Sv. Trjapitzin, A NEW SPECIES OF APHELINOIDEA (HYMENOPTERA, TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE), WITH A KEY TO SPECIES OF THE HOLARCTIC REGION, Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 67(4), 1994, pp. 301-310
A key to the nine Holarctic species of the trichogrammatid genus Aphel
inoidea Girault is given. The taxonomic status of A. plutella Girault
is discussed. A. turanica S. Trjapitzin, new species, is described and
illustrated. This species of egg parasitoid was imported in 1992 from
Turkmenistan (central Asia) into California as an agent for biologica
l control of beet leafhopper, Circulifer tenellus (Baker). Quarantine
pre-introductory evaluation was followed in 1993 by releases of the in
sectary-reared parasitoids in Oildale, California. A brief account of
the life history traits of A. turanica as well as preliminary data on
its establishment at the release site are included.