Psyllaephagus pilosus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chalcidoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Chalcidoidea

Familia: Encyrtidae
Subfamilia: Encyrtinae
Genus: Psyllaephagus
Species: Psyllaephagus pilosus

Name

• Psyllaephagus pilosus Noyes, 1988
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Original genus: Psyllaephagus Ashmead, 1900
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: NZAC
  • Type locality: 'New Zealand, OL, Lake Wakatipu, Bob's Cove'
  • ZooBank: 9BFA0E7C-1B5C-43FD-B2D8-D8AF743A34B4

References

Primary references

• Noyes, J.S. 1988: Encyrtidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Fauna of New Zealand, 13. 192pp. ISBN 0-477-02517-X. PDF. Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 105, and figs. 279-283]

Additional references

• Berry, J.A. 2007: Key to the New Zealand species of Psyllaephagus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) with descriptions of three new species and a new record of the psyllid hyperparasitoid Coccidoctonus psyllae Riek (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Australian journal of entomology 46(2): 99–105. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2007.00575.x Reference page. 
• Chauzat M.-P.; Purvis G.; Dunne R. 2002: Release and establishment of a biological control agent, Psyllaephagus pilosus for eucalyptus psyllid (Ctenarytaina eucalypti) in Ireland. Annals of applied biology, 141 (3): 293–304. abstract and paywalled full article (PDF)
• Dahlsten, D.L. et al. 1998: Parasitoid wasp controls blue gum psyllid. California agriculture, 52: 31–34. [not seen]
• Evaluation of the efficiency and capacity of dispersion in Psyllaephagus pilosus Noyes (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), parasitoid of Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Maskell) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae).
• Occurrence of the eucalyptus psyllid Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Maskell) (Hom.: Psylloidea) and its parasitoid Psyllaephagus pilosus Noyes (Hym.: Encyrtidae) in the Isle of Man.
• Biological control of Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Hem.: Psyllidae), pest of eucalyptus in Argentina.
• Eucalyptus parasitoid naturalised in Kent.
• Occurrence of Ctenarytaina eucalypti (Maskell) (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) and its natural enemy Psyllaephagus pilosus Noyes (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) in Eucalyptus globulus in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.