Mesoclanis magnipalpis (weed bioagent)

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Mesoclanis • Tephritidae • Diptera (against weeds) • insects • weed bioagents • Beneficials/natural enemies

Mesoclanis magnipalpi female (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Clare McLellan, Museum Victoria
Source: PaDIL

Mesoclanis magnipalpis (weed bioagent) (Bezzi, 1920)

This seed fly is found in southern Africa and is being studied as a possible biological control agent of the invasive shrub Chrysanthemoides monilifera (bitoubush or boneseed) which has spread from southern Africa to Australia and parts of the Pacific. M. magnipalpis has been recorded to breed on several subspecies of C. monilifera.


Publications covering Mesoclanis magnipalpis (weed bioagent)

Bulletin of Entomological Research (2000) 90, 467-474
R.J. Adair and A. Bruzzese (2000)
Evaluation and host specificity of two seed flies Mesoclanis polana and M. magnipalpis (Diptera: Tephritidae): biological control agents for Chrysanthemoides monilifera (Asteraceae) in Australia

Bulletin of Entomological Research (1998) 88, 407-414
P.B. Edwards (1998)
Seasonal abundance and parasitism of Mesoclanis seed flies (Diptera : Tephritidae) in South Africa, and implications for the biological control of Chrysanthemoides monilifera (Asteraceae) in Australia


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  • head of female

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  • abdomen of female

  • abdomen of male

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