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Eucalyptus psyllid and parasitoid wasp - Psyllaephagus bliteus
Copyright © 2016 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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Eucalyptus psyllid - Glycaspis brimblecombei Eucalyptus psyllid - Psyllaephagus bliteus Eucalyptus psyllid - Psyllaephagus bliteus Eucalyptus psyllid and parasitoid wasp - Psyllaephagus bliteus
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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.
… Bob Zuparko, 14 May, 2016 - 10:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 13 May, 2016 - 12:22pm login or register to post comments

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.
… Ross Hill, 13 May, 2016 - 12:20am login or register to post comments

 
Host
For what it's worth, the lerps definitely belong to Glycaspis brimblecombei.
… Chris Mallory, 13 May, 2016 - 8:33am login or register to post comments

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