<em>Tamarixia bicolor</em> Mercet (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a parasitoid of <em>Heterotrioza sahlbergi</em> (Šulc) (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Triozidae) in Israel

Zoya Yefremova; Malkie Spodek

Authors

Zoya Yefremova The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies and School of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978 Israel. E-mail: eulophids@mail.ru https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5572-2332
Malkie Spodek The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies and School of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978 Israel. E-mail: malkiespodek@gmail.com

Keywords:

Hymenoptera, Eulophidae, endoparasitoid, parasitic wasps, parasitoid, Hemiptera, Psylloidea, Triozidae, jumping plant lice, immatures, host-parasitoid relationships, Israel, Mediterranean, Middle East

Abstract

Tamarixia bicolor Mercet (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae) was collected in Israel for the first time in 2015. Heterotrioza sahlbergi (Šulc) (Hemiptera: Triozidae) is now reported as a new host record for this parasitoid. This psyllid species was found in Israel in 1992, feeding on Atriplex spp. (Amaranthaceae). A study of T. bicolor on this host, including dissections of parasitized immatures of H. sahlbergi, has revealed it to be a solitary nymphal endoparasitoid.

Cite as: Yefremova, Z. & Spodek, M. 2018. Tamarixia bicolor Mercet (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a parasitoid of Heterotrioza sahlbergi (Šulc) (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Triozidae) in Israel. Israel Journal of Entomology 48 (1): 1–6.

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1162745

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