Bulletin of Entomological Research (1996) 86, 423-439
Norman H. Kamarudin, Annette K. Walker, Mohd. Basr Wahid, John LaSalle and Andrew Polaszek (1996)
Hymenopterous parasitoids associated with the bagworms Metisa plana and Mahasena corbetti (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) on oil palms in Peninsular Malaysia
Bulletin of Entomological Research 86 (4), 423-439
Abstract: In Peninsular Malaysia, 18 species of hymenopterous parasitoids were reared either from the oil palm bagworms, Metisa plana Walker and Mahasena corbetti Tams, or from their parasitoids. Both Metisa plana and Mahasena corbetti share the common parasitoids Goryphus bunoh Gauld, Aulosaphes psychidivorus Muesebeck, Brachymeria carinata Joseph, Narendran and Joy, Eupelmus catoxanthae (Ferrière), Eurytoma sp., Sympiesis sp., Tetrastichus sp., and Aphanogmus thylax Polaszek andDessart. Other parasitoids are associated with only one of the bagworm species: Paraphylax varius (Walker), Dolichogenidea metesae (Nixon), Elasmus sp., Nesolynx flavipes Ashmead, Pediobius anomalus (Gahan), Pediobius imbreus (Walker) and Teleopterus sp. from M. plana; and B. lasus (Walker), B. lugubris (Walker) and P. elasmi Ashmead from Mahasena corbetti. A key to species is included and a table summarizing the host range and distribution records are listed from the Indo-Australasian region.
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Database assignments for author(s): Andrew Polaszek
Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
surveys/distribution/isolation
