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| Scientific name: | Microterys nietneri | |||||
| Author(s): | Motschulsky | |||||
| Synonyms: |
Encyrtus nietneri Motschlsky, 1859 Encyrtus flavus Howard, 1881 Microterys flavus (Howard) Encyrtus frontatus Mercet, 1921 Microterys kontinskyi (Fullaway): Timberlake, 1919 Apentelicus kontinskyi, Fullaway, 1913 Microterys nietneri (Motschulsky) |
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| Common names: |
Parasitic wasp (English), Porojibee boltaa (Bangla) |
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| Classification: | Kingdom | Animalia | ||||
| Phylum | Arthropoda | |||||
| Class | Insecta | |||||
| Subclass | Pterygota | |||||
| Superorder | - | |||||
| Order | Hymenoptera | |||||
| Superfamily | Chalcidoidea | |||||
| Family | Aphelinidae | |||||
| Genus | Microterys | |||||
| Basis of record: | Repository - IMZCU | |||||
| Sex: | Male | |||||
| Host: | Microterys nietneri (Motschulsky), is parasitic on P. psidii on guava in Bangladesh (Bhuiya, et al. 1997). This species was earlier recorded from P. psidii in India (Bartlett and Lagace, 1961; Rosen, 1976) and South Africa (Annecke, 1964). The species is | |||||
| Distribution: |
Cosmopolitan parasite including Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, South Africa (Annecke, 1964). This species has been recorded from North America., Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Malaya, India, Ceylon and South Africa (Timberlake, 1913; Gourlay, 1930; Wilson, 1960 Bartlett & Lagace, 1961; Annecke, 1962). | |||||
| References: |
Annecke, D. P. 1962. New reared species of Prionomastix Mayr with synonymical notes (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae). South African Journal of Agricultural Science 5(3): 503-513. Annecke, D. P. 1964. The encyrtid and aphelinid parasites (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of soft brown scale, Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in South Africa. Entomol. Mem. Dept. Agric. Tech. Servs Rep. Sth Africa 7: 1-74. Bartlett, B. R. and Lagace, C. F. 1961. A new biological race of Microterys flavus introduced into California for the control of lecanine coccids, with an analysis of its behaviour in host selection. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 54(2): 222-227. Bhuiya, B. A, Chowdhury, S. H. and Kabir, S. M. H. 1997. An annotated list of chalcid parasitoids (Hymenoptera) of coccoidea (Homoptera) on guava in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology. 25(1): 53-64. Bartlett, B. R. and Lagace, C. F. 1961. A new biological race of Microterys flavus introduced into California for the control of lecanine coccids, with an analysis of its behaviour in host selection. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 54(2): 222-227. Gourlay, E. S. 1930. Preliminary host-list of the entomophagous insects in New Zealand. Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 22: 1-13. Hayat, M. 2006, Indian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, India, 161pp. Howard, L. O. 1881. (In Comstock, J.H. - Report of the entomologist for 1880.) Report of the parasites of Coccidae in the collections of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Part III. Report. United States Department of Agriculture. Washington. (Entomology) 1880: 349-372. Motschulsky, V. de. 1859. Inesctes utiles et nuisibles. Études Entomologiques. 8: 169-170. Rosen, D. 1976. The species of Microterys (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): an annotated world list. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 69(3): 479 – 485. Timberlake, P. H. 1913. Preliminary report on the parasites of Coccus hesperidum in California. Journal of Economic Entomology 6: 293-303. Wilson, F. 1960. A review of the biological control of insect and weeds in Australia and Australian New Guinea. Technical Communication. Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control, Ottawa, Canada. No 1: 102pp. |
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| Latest taxonomic scrutiny: | 2008-08-22 (yyyy-mm-dd) | |||||
