Taxonomic Studies on Trissolcus sp. (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae), Egg Parasitoids of the Sunn Pest (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae: Eurygaster sp.), in Turkey

Authors : Erhan KOÇAK

Pages : 301-317

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The egg batches with parasitoids of the sunn pest Eurygaster sp. insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Hemiptera: Scutelleridae); were collected to determine the egg parasitoid Trissolcus species insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Hymenoptera: Scelionidae); of the pest from cereal areas in Turkey. In total, eight Trissolcus species, namely T. simoni Mayr, T. vassilievi Mayr, T. semistriatus Nees, T. grandis Thompson, T. manteroi Kieffer, T. pseudoturesis Rjachovsky, T. rufiventris Mayr and T. djadetshko Rjachovsky, are recognized. T. djadetshko Rjachovsky and T. manteroi Kieffer are new species for the Turkish fauna. The species are described and an identification key is provided.
Keywords : Trissolcus, Egg Parasitoid, Taxonomy, Sunn Pest, Turkey