Note: Release and recovery of parasitoids of the eucalyptus gall waspOphelimus maskelli in Israel

Autor:	Z. Mendel, A. Protasov, D. Blumberg, D. Brand, Nitza Saphir, Z. Madar, J. La Salle
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	education.field_of_study Eulophidae biology Population Closterocerus Gall wasp Parasitism Plant Science biology.organism_classification Population density Eucalyptus Horticulture Insect Science Botany Gall education
Zdroj:	Phytoparasitica. 35:330-332
ISSN:	1876-7184 0334-2123
DOI:	10.1007/bf02980694
Popis:	Four parasitoids emerged from leaves galled by the waspOphelimus maskelli (Ashmead) that were collected in Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia:Closterocerus chameleon (Girault) and an unidentified Tetrastichinae species (Eulophidae); andStethynium ophelimi Huber andStethynium breviovipositor (Huber (Mymaridae).C. chamaeleon andS. ophelimi were released in eucalyptus plantations infested withO. maskelli in Israel. The recovery of the parasitoids, as well as several aspects of their possible role in control of the galls, were studied. In view of the parasitism of the galler in Wagga Wagga, we suggest that the proportion ofS. ophelimi in the Israeli population ofO. maskelli will increase markedly as soon as the gall wasp population density reaches a very low level.
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