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Issue: Vol. 3957 No. 5: 19 May 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-05-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.5.6
Page range: 577–584
Abstract views: 119
PDF downloaded: 6

Re-description and first host and biology records of Entedon magnificus (Girault & Dodd) (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), a natural enemy of Gonipterus weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), a pest of Eucalyptus trees

Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, 15 Bogdan Khmelnitsky St., 01601 Kiev-30, Ukraine School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Entomological and Forest Heath Consultancy, Lower Sandy Bay, TAS 7005, Australia
Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, Departamento Laboratorios y Estación Cuarentenaria Agrícola, Chile
Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, Departamento Laboratorios y Estación Cuarentenaria Agrícola, Chile
Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, División protección Agrícola y Forestal, Paseo Bulnes 140, Santiago, Chile
Australia Tasmania Chile Entedoninae larval endoparasitoid gregarious endoparasitoid Hymenoptera

Abstract

Entedon magnificus (Girault & Dodd) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae, Entedoninae) is recorded as a gregarious larval endoparasitoid of Gonipterus weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), significant pests of Eucalyptus trees. Entedon magnificus is re-described and illustrated based on females and males from Australia and Tasmania.

How to Cite

Gumovsky, A., Little, D.D., Rothmann, S., Jaques, L. & Mayorga, S.E.I. (2015)

Re-description and first host and biology records of Entedon magnificus (Girault & Dodd) (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), a natural enemy of Gonipterus weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), a pest of Eucalyptus trees

. Zootaxa, 3957 (5), 577–584. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3957.5.6