Tamarixia bicolor Mercet (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a parasitoid of Heterotrioza sahlbergi (Šulc) (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Triozidae) in Israel
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Hymenoptera, Eulophidae, endoparasitoid, parasitic wasps, parasitoid, Hemiptera, Psylloidea, Triozidae, jumping plant lice, immatures, host-parasitoid relationships, Israel, Mediterranean, Middle EastAbstract
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.
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