Omalus Sculpticollis As The Main Enemy Of Psenulus Fuscipennis (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae, Crabronidae) In The Crimea, Ukraine
Author
Martynova, K. V.
Author
Fateryga, A. V.
text
Vestnik Zoologii
2014
2014-02-01
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/vzoo-2014-0002
journal article
20018
10.2478/vzoo-2014-0002
e88998e1-da5e-43f9-bd14-b625d271dd9b
2073-2333
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Perithous septemcinctorius
(Thunberg, 1822)
Perithous septemcinctorius
belongs to the subgenus
Hybomischos
Baltazar, 1961
, which is sometimes treated as a valid genus name (
Fitton et al., 1988
). The species has a Holarctic distribution, and
P. fuscipennis
is already known as its host (
Fitton et al., 1988
). Additionally
Aubert (1969)
recorded it as a hymenopterous parasite for
Andricus
(Cynipidae)
,
Pemphredon
,
Psen
,
Psenulus
(Crabronidae)
and listed
Omalus
as a possible host (
Torgersen, 1972
). The present study confirms Aubert’s intuition. As in the case of
M. acasta
,
P. septemcinctorius
attacked both
P. fuscipennis
(2.1 % of cells) and
O. sculpticollis
(4.5 % of cocoons).