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Issue: Vol. 4039 No. 4: 6 Nov. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-11-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.4.8
Page range: 583–590
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 17

Description of a new species of Oligosita Walker (Chalcidoidea: Trichogrammatidae), egg parasitoid of Balclutha brevis Lindberg (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) living on Pennisetum setaceum, from Italy

Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economics Analysis - Research Centre for Citrus and Mediterranean Crops (CREA-ACM)
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Section of Animal Biology "M. La Greca", University of Catania, Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania, Italy.
Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Section of Animal Biology "M. La Greca", University of Catania, Via Androne 81, 95124 Catania, Italy.
Department of Agriculture- Division of Biology and Protection of Agricultural and Forest Systems (BIPAF) University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Napoli, Italy.
Department of Agriculture- Division of Biology and Protection of Agricultural and Forest Systems (BIPAF) University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Napoli, Italy.
Department of Agriculture- Division of Biology and Protection of Agricultural and Forest Systems (BIPAF) University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Università 100, 80055 Portici, Napoli, Italy.
Hymenoptera molecular characterization leafhopper collina group 28S-D2 ITS2

Abstract

A new species of Oligosita Walker (Chalcidoidea: Trichogrammatidae), O. balcluthae Viggiani et Laudonia n. sp., is described as a parasitoid of the eggs of Balclutha brevis Lindberg (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) associated with crimson fountain grass, Pennisetum setaceum (Poaceae) in Italy. Morphological features and biology of the new species are discussed and illustrated. The 28S-D2 and ITS2 regions were successfully amplified and sequenced.