A NEW SPECIES OF GALEOPSOMYIA (HYMENOPTERA, EULOPHIDAE, TETRASTICHINAE) - A FORTUITOUS PARASITOID OF THE CITRUS LEAFMINER, PHYLLOCNISTIS-CITRELLA (LEPIDOPTERA, GRACILLARIIDAE)

Authors
LASALLE J PENA JE
Citation
J. Lasalle et Je. Pena, A NEW SPECIES OF GALEOPSOMYIA (HYMENOPTERA, EULOPHIDAE, TETRASTICHINAE) - A FORTUITOUS PARASITOID OF THE CITRUS LEAFMINER, PHYLLOCNISTIS-CITRELLA (LEPIDOPTERA, GRACILLARIIDAE), The Florida entomologist, 80(4), 1997, pp. 461-470
Citations number
32
Journal title
The Florida entomologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00154040
Volume
80
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
461 - 470
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-4040(1997)80:4<461:ANSOG(>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Galeopsomyia fausta LaSalle sp.n. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastich inae) is described as a fortuitous parasitoid of the citrus leafminer, Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Lepidaptera: Gracillariidae: Phylloc nistinae). This species is widely distributed in the Neotropics, being known from Mexico and Puerto Rico to Argentina. G. fausta is the firs t species of Galeopsomyia which is not associated biologically with ga lls. G. fausta represents an example of an indigenous parasitoid recru ited onto an invading pest species, and the implications of this for t he valuation of biodiversity are discussed.