galls on Casuarina and can cause extensive damage to the trees. Their status as pest or beneficial species is discussed.