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Psyllaephagus bliteus
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cae1
Eucalyptus psyllid and parasitoid wasp -
Psyllaephagus bliteus
Brisbane, San Mateo County, California, USA
April 30, 2016
Adult parasitoid wasp that emerged from one of the lerps.
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Contributed by
cae1
on 13 May, 2016 - 12:00am
Last updated 13 May, 2016 - 12:22pm
This does appear to be P. bliteus, based ...
... on the relatively long ovipositor. However, there is another Psyllaephagus species present in California (with a slightly shorter ovipositor) that I have collected in association with G. brimblecombei (although I have not reared it out). I suspect this other species may be the female of P. brachiatus, a species that has been associated with Glycaspis species in its native Australia.
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Bob Zuparko
, 14 May, 2016 - 10:43am
Moved
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Charley Eiseman
, 13 May, 2016 - 12:22pm
Encyrtid (female)…
If you are certain that the host from which this encyrtid has emerged is
Glycaspis brimblecombei
, then I would create a species page for
Psyllaephagus bliteus
, since, as Chris has correctly mentioned, it is the only known chalcid parasitoid of this host.
See reference
here.
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Ross Hill
, 13 May, 2016 - 12:20am
Host
For what it's worth, the lerps definitely belong to Glycaspis brimblecombei.
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Chris Mallory
, 13 May, 2016 - 8:33am