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Issue: Vol. 4890 No. 1: 1 Dec. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-12-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4890.1.6
Page range: 109–118
Abstract views: 129
PDF downloaded: 90

Phanuromyia ricaniae Nam, Lee & Talamas sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) reared from the eggs of Ricania shantungensis Chou & Lu (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae) in Asia

Laboratory of Insect Biosystematics, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China .
Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Crop Protection Division, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, South Korea.
Agricultural Economy and Information Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei, Anhui, 230031, China.
Key Lab of Integrated Crop Pest Management of Shandong Province, College of Plant Health and Medicine, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, China.
Laboratory of Insect Biosystematics, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
Hymenoptera Biological control Ricania Platygastroidea Phanuromyia

Abstract

The genus Phanuromyia in the subfamily Telenominae (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) consists of 60 described species, for which host records indicate they are egg parasitoids of lanternflies and planthoppers (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha). In this study, we describe a new species of the genus, P. ricaniae sp. n., reared from the eggs of a planthopper, Ricania shantungensis Chou & Lu (Hemiptera: Ricaniidae). This planthopper has been considered as a serious invasive pest in South Korean agriculture. Ricania shantungensis has a wide host range, including economically important crops such as apple, peach, and pear. Phanuromyia ricaniae therefore has the potential to be a biological control agent against ricaniid planthoppers.

 

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