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[[File:Diachasmimorpha longicaudata PesqAgroBras 2019.png|300px|thumb|''Diachasmimorpha longicaudata'' - female (click on image to enlarge it)<br/>Authors: Beatriz Jordão Paranhos, Dori Edson Nava and Aldo Malavasi<br/>Source: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s1678-3921.pab2019.v54.26037 Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira (2019), vol. 54, art. e26037]]]
<font color="#008000">'''''Diachasmimorpha longicaudata'' (parasitoid)'''</font> (Ashmead, 1905)

This species is an important solitary larval-pupal endoparasitoid of various fruit flies. It has a long ovipositor that can reach older larvae inside the fruits. It is native to southern Asia and has been frequently used in classical biological control programs against fruit flies. For example, it was introduced into Hawaii and the Americas, e.g. into Brazil in 1995. Following such introductions it is now widely distributed.

The suitable hosts include ''[[Ceratitis capitata]]'', [[Anastrepha (genus)|''Anastrepha'' spp.]] and the oriental fruit fly (''[[Bactrocera dorsalis]]''). ''D. longicaudata'' can also be reared easily for mass-releases, e.g. by using irradiated fruit fly pupae or other stages. After such mass-releases, reductions in trapped ''Anastrepha'' of 50% and more have been recorded.

'''Synonyms:'''<br/>
''Biosteres longicaudatus''<br/>
''Opius longicaudatus''


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